Vintage Amiga Hardware Blog

I have been thinking about writing a post about the BMon system by Eyetech but I have refused to because the system is so complicated. But to make it easy to explain, it is a monitor switcher that switches between CGFX (CyberGraphX) and AGA screenmodes so that output from scandoubler and output from RTG-graphics board can be viewed on a single monitor.

Here is another shot of the Eyetech Bmon keyboard switcher for the Amiga 1200 frontside

This little device here is a rare component of the BMon system. It fits the Amiga 1200 motherboard on the little chip that usually holds a PC-keyboard adapter (IIRC) and lets the user switch between graphics card and AGA by pressing a button on the keyboard (I think it was the “*” key). There was also the AMon component, it was the automatic monitor switching part in the BMon saga, and then there was the manual switch part, that is the most known I think.

Eyetech Bmon keyboard switcher for the Amiga 1200 frontside

Anyway this is a neat little rare Amiga hardware part that is essential if you are building a super Amiga PPC/CGFX system in an A1200 desktop.

And here is the backside of the Eyetech A1200 switcher

This tutorial shows you how you can access a FAT16 (Windows compatible) formatted Compact Flash card on your Amiga 1200 and Amiga 600 in order to transfer files from your PC to your Amiga.

An old 16 MB CF-card will be fine for transfering files to your Amiga from your PC.

The first thing you need to do and have is to get yourself a PCMCIA adapter for Compact Flash cards. Every Amiga 600 and 1200 comes with a PCMCIA-port on the side, this port can be used with network cards and modems also. (more…)

Part 1: Building an Amiga 1200 tower, part 1: mounting motherboard and BlizzardPPC

So during my X-mas vacation I finally got some time to put in to my A1200T power Amiga build that I oh so optimistically wrote about back in September.

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I have been quite busy last couple of months so there has been no time for any activity such as messing around with Amiga gear.

So it was with great anticipation I awaited the days between x-mas and New Years Eve because there would be a 99% chance no work would turn up, and I was right.

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I have been trying to sell this Amiga 1200 tower case for over a year without luck so in a desperate final attempt I am going to stuff it with a MicroniK Z2 busboard, a Phase 5 BlizzardPPC and some other goodies to try and sell as a complete A1200T system.

For this to succeed I need a PC-keyboard adapter, so if any of my loyal readers happen to have a PC-keyboard adapter for an A1200 they want to sell just contact me and we can work out a deal.

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Hi guys,

With expanding family comes space problems. I need to make some space in our home so I need to let my Gift Top A1200 tower go.

The Gift Top A1200 tower is a super nice tower custom made for Amiga 1200 motherboard, it has an AT PSU with connector for Amiga motherboard, space for PCI or Zorro bussboard and a very neat holder for your expensive turbocard so it stays put.

If you need an image, check it out here.

I should be able to put up a few images here also when I get back from work.

I am only asking what I got it for, which is 80 euro, freight to europe seems to be around 20 euro so lets say 100 euro incl freight. That is for the empty tower and the PSU. Or if you have your ways around Stockholm city you can always pick it up sans shipping charges.

I happen to have a MicroniK 6860 Zorro 2 bussboard that fit perfectly in this case, if you want a deal we can always work something out!