Hi everyone,
After getting my Amiga 1200 recapped (done by Retroservice in Norway), I decided to get it Online again. It is been quite a while since I’ve had Internet access on this one. 🙂
I went for the Plipbox, an Ethernet / Internet Network adapter, which you plug into the Parallel port on back of the Amiga 1200. The nice thing with this is that it keeps the PCMCIA-port open for various devices. 🙂
The adapter came with printed installation instructions and drivers on a floppy disk. Initially tried to use it with MiamiDX, but it failed to go Online. Tried Roadshow instead and it worked right away. 🙂
If you’re interested in purchasing a Plipbox, here is a link to the shop on eBay which sells them. They have different versions available:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/salocinx
Haven’t installed much software yet, since I’m doing a full install of Workbench 3.1.4 soon. Waiting for the ROM-chips to arrive in the mail. 😉 However, I had to try some FTP, IRC and browsing though, with some old tools, hehe.
It’s great to have the 1200 back Online, especially since one gets instant access to Aminet. 🙂
Anyone else having their Amiga connected to the Internet? If yes, what kind of device do you use? Guess most use PCMCIA network cards?
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
Old School Game Blog 
how’s it working stability-wise? I have a pcmcia wifi card, linksys, and it’s not really stable I must admit. Usually freezes the Amiga after some time of web browsing. Thinking of going plipbox route as the parallel port should be less demanding for the miggy.
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Hi there and thanks commenting. 🙂 So far it has been very stable, but only used it for a day or so. I will know more in a few days. Very happy with it so far! Good to have the PCMCIA slot available for other stuff too, like transferring files from CF-cards etc. 🙂
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wish i could be so positive about the plipbox! Its never worked for me even after re flashing back to 0.5 ? Im using miamiDX which works great on my A1200 mediator pci ethernet card and A1200 pcmcia ethernet card but the plipbox is a noooo goooo!!!
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