Zeus68k – Accelerator/IDE/RAM for the A500/2000/CDTV and others - Page 10

Calabazam · 05 August 2012, 14:06

Interested in 1 as well please.

dJOS · 06 August 2012, 03:00

depending on price, im interested in one too.

gibs · 06 August 2012, 03:28

so am I

lurch · 07 August 2012, 10:08

Puzzling stuff, as I have an A500+ which has 1MB onboard and a 1MB via the trap door.

Have Toms 8MB in the CPU socket.

So going by what has been said if I get an ACA500 I'd have to remove the 1MB in the trap door and the 8MB in the CPU socket as the ACA500 blocks the CPU socket :-/

ACA500 2MB (classed as chip?) + 1MB onboard + 80 Euros

ACA1220 - 128MB + 90 Euros

170 Euros..... Not too bad.

Is there anymore info about the Zeus board?

Another thing that is confusing to me is I have no issues playing 90% of the games via WHDLoad on my 500+ My CPU is a 68010 for the quit key to work properly but no other tweaks.

Only games that are really slow are space quest/kings quest although they're far more playable now that I have the 8MB to play around with.

duga · 07 August 2012, 12:32

Nope. You'll leave the trap door expansion which gives you a total of 2 MB chip.

Then you'll remove the Toms 8 MB and replace it with the ACA500. That gives you 2 MB fast.

Then you can sell Toms 8 MB and buy a ACA1220 as a replacement.

ikonsgr · 07 August 2012, 14:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by lurch

Another thing that is confusing to me is I have no issues playing 90% of the games via WHDLoad on my 500+ My CPU is a 68010 for the quit key to work properly but no other tweaks.
Only games that are really slow are space quest/kings quest although they're far more playable now that I have the 8MB to play around with.

So the old 68000/7Mhz (68010 is barely faster than 68000...) can handle whdload games without any speed penalty? I was under the impression that except for extra fast ram you will also need a more powerfull cpu than 68000/7Mhz! I have an amiga 500 (with 1mb chip mod) and i was thinking, if adding only fast ram (like the one kipper2k make) and perhaps something like the ide68k with ide to cf card adaptor could make my amiga 500 be able to run whdload games without any speed problems! (Of course,i will need to change kickstart with a 2.04 version too, right?)
What exactly is your configuration, that allows you to run whdload games?

TotO · 07 August 2012, 14:53

Sure, with WHDLoad you need few power to handle games that already kick off the good old 68K@7MHz.

lurch · 08 August 2012, 02:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikonsgr

What exactly is your configuration, that allows you to run whdload games?

Current config is an A500 plus with 2MB chip, Toms 8MB fast RAM which connects to the CPU socket, a 68010, an A590 with a Mechware SCSI card reader so I can use a 2GB cfcard.

Can play 90% of games fine, Space quest I gave up on too slow, kings quest enhanced works not too badly needs a slight bump in speed :-)

The 8MB from Tom helped alot.

Upgraded to Workbench 3.1 along with the kick but that gave me less chip RAM available.

Actually the fastest combination was Workbench 2.x with kickstart 3.1 :-) Gave me 1.9MB chip to play with.

lurch · 08 August 2012, 02:50

Will be replacing the SCSI card reader with the ide68k I have sitting here so should improve the HDD seek times :-)

Lord Aga · 08 August 2012, 15:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by TotO

A multiple frequency choice on the boot menu will be just great to increase compatibility.

This would be awesome !
7 MHz 100% compatible
14 MHz cruise speed
28 MHz serious muscle
50 MHz turbo charge (when rendering with Real 3D

)

So we can pick some medium values where the extra speed is showing, but it still goes easy on the CPU.

mr.vince · 08 August 2012, 18:25

Whatever you like.

get ready for some pics later tonight.

Lord Aga · 08 August 2012, 19:11

Ohboyohboyohboyohboy

mr.vince · 09 August 2012, 00:35

Alright, this is no vaporware... Here's a real PCB. We plan to have the final boards immersion gold coated, but it's too expensive for one demo board. Please look at the first picture, especially on the lower left and tell me what you see...

gibs · 09 August 2012, 00:50

Top!

So it is for september ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by lurch

Actually the fastest combination was Workbench 2.x with kickstart 3.1 :-) Gave me 1.9MB chip to play with.

Tiny Launcher can give you more

kipper2k · 09 August 2012, 02:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr.vince

Alright, this is no vaporware... Here's a real PCB. We plan to have the final boards immersion gold coated, but it's too expensive for one demo board. Please look at the first picture, especially on the lower left and tell me what you see...

Attachment 32314

Attachment 32315

a Real Time clock

gibs · 09 August 2012, 03:13

This board is going to be a success !

TjLaZer · 09 August 2012, 06:45

Nice can't wait to see it finished!

mr.vince · 09 August 2012, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by kipper2k

a Real Time clock

Yes, indeed. One more function built into the beast. No add-on, no adapter.

dJOS · 09 August 2012, 09:43

Nice, what modes does the IDE Support - UDMA33 or UDMA66?

JuvUK · 09 August 2012, 10:12

hi,

i would like to state interest in one of these

06 August 2012, 03:00	#182
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dJOS Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 229	Nice, what modes does the IDE Support - UDMA33 or UDMA66? __________________ Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1220 16Mhz 128MB w/ RTC, 4GB CF-HDD Amiga 500 w/ KS1.3, 512k Chip-Ram, 512k Slow-Ram, 8MB Fast-Ram, FDD Boot Selector, HxC RevC SD Floppy Drive, a1010 External FDD Commodore 64 w/ 1541 Ultimate-II inc Tape Adapter, JiffyDOS, 1541 Disk Drive, 1531 Datasette, C64 Flyer Net Modem, ZoomFloppy Last edited by dJOS; 09 August 2012 at 11:02.

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05 August 2012, 14:06	#181
Calabazam Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: France Posts: 149	Interested in 1 as well please.

06 August 2012, 03:28	#183
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lurch Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Zealand Posts: 20	Puzzling stuff, as I have an A500+ which has 1MB onboard and a 1MB via the trap door. Have Toms 8MB in the CPU socket. So going by what has been said if I get an ACA500 I'd have to remove the 1MB in the trap door and the 8MB in the CPU socket as the ACA500 blocks the CPU socket :-/ ACA500 2MB (classed as chip?) + 1MB onboard + 80 Euros ACA1220 - 128MB + 90 Euros 170 Euros..... Not too bad. Is there anymore info about the Zeus board? Another thing that is confusing to me is I have no issues playing 90% of the games via WHDLoad on my 500+ My CPU is a 68010 for the quit key to work properly but no other tweaks. Only games that are really slow are space quest/kings quest although they're far more playable now that I have the 8MB to play around with.

07 August 2012, 12:32	#185
duga Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Uppsala / Sweden Posts: 229	Nope. You'll leave the trap door expansion which gives you a total of 2 MB chip. Then you'll remove the Toms 8 MB and replace it with the ACA500. That gives you 2 MB fast. Then you can sell Toms 8 MB and buy a ACA1220 as a replacement.

07 August 2012, 14:53	#187
TotO Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Posts: 49	Sure, with WHDLoad you need few power to handle games that already kick off the good old 68K@7MHz.

08 August 2012, 02:50	#189
lurch Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Zealand Posts: 20	Will be replacing the SCSI card reader with the ide68k I have sitting here so should improve the HDD seek times :-)

08 August 2012, 18:25	#191
mr.vince SPS Nose Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hawk's Creek Age: 37 Posts: 1,144	Whatever you like. get ready for some pics later tonight.

09 August 2012, 00:35	#193
mr.vince SPS Nose Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hawk's Creek Age: 37 Posts: 1,144	Alright, this is no vaporware... Here's a real PCB. We plan to have the final boards immersion gold coated, but it's too expensive for one demo board. Please look at the first picture, especially on the lower left and tell me what you see...

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gibs Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: france Posts: 932	This board is going to be a success !

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