ACA500 plus?

With this config, it's good, the game does not crash anymore.

Reset Mode = Sync

VBR Move = ACA500plus VBR Move
CPU Speed = 42MHz
Aca.resource = on
Virtual autoconfig = Automatic
Map Rom = on or off

With
Wbclassic
Whdload 18.3
TinyLauncher 3.1 or X-bEnCh 1.0
With tooltypes on or off.

But even with these parameters if you add an ACA1232 33MHz this does not solve the problem of scrolling and slowing down the sound.

Originally Posted by neumanix

Need some help here. My AUX slot is acting strangely.
If I've been in the menu and there is a CF card inserted in the AUX port, the Amiga
won't boot. The leds just flash once and then nothing.
If I now re-insert (hot swap) the CF card while in this freezed state, and reset, then
it works and keeps working.
But if I go into the menu, the port stops working and I have to to the same procedure again.
Everything worked fine before, the card is FAT formatted and works fine in my PC card reader.
What's going on here?

[EDIT]

Seems that a warm reset after exiting the menu solves the booting issue.
But hot swapping freezes the Amiga when inserting the card, so still not working properly.

Just wanted to chime in and say that I have run into the same issue. Kind of annoying but at least there is a work around for now. Spent a good while troubleshooting it before arriving at the realization that a warm reset would enable a normal boot with a CF card inserted into the AUX slot. Was trying all kinds of different menu/profile configurations, etc, nothing seemed to make a difference.

Using Kingston 4GB cards (don't have any other brands/sizes to try unfortunately). They were FAT32 formatted already, and I tried reformatting just to be sure but it made no difference.

[Acill]

My ACA500+ started acting up last night after flashing the latest software. When I boot my 500 (Rev 6A) without the ACA500+ it seems fine using a gotek and a WB1.3 and 3.1 ADF, when I put the ACA back on it seems to work and I get them menu screen, but when I boot into a WB3.1 or 1.3 I get some graphical corruption attached to the mouse pointer. Its multicolored pixilated 1" or so bar that runs vertical and follows the pointer. A reboot doesnt make it go away. Any ideas?

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Acill

My ACA500+ started acting up last night after flashing the latest software. When I boot my 500 (Rev 6A) without the ACA500+ it seems fine using a gotek and a WB1.3 and 3.1 ADF, when I put the ACA back on it seems to work and I get them menu screen, but when I boot into a WB3.1 or 1.3 I get some graphical corruption attached to the mouse pointer. Its multicolored pixilated 1" or so bar that runs vertical and follows the pointer. A reboot doesnt make it go away. Any ideas?

Did you change hardware? This sounds like side-effect of OCS Agnus + ECS Denise + KS 3.1 combination. (KS 3.1 does not support ECS Denise without ECS Agnus)

[Acill]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Did you change hardware? This sounds like side-effect of OCS Agnus + ECS Denise + KS 3.1 combination. (KS 3.1 does not support ECS Denise without ECS Agnus)

Ah! I think that is it! I put in ECS denise to test and forgot i left it in! i will have to remove it!!

[honx]

if someone wants to know: today i ordered aca500plus, 2x a512 and indivision ecs for my a500+!

[Signman]

Originally Posted by honx

if someone wants to know: today i ordered aca500plus, 2x a512 and indivision ecs for my a500+!

Well, happy birthday.

[Photon]

I don't underestimate solving DMA-heavy (properly utilizing the hardware!) games played with a secondary accelerator attached. I don't envy that job

I don't have an accelerator in it and got it a few months back but basically just wanted to say that it has delivered. Better than ACA500 with no drawbacks that I can find so far. Although I haven't used it heavily, I've used it quite a bit and 21MHz, 8MB, with proper slowmem speed and 7MHz at a button press is just what I wanted

(In fact, I'd love an A600 version just for these exact options - is it possible via the CPU slot and not the expansion port ?)

[honx]

help page on my aca500plus is empty, does anyone else have this problem?
aca500p rom is already patched to v0.99, which seems to be latest version.

[Photon]

Originally Posted by honx

help page on my aca500plus is empty, does anyone else have this problem?
aca500p rom is already patched to v0.99, which seems to be latest version.

Hehe. Hidden option I think it simply hasn't been implemented yet.

It would be nice with some text there, but the Wiki page has quite a bit of information about most of the options.

[honx]

so i'm not alone, having this issue?

[Photon]

Originally Posted by honx

so i'm not alone, having this issue?

You are not alone. It's the same on mine. It's not an issue for me, though.

I doubt they could put more in there than was in the paper manual that came with the card.

[honx]

thx. another quesion: i don't find anything dismo messages related on wiki.icomp.de.
where can i read about messages displayed? i'm curious what "FE" means and so on...

[Photon]

Yeah, I was going to ask if they wanted more on the Wiki page, but I think the relevant stuff is there.

"FE" is the last byte of the currently loaded menu version I think. But it shows a lot of hex numbers when loading/saving ACA500Plus-stuff. It's there to signify something for the devs if it should get stuck on some operation, I think.

"17" = L7 = button press triggered Level 7 Interrupt (for use with an Assembler or a cartridge)

"07", "14", "21", "28", "42" = button triggered this CPU MHz.

"0_" = button triggered De-Brick mode. Press again to bring up "0._".

[honx]

Originally Posted by Photon

"07", "14", "21", "28", "42" = button triggered this CPU MHz.

that's interesting, it also shows "42" when i enter system information (tab in main menu).

[Schoenfeld]

While in the menu, DisMo will show the key code of the last key that was pressed. This happens to be $42 for tab.

Jens

[softiron]

Is the card able to feature full bootselector option? It can switch df1 as df0 but can it swap them and have them both active?

[demolition]

Originally Posted by softiron

Is the card able to feature full bootselector option? It can switch df1 as df0 but can it swap them and have them both active?

No, when the external drive is set as DF0:, the internal drive cannot be used.

[Schoenfeld]

This actually *is* the full boot selector functionality. With a hardware-bootselector, you also lose df1: if you do the switch and then reset the machine.

Only with a small trick, you can have both active with a hardware-switch: Switch to "normal", reset, then swap the drives; only this will make the internal drive available as df1:. With the ACA500plus not having a physical switch, you can't do this trick. However, the "wiring" is still the same, so it may be possible to write a short piece of software that activates the internal drive as df1:. Some copy programs may be able to re-scan for drives, and they may be able to find the drive if a disk is inserted.

Jens

[demolition]

I have been testing several games the last couple of days using an external drive with the boot selector feature of the ACA500plus and I noticed that several games can cause the internal drive to seek and click while they're waiting for a disk change. They still function as expected and recognizes the disk change in the external drive.

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

This actually *is* the full boot selector functionality. With a hardware-bootselector, you also lose df1: if you do the switch and then reset the machine.

I noticed that there are two kinds of hardware boot selectors. One is the passive type with a simple switch and the other has some digital logic on it. I assumed the logic was there to keep the internal drive enabled somehow.