A4000D (Ratte)

Ratte · 23 December 2010, 02:15

A4000D - mainboard reworked by botfixer and boing4000
(rtc-fixed, capacitors replaced and some other stuff)
2MB ChipMem and 16MB FastMem
completed with a batteryholder-replacement by DJBase

CPU - Blizzard 4030 with 68030(Rev.B) & 68882 (both real 50MHz)
(i still own a csppc .. on the paper .. it never returned from repair)

HDD - Maxtor 40GB - 7200 rpm (3MB/s on AmigaIDE)

DVD - LG-DVD with front-usb mod (third deneb-port)

daughterboard - MediatorPCI 4000Di

flickerfixer - IndivisionAGA (pre-series)

graphicscard - Radeon9250 256MB 128bit DVI

vga-output - specialversion from my automatic monitorswitch fitted on the radeon, heatsink from radeon modified to fit in the first slot on top over the mediator bridge
i have 1 slot with pci-bridge, gfx-card and indy-output ... and i take 240MB from the radeon as fastmem ... o3o-Amiga with 256MB ... but hold on

soundcard - SoundBlaster128 PCI

network - Netgear PCI (Realtek 8139 10/100Mbit)

USB - Deneb (running in DMA-mode) 2 ports share a panel with the network-card (easy mod) the third port is routed to front of my DVD-drive

memory - ZorRam 256MB ... 030 Power with 2MB ChipMem and 512MB FastMem

and there is still one free slot (for ZorroII/III and/or PCI)

http://translate.google.de/translate...389386&act=url

fitzsteve · 23 December 2010, 02:21

Nice setup you have there Ratte

I used a Blizzard 1230Mk4(50mhz) in my A1200T/Mediator Setup for a while before I got a 1240, then 1260/PPC and to be fair along with a Voodoo(or in your case Radeon) Graphics Card its very snappy indeed

Nice job on the mods, looks very nicely put togeter.

Thanks for sharing

Steve.

AmigaFriend · 23 December 2010, 03:22

What a very nice box you have! Nicely done. And the front USB port on the DVD case is just priceless!

dannyp1 · 23 December 2010, 03:52

I'm dying with envy! What a super set-up!

mfilos · 23 December 2010, 07:15

Peepz mustn't have saw the outstanding mod of front USB on DVD-RW!!! What a clever and nice implemented idea man!
Your Auto switch is epic anyway, embedded to Radeon... is just pure win!
Keep up the good work man!

Matt020 · 24 December 2010, 13:17

Am I understanding this right.... the Amiga is using the video cards memory as fast mem?

AmigaFriend · 24 December 2010, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt020

Am I understanding this right.... the Amiga is using the video cards memory as fast mem?

You are and that's exactly what it does.

cv643d · 24 December 2010, 15:33

What happened to the PPC?

wXR · 24 December 2010, 19:41

So many questions!

1- How are you sharing this video card RAM with the system?!
2- Any stability issues there? Any video issues?
3- What is the max RAM available on these PCI Radeon cards?
4- Is the RAM any faster/slower than normal Z3 RAM expansions?

Ratte · 25 December 2010, 10:57

Some months ago I posted a detailed description to add the videomem by hand to the system.
Elbox added this "hack" to the pci.library v9.x (since 9.6 it also works on a1200) as a feature.
All you have to do is to tell the picasso-system how much videomem you will use for gfx.
The rest will be added to the systemmem automatical.
(radeonmem 16mb = 16mb for gfxcard and 240mb fastmem / for 256mb radoens)
No problems with videoquality.
Max. amount of videomem for supported pci-cards are RadeonPCI 92xx with 256MB.
(It is also the limit of the MediatorPCI-Bridge, which has to configured to 512MB in this case, because some extra memory is required for config and PCI-roms)
Speed of Radeon and ZIII mem is nearly identical, the bottleneck is the ZorroIII-businterface.

I send my defective CSPPC to a german (still active) reseller, it had still garante at this time (i think it had the 68k socket problem).
Many emails and promises .. but the card never returns, when i started legal actions, it was still to late.
The lawyers told me, that i had to act faster.
Even the last email/promises are from 2009 ... (card under repair since 2001).

Cosmos · 25 December 2010, 11:31

>I send my defective CSPPC to a german (still active) reseller, it had still garante at this time (i think it had the 68k socket problem).

Give my address to this reseller : I'll change the 68k socket for 30 euros + shipping back to you

cosmicfrog · 27 December 2010, 11:10

Nice one ratte
nice use of some wasted space in the dvd drive, I`ll file that idea away, it might come in handy sometime in the furure

I`ve almost got all the bits to try the extra memory hack just need a radeon 92xx card then I`m all set to try your giude

Zetro asked a good question would u be able to use a voodoo for gfx and use all the memory from the radeon as fast ram, obviously this just a because we can kind of thing but still be interesting to know the answer

Ratte · 27 December 2010, 12:46

I have no voodoo .. and not the horsepower to play with the idea of a 3d enabled system with 256mb memcard named radeon.
I am unable to answer ...

cosmicfrog · 28 December 2010, 11:47

no worries ratte, I think it is possible to use the memory from the 2 gfx cards as fast mem

TuKo · 01 September 2014, 15:51

Hi Ratte,
I'm in admiration on your Radeon AutoSwitch, directly integrated to the graphic card.
Is there a compatible model for the Indivision 4000 MK2cr ?
Thanks in advance

Ratte · 01 September 2014, 20:15

I am sorry, but I never had the chance to check the mk2cr pinout.

23 December 2010, 02:15	#1
Ratte Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 331	A4000D (Ratte) A4000D - mainboard reworked by botfixer and boing4000 (rtc-fixed, capacitors replaced and some other stuff) 2MB ChipMem and 16MB FastMem completed with a batteryholder-replacement by DJBase CPU - Blizzard 4030 with 68030(Rev.B) & 68882 (both real 50MHz) (i still own a csppc .. on the paper .. it never returned from repair) HDD - Maxtor 40GB - 7200 rpm (3MB/s on AmigaIDE) DVD - LG-DVD with front-usb mod (third deneb-port) daughterboard - MediatorPCI 4000Di flickerfixer - IndivisionAGA (pre-series) graphicscard - Radeon9250 256MB 128bit DVI vga-output - specialversion from my automatic monitorswitch fitted on the radeon, heatsink from radeon modified to fit in the first slot on top over the mediator bridge i have 1 slot with pci-bridge, gfx-card and indy-output ... and i take 240MB from the radeon as fastmem ... o3o-Amiga with 256MB ... but hold on soundcard - SoundBlaster128 PCI network - Netgear PCI (Realtek 8139 10/100Mbit) USB - Deneb (running in DMA-mode) 2 ports share a panel with the network-card (easy mod) the third port is routed to front of my DVD-drive memory - ZorRam 256MB ... 030 Power with 2MB ChipMem and 512MB FastMem and there is still one free slot (for ZorroII/III and/or PCI) http://translate.google.de/translate...389386&act=url

23 December 2010, 03:22	#3
AmigaFriend Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sesimbra/Portugal Posts: 1,462	What a very nice box you have! Nicely done. And the front USB port on the DVD case is just priceless! Last edited by AmigaFriend; 23 December 2010 at 12:52. Reason: from=front

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23 December 2010, 02:21	#2
fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	Nice setup you have there Ratte I used a Blizzard 1230Mk4(50mhz) in my A1200T/Mediator Setup for a while before I got a 1240, then 1260/PPC and to be fair along with a Voodoo(or in your case Radeon) Graphics Card its very snappy indeed Nice job on the mods, looks very nicely put togeter. Thanks for sharing Steve.

23 December 2010, 03:52	#4
dannyp1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Michigan USA Posts: 169	I'm dying with envy! What a super set-up!

23 December 2010, 07:15	#5
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	Peepz mustn't have saw the outstanding mod of front USB on DVD-RW!!! What a clever and nice implemented idea man! Your Auto switch is epic anyway, embedded to Radeon... is just pure win! Keep up the good work man!

24 December 2010, 13:17	#6
Matt020 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: West Australia Age: 47 Posts: 210	Am I understanding this right.... the Amiga is using the video cards memory as fast mem?

24 December 2010, 15:33	#8
cv643d Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 762	What happened to the PPC?

24 December 2010, 19:41	#9
wXR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 552	So many questions! 1- How are you sharing this video card RAM with the system?! 2- Any stability issues there? Any video issues? 3- What is the max RAM available on these PCI Radeon cards? 4- Is the RAM any faster/slower than normal Z3 RAM expansions?

25 December 2010, 10:57	#10
Ratte Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 331	Some months ago I posted a detailed description to add the videomem by hand to the system. Elbox added this "hack" to the pci.library v9.x (since 9.6 it also works on a1200) as a feature. All you have to do is to tell the picasso-system how much videomem you will use for gfx. The rest will be added to the systemmem automatical. (radeonmem 16mb = 16mb for gfxcard and 240mb fastmem / for 256mb radoens) No problems with videoquality. Max. amount of videomem for supported pci-cards are RadeonPCI 92xx with 256MB. (It is also the limit of the MediatorPCI-Bridge, which has to configured to 512MB in this case, because some extra memory is required for config and PCI-roms) Speed of Radeon and ZIII mem is nearly identical, the bottleneck is the ZorroIII-businterface. I send my defective CSPPC to a german (still active) reseller, it had still garante at this time (i think it had the 68k socket problem). Many emails and promises .. but the card never returns, when i started legal actions, it was still to late. The lawyers told me, that i had to act faster. Even the last email/promises are from 2009 ... (card under repair since 2001).

25 December 2010, 11:31	#11
Cosmos Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: France Posts: 655	>I send my defective CSPPC to a german (still active) reseller, it had still garante at this time (i think it had the 68k socket problem). Give my address to this reseller : I'll change the 68k socket for 30 euros + shipping back to you

27 December 2010, 11:10	#12
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	Nice one ratte nice use of some wasted space in the dvd drive, I`ll file that idea away, it might come in handy sometime in the furure I`ve almost got all the bits to try the extra memory hack just need a radeon 92xx card then I`m all set to try your giude Zetro asked a good question would u be able to use a voodoo for gfx and use all the memory from the radeon as fast ram, obviously this just a because we can kind of thing but still be interesting to know the answer

27 December 2010, 12:46	#13
Ratte Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 331	I have no voodoo .. and not the horsepower to play with the idea of a 3d enabled system with 256mb memcard named radeon. I am unable to answer ...

28 December 2010, 11:47	#14
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	no worries ratte, I think it is possible to use the memory from the 2 gfx cards as fast mem

01 September 2014, 15:51	#15
TuKo Apollo Team Join Date: May 2014 Location: not far Posts: 379	Hi Ratte, I'm in admiration on your Radeon AutoSwitch, directly integrated to the graphic card. Is there a compatible model for the Indivision 4000 MK2cr ? Thanks in advance

01 September 2014, 20:15	#16
Ratte Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 331	I am sorry, but I never had the chance to check the mk2cr pinout.

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