Individual Computers - New accelerator cards for A600 & A1200

[alenppc]

I bought an 1D4 mobo from Vesalia. Whether this has timing fixed or not, I don't know. After getting the ACA1231, the card works for 15-20 mins after which the Amiga can't boot anymore without getting a guru.

It was clearly an overheating problem. After buying a slim 80mm fan and jamming it next to the card in the trapdoor slot, the Amiga no longer crashes and can run for hours on end with the ACA1231, so some air circulation was all it was needed it seems. Not the best though, cause I hate the noise the fan makes. But I don't see what else I can do about it.

[Bamiga2002]

Btw. what's the last ACATune version confirmed working with ACA 1230/56?

[AmigaDave]

@Jens, of Individual Computers,

Have you decided if you will be able to attend this year's 2012 AmiWest Show with some ACA500, ACA600 & ACA1200 accelerators?

Hope you can make it to the show, and if you can bring some new products, that would be even better. If not ready in time, maybe you can just bring the prototypes to display, or demonstrate during the Show?

Thanks for your continued support of the AmiWest Show for so many years.

[Schoenfeld]

Dave:

Answered here: http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=154

in essence: Find me a customer (xDSL, cable or fibre operator) who needs a good router. Once I can negotiate about 5000 routers or more per month, a ticket to the US will be easy to pay for.

Jens

[Retrofan]

Jens I know your are very busy, but you know me, I've asked about this thing from time to time and I'm patient... Do you still have in mind the sata controller?

[jbenam]

Originally Posted by Retrofan

Jens I know your are very busy, but you know me, I've asked about this thing from time to time and I'm patient... Do you still have in mind the sata controller?

+1, this interests me a lot

[CritAnime]

Can anyone suggest any good ACAtune settings for the a600. At the moment it's sat like it was when i bought it. It's quick but apparently I can get more out of it. I am running classic workbench ECS edition.

[mfilos]

I'm using the following ACATune declaration on my beloved A600 since the day 1 that I got my ACA630@30:

C:ACATune -maprom * -fastchip on -fastz2 on -z2cache on -cache on -burst on >NIL:

Instead of * I use my custom Kickstart 3.1 ROM but you can use it as it is
The ACATune version that I use is 1.5e

[Bamiga2002]

Originally Posted by Bamiga2002

Btw. what's the last ACATune version confirmed working with ACA 1230/56?

*BUMP*

[mfilos]

Bamiga2002 mate you can check all the versions of ACATune that I gathered in this post:
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...postcount=2316

The latest version I was using with my former ACA1230@56 and worked like a charm (before ACA1231 was released) was 1.02b6
Dunno if the latest versions after 1.0.2b6 work as intended but you can always give them a try and report back here for me to add notes to the readme file as well

[Bamiga2002]

Thanks mfilos I must test that.

[som99]

After countless errors in WHDLoad and graphics corruption and no idea why I just did the timing fix on my A1200 rev 2B and now it works like a charm, just telling so people with the same issues know it worked for me

A1200 Specs:
ACA-1231@42MHz
Indivision AGA MK2
EIDE'99 4way buffered interface
4GB CF

So thanks to 1time and SuperNashwan for telling me to do the fix

[Bamiga2002]

Acatune 1.0.2b6 seems to work like charm as you said mfilos . Internal kickrom mapped and caches are on.

I used:
"Acatune -maprom * p -cache on -burst on -chipcache on >NIL:"

Acatune -status reported all OK

[Schoenfeld]

I strongly recommend NOT to use the chipcache option. It may make your system instable.

Jens

[Bamiga2002]

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

I strongly recommend NOT to use the chipcache option. It may make your system instable.

Jens

Yes I'm aware of that but curious to test it

[Riempie]

Originally Posted by som99

After countless errors in WHDLoad and graphics corruption and no idea why I just did the timing fix on my A1200 rev 2B and now it works like a charm, just telling so people with the same issues know it worked for me

A1200 Specs:
ACA-1231@42MHz
Indivision AGA MK2
EIDE'99 4way buffered interface
4GB CF

So thanks to 1time and SuperNashwan for telling me to do the fix

Which version of ACAtune are you using? I have exactly the same setup and with 1.5e of ACAtune my Amiga 1200 hangs at startup. And what is your resolution?

[Bamiga2002]

Originally Posted by Bamiga2002

Acatune 1.0.2b6 seems to work like charm as you said mfilos . Internal kickrom mapped and caches are on.

I used:
"Acatune -maprom * p -cache on -burst on -chipcache on >NIL:"

Acatune -status reported all OK

Just want to add that the jumper on the ACA is off so in "kick31" mode and works. Still trying to insert the rtc-battery correctly so that it remembers the time but it's not working. Contact failure?

[duga]

Have you measured the battery voltage?

[som99]

Originally Posted by Riempie

Which version of ACAtune are you using? I have exactly the same setup and with 1.5e of ACAtune my Amiga 1200 hangs at startup. And what is your resolution?

What power supply do you use? I have put an mATX PSU inside the Amiga powerbrick giving 25A on the 5v rail, when I use a weaker PSU my Amiga hangs at startup to so check on that.

Im using the same version of ACATune as you, I am running SUPERPLUS:High Res Laced @ 800x600 I have also tried HIGHGFX: Super-High Res Laced @ 1024x768 but I preferred the SUPERPLUS modes since I get perfect match on the monitor (no black borders or adjustments needed) also it's a bit quicker.

But as said, sounds like an issue with power in your case.

Edit: This is my PSU mod. mATX PSU inside the Amiga brick.

[Riempie]

I've bought a 300W Power Supply from AmigaKit. That should do it right? Still I have the issues.
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=866