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Photon · 22 September 2018, 15:41

This is brilliant.

I don't have an A500+ because of the "no internal fastmem possible*" problem. Not even Jens' ACE2 solves that. But you did! So I might get one and one of these. How do I order?

If you want games then most 1991+ Digital Illusions and Team 17 titles check for slowmem and allocates it, I think. Maybe also some other multidisk games do.

But if you want a burn-in test, my Apollo Bus Test should work fine on all Amigas. It simply shovels tons of data across any connector from chipmem to non-chipmem, checking for overclock issues vs RAM speeds or poor connector contact. It runs until it freezes (or not=OK), an hour burn-in should be plenty enough considering the connector type and no overclock.

It's better and more strict test since games can crash for reasons other than your Amiga setup being wrong as we know. I also trust this MemTest.

*=asterisk.

22 September 2018, 15:41	#11
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,604	This is brilliant. I don't have an A500+ because of the "no internal fastmem possible" problem. Not even Jens' ACE2 solves that. But you did! So I might get one and one of these. How do I order? If you want games then most 1991+ Digital Illusions and Team 17 titles check for slowmem and allocates it, I think. Maybe also some other multidisk games do. But if you want a burn-in test, my Apollo Bus Test should work fine on all Amigas. It simply shovels tons of data across any connector from chipmem to non-chipmem, checking for overclock issues vs RAM speeds or poor connector contact. It runs until it freezes (or not=OK), an hour burn-in should be plenty enough considering the connector type and no overclock. It's better and more strict test since games can crash for reasons other than your Amiga setup being wrong as we know. I also trust this MemTest. =asterisk.