Individual Computers - New accelerator cards for A600 & A1200 - Page 67

gibs · 03 January 2011, 12:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

The heatsink is warm, not hot. It's well within the limits of that flat cable.

Jens

I don't know, I haven't received mine yet.

mfilos · 03 January 2011, 12:03

Heating is just fine. It just gets a little warm that's all.

Btw... does the WhichAmiga freeze comes from an FPU call (since Jens said some posts ago that freezes can occur when trying to call FPU), or something else?

gibs · 03 January 2011, 12:04

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Originally Posted by alexh

Nah, glue a regular one to the top of the PCMCIA connector and file the slot taller. Looks perfect and gives you access to the card.

Like this ? [ Show youtube player ]

FOL · 03 January 2011, 12:46

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Originally Posted by gibs

I don't know, I haven't received mine yet.

Theres alot of space between cable and heatsink (in regard to A600).

Pavel · 03 January 2011, 12:54

Do we need to use ACAtune? Cant i just plug in the card and go?

FOL · 03 January 2011, 12:55

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Originally Posted by Pavel

Do we need to use ACAtune? Cant i just plug in the card and go?

Tut tut, search the thread,

.
You can plug an play, ACATune lets you tweak features of the card.

Think this thread is getting alittle confusing for people as we are discussing both cards.

Predseda · 03 January 2011, 13:02

It is exatcly why I told that the best solution would be FAQ on Individual Computers web.

Pavel · 03 January 2011, 13:04

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Originally Posted by Predseda

It is exatcly why I told that the best solution would be FAQ on Individual Computers web.

this would be nice...

FOL · 03 January 2011, 13:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Predseda

It is exatcly why I told that the best solution would be FAQ on Individual Computers web.

I have no control over Individual Computers website.
So it would be up to Jens if he decides to do something like that.

I might be able to knock something up for Amigakits site however.

Amigafanboi · 03 January 2011, 13:51

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Originally Posted by FOL

I might be able to knock something up for Amigakits site however.

Spoken like a true blooded Technician

Amiga1992 · 03 January 2011, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by PulsatingQuasar

Believe me, the harddisk doesn't do diddly squat to the temperature. I know because I have tested this.

Well I guess your tests could be wrong since a CF unit will lift almost no warmth at all whereas a hard drive will (even if only for the spinning).
The temperature of my A1200 system decreased a LOT when I removed the hard drive from it. Your system will only be lighter, colder and in general HAPPIER with a CF solution, sticking to a hard drive makes no sense I think.

vroom6sri · 03 January 2011, 14:35

Jens - AmigaKit are currently through my A1200 lock-up problems with the 28mhz card but it was mentioned that I may have one of those motherboards that has timing issues and this might be the cause of the problems. If this is the case will I ever be able to use this card or will my A1200 forever be at standard speed?

FOL · 03 January 2011, 15:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by vroom6sri

Jens - AmigaKit are currently through my A1200 lock-up problems with the 28mhz card but it was mentioned that I may have one of those motherboards that has timing issues and this might be the cause of the problems. If this is the case will I ever be able to use this card or will my A1200 forever be at standard speed?

Lets not get ahead of ourselves first.
We need to find the issue first.

vroom6sri · 03 January 2011, 15:18

I know, I know (sigh) but being the eternal pessimist (realist?) I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. I've been testing it again today with revised startup-sequence line for ACAtune but it still locked up. Seemed to be OK - did a few levels in Epic then loaded up Global Trash demo and FREEZE.

Dagnamit! I SOOOO wanta spend some quality time with my pimped A1200. Don't get me wrong though. I am impressed and appreciative of AmigaKits handling of my query and service in general.

FOL · 03 January 2011, 15:22

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Originally Posted by vroom6sri

I know, I know (sigh) but being the eternal pessimist (realist?) I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. I've been testing it again today with revised startup-sequence line for ACAtune but it still locked up. Seemed to be OK - did a few levels in Epic then loaded up Global Trash demo and FREEZE.

Just curious, what happens with just a standard workbench 3.1 install?

Also, did you say your on 3.0? if so what happens with mapping say 3.1?
-maprom filelocation:3.1.rom.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vroom6sri

Dagnamit! I SOOOO wanta spend some quality time with my pimped A1200. Don't get me wrong though. I am impressed and appreciative of AmigaKits handling of my query and service in general.

We try to help when ever possable.
Even when we are'nt in work,

.

PulsatingQuasar · 03 January 2011, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by vroom6sri

I know, I know (sigh) but being the eternal pessimist (realist?) I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. I've been testing it again today with revised startup-sequence line for ACAtune but it still locked up. Seemed to be OK - did a few levels in Epic then loaded up Global Trash demo and FREEZE.

Dagnamit! I SOOOO wanta spend some quality time with my pimped A1200. Don't get me wrong though. I am impressed and appreciative of AmigaKits handling of my query and service in general.

What revision motherboard do you have and have the capacitors been changed? Have the timing fixes been applied?

The last couple of days I replaced the capacitors in both my CD32 systems. The capacitors had a black writing on them which generally means of a better quality than the capacitors with a green writing. All solderings were still clean and shiny. But during replacement I could see they leaked both visually and by the smell I got several times.
I have an SX32 in one CD32 which would lock up after an hour of running but not any more.

I guess it doesn't make a difference anymore what SMD capacitors you have and if the soldering is still clean. They're failing.

ws1968 · 03 January 2011, 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by kipper2k

If there was enough interest i would make a batch of 50, the price would be ~ $20. As Steve says small orders do not get the price break to make it worthwhile.

edit. i would be willing to try to accomodate the design of the boarrd to make the CF card removeable without opening the case, and of course not interfere with the other cards that may be in the Amiga

I would buy two of them if the CF is removable without opening the case! So just 48 to go then

klx300r · 03 January 2011, 18:24

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Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

Don't get me wrong, Trevor and Hyperion have done the right thing: Multi-core support in a big-endian desktop OS. I wouldn't build an Amiga on x86. Just because Apple did, we don't need to follow.

Jens

+ 1

gibs · 03 January 2011, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by klx300r

+ 1

Thinking like that assume that you probably own another computer (PPC, ARM, X86...) to do the majority of tasks you need to do nowdays.

In this case...yes...but that's another story.

I mean those cards are cool (I have purchased one), but when are we going to have a real boost for our old Amiga ? If it's it possible (over a 68060) ? Why creating only a 030 68k accelerator in 2010 ? Are they easier to do ? Why not doing a 060 (at least) ?

That's only questions I have in my head.

DDNI · 03 January 2011, 19:48

@gibs, iirc Jens stated that the 030 was actually a bonus, as his intention was only to create new RAM cards for the classic machines.

03 January 2011, 12:03	#1322
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	Heating is just fine. It just gets a little warm that's all. Btw... does the WhichAmiga freeze comes from an FPU call (since Jens said some posts ago that freezes can occur when trying to call FPU), or something else? Last edited by mfilos; 03 January 2011 at 14:42.

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03 January 2011, 12:54	#1325
Pavel The Swede Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 43	Do we need to use ACAtune? Cant i just plug in the card and go?

03 January 2011, 13:02	#1327
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,544	It is exatcly why I told that the best solution would be FAQ on Individual Computers web.

03 January 2011, 14:35	#1332
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 845	Jens - AmigaKit are currently through my A1200 lock-up problems with the 28mhz card but it was mentioned that I may have one of those motherboards that has timing issues and this might be the cause of the problems. If this is the case will I ever be able to use this card or will my A1200 forever be at standard speed?

03 January 2011, 15:18	#1334
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 845	I know, I know (sigh) but being the eternal pessimist (realist?) I'm trying to prepare myself for the worst. I've been testing it again today with revised startup-sequence line for ACAtune but it still locked up. Seemed to be OK - did a few levels in Epic then loaded up Global Trash demo and FREEZE. Dagnamit! I SOOOO wanta spend some quality time with my pimped A1200. Don't get me wrong though. I am impressed and appreciative of AmigaKits handling of my query and service in general.

03 January 2011, 19:48	#1340
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	@gibs, iirc Jens stated that the 030 was actually a bonus, as his intention was only to create new RAM cards for the classic machines.

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