Individual Computers - New accelerator cards for A600 & A1200

[Zetr0]

I tihnk my question got missed earlier -

@AK / Jens

will there be a 56Mhz 030 planned for the A600 ?

[frank_b]

Originally Posted by Zetr0

I tihnk my question got missed earlier -

@AK / Jens

will there be a 56Mhz 030 planned for the A600 ?

Will there be an accelerator or fast ram + ide expansion for the 500/500+
I would pay money for that too. Something to replace those gvp drives which are probably on their last legs by now.

Cmon the A500 needs some love too

[Amigaman]

Originally Posted by Zetr0

I tihnk my question got missed earlier -

@AK / Jens

will there be a 56Mhz 030 planned for the A600 ?

Mr Z,

as far as I can tell in this thread at least, nothing faster than the 25mhz option has been spoken of for the A600. I think this is due to the considerable heat it would generate in such restricted space, and the inability to cool it properly.

Mind you, you seem to be a whizz with the soler iron, maybe Jens will let you look at the plans, and you can build some upgrade kits!!

G.

[Schoenfeld]

I am not planning a 56MHz A600 version. Something for the A500 is a lot more likely.

Good sunday evening news: The mass-produced version of the ACA630 has one more feature compared to the prototype, which has been proven to work now: The ACA630 can be disabled.

Before switching CPUs with the "disable"-jumper, you need to power down. Just a reset is NOT enough. However, this is still a lot easier than removing that complicated assembly, just to launch a 68000-only-game!

Jens

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

I am not planning a 56MHz A600 version. Something for the A500 is a lot more likely.

Good sunday evening news: The mass-produced version of the ACA630 has one more feature compared to the prototype, which has been proven to work now: The ACA630 can be disabled.

Before switching CPUs with the "disable"-jumper, you need to power down. Just a reset is NOT enough. However, this is still a lot easier than removing that complicated assembly, just to launch a 68000-only-game!

Jens

Great news Jens

[frank_b]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

I am not planning a 56MHz A600 version. Something for the A500 is a lot more likely.
Jens

Yes please Something with fast ram, ide (so we can cflash it) and maybe just maybe a nice fast 030. Sidecar all the way. You build it I'll buy it. That would be cool. Now if it also worked on the a1000 that would be even cooler!

[kolla]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

Before switching CPUs with the "disable"-jumper, you need to power down. Just a reset is NOT enough.

So it is quite harmless to set the jumper while running in 030 mode?
I ask since it sounds like something one might want to add a switch for.

[Schoenfeld]

Originally Posted by kolla

So it is quite harmless to set the jumper while running in 030 mode?

We really depend on a power-cycle to speak of "harmless".

Originally Posted by kolla

I ask since it sounds like something one might want to add a switch for.

The procedure would be

1. power down
2. flip switch
3. power up

Anything else would NOT be harmless, as you might end up with two CPUs trying to access the bus. This feature came extremely late in the development, and the CPLD (the main logic chip) knows nothing about the state of the switch/jumper. It can only deduct the information "030 active", but it cannot deduct the information "030 inactive".

Jens

[Predseda]

I remember all those A500s in late 80s / early 90s that have had long cord with switch at the end. It turned the 2nd half meg on/off. The time goes in circles and the age of those cords returns

[cosmicfrog]

I can`t think of I time when I actual turned the extra half meg off on an a500
might have swiched from 2.0 to 1.3 a couple of times but as a general rule the software
over came any hardware limitation, classic example is whload now

[Amigaman]

Good news on the disable option. Suggest using a tamper proof switch like having a cover;

http://proto-pic.co.uk/products/Miss...tch-Cover.html

or using a heavy duty switch so accidents don't happen.

[Nostromo]

Just ordered ACA 1230/28 Accelerator from AmigaKit!

W00t.

[Paul_s]

Originally Posted by Amigaman

Good news on the disable option. Suggest using a tamper proof switch like having a cover;

http://proto-pic.co.uk/products/Miss...tch-Cover.html

or using a heavy duty switch so accidents don't happen.

Those are for launching nuclear missiles tho

[Amigaman]

Originally Posted by Paul_s

Those are for launching nuclear missiles tho

Yeah.. ain't it cool? time to respray the A600 gun metal grey or camo!!

[tin]

Nuclear Processor Disable Attack Go! This Is Not An Exercise!!!

[tin]

dammit EAB and your all caps removing ways.....

[Schoenfeld]

more hardware-pr0n from the PGA socket production - custom made for Individual Computers:



Really looking forward to seeing them in real life. Scheduled to be shipped to Germany by the end of this week. I have a few hundred black PGA sockets that will be used for the majority of the ACA630.

Jens

[Nostromo]

Hoping its ok to ask this in here...

Are there plans for a new run of Indivision AGA? If yes, will it have extra features? Cheers!

[Schoenfeld]

Everblue:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=55980

J

[Nostromo]

Thanks