Amiga 600 Accelerators (ACA, Furia, etc)

Lemaru · 04 October 2016, 20:58

I got a Apollo A630 I brought at the World of Amiga show back in 98 and have never managed to get this stable in either of my A600s due to constant lockups and freezing so thinking if selling it and getting an alternative card

So what are people's thoughts on the Furia and the ACA620. I can't seem to find any side by side comparisons so was wondering if anyone has used both and which one would be the better of the two? Both seem similar specs wise and in price so just wondering which would be the better to stick my money down on.

Ideally I would go for the Vampire but been waiting on the list for 6 months and still no news, so figured get an alternative for the time being, and then when the vampire comes I'd have an accelerator for the second A600

Also anyone have any ideas on what the Apollo A630 is worth these days as cant seem to find anyone who has sold one recently, appears they are getting quite rare these days.

paul1981 · 05 October 2016, 02:43

I have an ACA620, and I've been extremely pleased with it. Snaps onto the 68000 like concrete, mine never came with the standoffs and screws but it doesn't need it. I'd still like them though if amigakit are reading this. Huge speedup over stock configuration, no complaints. Rock solid for me.

The Furia is obviously a much faster card, but that's about all I can tell you about it. I'm curious myself actually because for the money they look a bargain, and seem to perform better than an equivalently clocked 030 card.

Apollo 630...hmmm, whatever you can get for it would be my answer..Like you say it's rare, but not hugely desirable these days. I'd guess at around £200.

amiman99 · 05 October 2016, 04:35

I have the ACA630 25MHZ, very good accelerator with plenty of RAM, no problems for me.
You can almost play Doom in HB mode!
I was planning to sell it so I can get the Vampire.

idrougge · 05 October 2016, 12:26

The ACA620 seems to be sold out in the entire world, so I went for a Furia. It's impressive speedwise, but I would have liked the extra bells and whistles of the ACA such as (limited) PCMCIA support with full RAM, NMI jumper, etc.

Lemaru · 05 October 2016, 14:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by idrougge

The ACA620 seems to be sold out in the entire world, so I went for a Furia. It's impressive speedwise, but I would have liked the extra bells and whistles of the ACA such as (limited) PCMCIA support with full RAM, NMI jumper, etc.

Does look like the ACA is hard to find so opted for a Furia. 105quid inc postage so not too bad. They seem to hold their value well for if I decide to part with it once I finally get my mitts on a V2

Amiga1992 · 05 October 2016, 15:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by idrougge

(limited) PCMCIA support

It's limited? How? I had no idea.

jarp · 05 October 2016, 18:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

It's limited? How? I had no idea.

Furia's fast memory overlaps with PCMCIA address space or something and PCMCIA won't work until you remove 4 MB's worth of fast memory by doing special reboot (Amiga-Amiga-Control for 3 secs). After that PCMCIA works fine, you just have less memory.

Personally I've had no problems with this though, just a minor inconvenience - I can wholeheartedly recommend Furia. But if you use PCMCIA a lot it may be a problem.

Amiga1992 · 05 October 2016, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by jarp

Furia's fast memory overlaps ...

idrougge said that the ACA620 has limited PCMCIA support, or at least that's what it seems from his message. Not the Furia.

Quote:

Originally Posted by idrougge

I would have liked the extra bells and whistles of the ACA such as (limited) PCMCIA support with full RAM

jarp · 05 October 2016, 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

idrougge said that the ACA620 has limited PCMCIA support, or at least that's what it seems from his message. Not the Furia.

Oh you are right, my bad, sorry! Did not read the message properly!

DopPie · 05 October 2016, 20:46

Aca does not have any issues with the pcmcia. The only problem is the pcmcia reduces the largest available free block. Other than that all memory is available while the pcmcia it available too.

idrougge · 05 October 2016, 20:57

https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/shop/product/aca620.html

Quote:

5 MBytes of the card memory are always mounted automatically, so the card is PCMCIA-friendly under any condition. The Maxmem option allows to mount another 5.8 MBytes, providing a total amount of 10.8 MBytes of RAM to application software while still maintaining PCMCIA compatibility (IO cards only, PCMCIA memory cards should not be used).

04 October 2016, 20:58	#1
Lemaru Registered User Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Berks, UK Posts: 269	Amiga 600 Accelerators (ACA, Furia, etc) I got a Apollo A630 I brought at the World of Amiga show back in 98 and have never managed to get this stable in either of my A600s due to constant lockups and freezing so thinking if selling it and getting an alternative card So what are people's thoughts on the Furia and the ACA620. I can't seem to find any side by side comparisons so was wondering if anyone has used both and which one would be the better of the two? Both seem similar specs wise and in price so just wondering which would be the better to stick my money down on. Ideally I would go for the Vampire but been waiting on the list for 6 months and still no news, so figured get an alternative for the time being, and then when the vampire comes I'd have an accelerator for the second A600 Also anyone have any ideas on what the Apollo A630 is worth these days as cant seem to find anyone who has sold one recently, appears they are getting quite rare these days.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
New project - Fúria EC020	Boboo_SK	News	288	11 April 2023 09:58
ACA 620/ACA 1221 in ACA 500 and whdload games slowdowns	turrican9	support.Hardware	3	20 October 2016 22:16
Super Cars WHDLOAD crash/freeze with ACA 1221 and ACA 620	turrican9	support.Games	18	30 September 2016 00:38
First Amiga 600 FPGA Accelerator - Vampire 600	majsta	Hardware mods	736	18 July 2016 18:31
After the wonderful ACA cards will we ever get any new accelerators made?	vroom6sri	Retrogaming General Discussion	23	13 December 2012 21:04

05 October 2016, 02:43	#2
paul1981 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: England Posts: 419	I have an ACA620, and I've been extremely pleased with it. Snaps onto the 68000 like concrete, mine never came with the standoffs and screws but it doesn't need it. I'd still like them though if amigakit are reading this. Huge speedup over stock configuration, no complaints. Rock solid for me. The Furia is obviously a much faster card, but that's about all I can tell you about it. I'm curious myself actually because for the money they look a bargain, and seem to perform better than an equivalently clocked 030 card. Apollo 630...hmmm, whatever you can get for it would be my answer..Like you say it's rare, but not hugely desirable these days. I'd guess at around £200.

05 October 2016, 04:35	#3
amiman99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,185	I have the ACA630 25MHZ, very good accelerator with plenty of RAM, no problems for me. You can almost play Doom in HB mode! I was planning to sell it so I can get the Vampire.

05 October 2016, 12:26	#4
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,338	The ACA620 seems to be sold out in the entire world, so I went for a Furia. It's impressive speedwise, but I would have liked the extra bells and whistles of the ACA such as (limited) PCMCIA support with full RAM, NMI jumper, etc.

05 October 2016, 20:46	#10
DopPie Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Den Hoorn, NL Age: 45 Posts: 259	Aca does not have any issues with the pcmcia. The only problem is the pcmcia reduces the largest available free block. Other than that all memory is available while the pcmcia it available too.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)