Am i the only one who wants ACA1200+?

donnie · 05 November 2019, 06:29

Aca500 is the best damn amiga accelerator card ever made. Its so easy to change setups, try things.

I want one with two external cf slots for my 1200.

Photon · 05 November 2019, 12:59

Unfortunately the A1200 has no external expansion connector. But I guess a FastRAM card with the WB in flash ROM would enable boot from PCMCIA on all A1200s would be a good chicken-and-egg solution, and it would accelerate it quite a bit, especially if the RAM is as fast as other ACA. (For the internal expansion connector. The CF card would be in the PCMCIA on the side.)

idrougge · 06 November 2019, 01:18

You already have one external slot on your A1200, why do you need two?

Unkown · 06 November 2019, 02:45

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Originally Posted by idrougge

You already have one external slot on your A1200, why do you need two?

Greedy. Thats all some people want more than they can have.

donnie · 06 November 2019, 06:01

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Originally Posted by idrougge

You already have one external slot on your A1200, why do you need two?

The aux slot does not need any setup. It works out of the box. And it is alot less sensitive.

Combine with the boot setup screen the removable os-card. With aca500 you dont have to use winaue to set it up and you never need to open your amiga.

Its just an extremely practical set up. If you are a novice like me.

donnie · 06 November 2019, 06:08

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Originally Posted by Photon

Unfortunately the A1200 has no external expansion connector. But I guess a FastRAM card with the WB in flash ROM would enable boot from PCMCIA on all A1200s would be a good chicken-and-egg solution, and it would accelerate it quite a bit, especially if the RAM is as fast as other ACA. (For the internal expansion connector. The CF card would be in the PCMCIA on the side.)

Could you get the pcmcia slot to be as nonsensitive as the auxslot and work out of the box?

Tigerskunk · 06 November 2019, 09:37

I have to say, although I love the ACA500+ on my A1000, I don't see a need for one on the A1200.

Glen M · 06 November 2019, 13:38

If you mean that the ACA500 is easy to access the CF card because its external then why not just get one of those CF adapters that fits at the rear trapdoor of the A1200 (beside the mouse port). Run an IDE cable to the connector on the board and job done.

lord of time · 06 November 2019, 14:45

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Originally Posted by Glen M

If you mean that the ACA500 is easy to access the CF card because its external then why not just get one of those CF adapters that fits at the rear trapdoor of the A1200 (beside the mouse port). Run an IDE cable to the connector on the board and job done.

I think he is more likely refering to the ability to install the OS and choose Kickstard from within the Accelorator - an ability the ACA500/ACA500+ devices have. I dont see much use for this on 1200 either really!

idrougge · 07 November 2019, 00:02

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Originally Posted by donnie

Combine with the boot setup screen the removable os-card. With aca500 you dont have to use winaue to set it up and you never need to open your amiga.

Who ever told you that you need WinUAE to set up a CF card?

Paulee_Bow · 07 November 2019, 11:19

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Originally Posted by donnie

The aux slot does not need any setup. It works out of the box. And it is alot less sensitive.

Combine with the boot setup screen the removable os-card. With aca500 you dont have to use winaue to set it up and you never need to open your amiga.

Its just an extremely practical set up. If you are a novice like me.

Yeah I tried out the ACA500 but sadly it never worked on my A500+.

I’m not sure if it was the unit or my machine, but it just continuously refused to boot, getting stuck or crashing, despite me trying many different power supplies, cleaning methods, troubleshooting etc.

It was a complete nightmare. I later got a HC533 from Sordan and that’s been a dream, yeah you have to set up a workbench installation on WinUAE, and open up the 500 Until you’ve settled on the software you want to be on the card, but I found that whole process really fun and nostalgic, a proper Amiga experience...and it’s worked flawlessly ever since.

I am going to maybe try out the TF530 on a second machine, reason being, I’m happy with my 3.1 A500+ as it is, stable, and the TF only has 2MB fast which is not ideal for music making.

AmigaHope · 07 November 2019, 11:54

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Originally Posted by lord of time

I think he is more likely refering to the ability to install the OS and choose Kickstard from within the Accelorator - an ability the ACA500/ACA500+ devices have. I dont see much use for this on 1200 either really!

It would be a nice feature for future ACA1200 cards to include some local storage that could hold basic OS and firmware for bootstrapping. The other fancy memory management features of the ACA500+ would be nice too. A local flash adapter on the card could be way faster than Gayle.

roondar · 07 November 2019, 15:41

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Originally Posted by Photon

Unfortunately the A1200 has no external expansion connector.

I suppose you could do something janky with that little hole next to the mouse ports. Though it might not be big enough for CF cards and some expansions already use it (my Indivision AGA came with a DVI connector plus holder that fit there).

donnie · 07 November 2019, 21:19

I was thinking of just having the card itself in the expansion bay, and a small bracket with the cf cards that extends under the amiga.

Like this:

The only modification you would have to do is to remove the hatch, insert the card, and add 0,4mm rubber feets on your amiga.

05 November 2019, 06:29	#1
donnie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: sthlm Posts: 226	Am i the only one who wants ACA1200+? Aca500 is the best damn amiga accelerator card ever made. Its so easy to change setups, try things. I want one with two external cf slots for my 1200.

05 November 2019, 12:59	#2
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Unfortunately the A1200 has no external expansion connector. But I guess a FastRAM card with the WB in flash ROM would enable boot from PCMCIA on all A1200s would be a good chicken-and-egg solution, and it would accelerate it quite a bit, especially if the RAM is as fast as other ACA. (For the internal expansion connector. The CF card would be in the PCMCIA on the side.)

06 November 2019, 01:18	#3
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	You already have one external slot on your A1200, why do you need two?

06 November 2019, 09:37	#7
Tigerskunk Inviyya Dude! Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Amiga Island Posts: 2,770	I have to say, although I love the ACA500+ on my A1000, I don't see a need for one on the A1200.

06 November 2019, 13:38	#8
Glen M Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Belfast Posts: 750	If you mean that the ACA500 is easy to access the CF card because its external then why not just get one of those CF adapters that fits at the rear trapdoor of the A1200 (beside the mouse port). Run an IDE cable to the connector on the board and job done.

07 November 2019, 21:19	#14
donnie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: sthlm Posts: 226	I was thinking of just having the card itself in the expansion bay, and a small bracket with the cf cards that extends under the amiga. Like this: The only modification you would have to do is to remove the hatch, insert the card, and add 0,4mm rubber feets on your amiga.

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