Individual Computers - New accelerator cards for A600 & A1200 - Page 102

fitzsteve · 18 April 2011, 00:15

Hi, ACATune attached - docs are in the first archive

FOL · 18 April 2011, 00:17

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Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Hi, ACATune attached - docs are in the first archive

I will be doing an Unofficial support page. Was planing to finish it this comming week, but Im away for Easter Break.

fitzsteve · 18 April 2011, 00:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

I will be doing an Unofficial support page. Was planing to finish it this comming week, but Im away for Easter Break.

Nice one FOL - That will really help peeps out

Enjoy your break

FOL · 18 April 2011, 00:23

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Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Nice one FOL - That will really help peeps out

Enjoy your break

Doh, now Im debating wether to take my laptop I use for work with me.
Could set it up as a standalone server to work on it,

.

Damn the amiga community,

.

amigakit.com · 18 April 2011, 00:25

@FOL

Take a well deserved week off- no laptops!

FOL · 18 April 2011, 00:47

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Originally Posted by amigakit.com

@FOL

Take a well deserved week off- no laptops!

Aye, your proberly right.
Besides I value my limbs more,

. (looks round for the wife)

NovaCoder · 18 April 2011, 01:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

I will be doing an Unofficial support page. Was planing to finish it this comming week, but Im away for Easter Break.

Cool I've been waiting for this. So I assume you have the latest version of the firmware as well as fitting instructions.

Also, will you have that ACTune GUI you guys developed available to download?

Schoenfeld · 18 April 2011, 12:17

Hi,

just got feedback from Vesalia that the memory stability problems of the 42MHz version are solved. This was also one of those problems that I could not reproduce here, so it took a few iterations of sending things back and forth, but ultimately the precise error description has lead to a solid solution.

The trouble was - once again - power supply related. Some PSUs cause more noise than others, and if it's "on the edge", then you get a funny effect: The memory is stable with no keyboard connected, and it's getting unstable (showing 0MB fastmem most of the time) if the keyboard is connected.

This noise is a matter of a few nanoseconds only, and I managed to get around it in pure logic. All new 42MHz cards have this fix already applied.

This makes one issue left: Graphics errors with 28MHz cards. I do have a board from AmigaKit here that supposedly has this trouble, but I haven't been able to reproduce it until now. As Vesalia has a few bad power supplies with lots of noise, they will now ship these PSUs to me, so I can tackle this final problem (hoping that I can reproduce it by combining these "bad" units).

Jens

Amigaman · 18 April 2011, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schoenfeld

Hi,

just got feedback from Vesalia that the memory stability problems of the 42MHz version are solved. This was also one of those problems that I could not reproduce here, so it took a few iterations of sending things back and forth, but ultimately the precise error description has lead to a solid solution.

The trouble was - once again - power supply related. Some PSUs cause more noise than others, and if it's "on the edge", then you get a funny effect: The memory is stable with no keyboard connected, and it's getting unstable (showing 0MB fastmem most of the time) if the keyboard is connected.

This noise is a matter of a few nanoseconds only, and I managed to get around it in pure logic. All new 42MHz cards have this fix already applied.

This makes one issue left: Graphics errors with 28MHz cards. I do have a board from AmigaKit here that supposedly has this trouble, but I haven't been able to reproduce it until now. As Vesalia has a few bad power supplies with lots of noise, they will now ship these PSUs to me, so I can tackle this final problem (hoping that I can reproduce it by combining these "bad" units).

Jens

You just don't get this sort of dedication from other places

.

Anyone ever had a problem with a graphics card from NVidia or similar that just casues all sorts of problems. If the fix isn't in the FAQs or a software update, its very much "Tough luck" and you go and buy a new card. Not with Jens, once again proving 'He the man!

'

netagra · 18 April 2011, 17:05

Jens, thank you for everything you do to us!

AmigaDave · 19 April 2011, 07:22

Yes, thanks Jens for all of your work and great products that we can't get from anywhere else.

To the rest of you, be careful about giving Jens too much praise, I saw him at last year's AmiWest Show and his head is getting so big that if you praise him too much, it will soon burst, or be too heavy for him to continue working on any Amiga products!

thgill · 22 April 2011, 00:56

Was having some issues with my 1200 locking up with the ACA1230/28.

Sometimes I would get video corruption other times just a hard lock.

Seemed worse with the ACATune software in the startup. Removed it and it was better, though still occasionally seeing issues. It would lock up within 30 seconds of starting the Jesus on E's demo if I had the ACATune software loaded.

Performed the timing fix and I can say it appears to have fixed the issue! Removed both E123C and E125C and the problems appear to be gone. Been running Jesus on E's for about 25 minutes straight with NO problems with the ACATune running.

Need to do some more testing, but I feel confident this resolved my issues.

Specs:

1D1 motherboard
ACA1230/28
PNY 4GB CF card
ATX power supply
3.1 Roms

Claw22000 · 23 April 2011, 00:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Hi, ACATune attached - docs are in the first archive

So I downloaded all 3 of these and my ACA 030 28Mhz is on its way. What's the difference between the last to files listed? I know there 2 different versions. Is that because of compatibility or some other reason?

Just thought I would check as I'm going to prep the drive and other stuff before it gets here so when it does its a few small changes and bam I'm good.

Thanks

I can barely contain my excitement!

fitzsteve · 23 April 2011, 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claw22000

So I downloaded all 3 of these and my ACA 030 28Mhz is on its way. What's the difference between the last to files listed? I know there 2 different versions. Is that because of compatibility or some other reason?

Just thought I would check as I'm going to prep the drive and other stuff before it gets here so when it does its a few small changes and bam I'm good.

Thanks

I can barely contain my excitement!

Of the three file the first is the first release, the second is the update. The third file was only released for the 42mhz version of the card which was not supported by the origianal release/update.

The first file is also the only one to contain the documentation.

Steve.

Claw22000 · 23 April 2011, 23:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

Of the three file the first is the first release, the second is the update. The third file was only released for the 42mhz version of the card which was not supported by the origianal release/update.

The first file is also the only one to contain the documentation.

Steve.

So do I need to install the first file the upgrade or can I just install the second one?

FOL · 24 April 2011, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claw22000

So do I need to install the first file the upgrade or can I just install the second one?

Second file is what you want, Beta 5 if I recall.
However I think the 42MHz version works just fine, it only adds the 42MHz card to the compatability list.

Claw22000 · 24 April 2011, 15:06

Cool I can't wait to mess with it. After reading the guide. I can't tell what the best settings will be. I have to use loadmodule scsi.device because of a 60gig so which should be first the scsi.device ot acatune? I do plan on maprom and it says it needs special memory. Thanks 4 your help.

FOL · 24 April 2011, 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claw22000

Cool I can't wait to mess with it. After reading the guide. I can't tell what the best settings will be. I have to use loadmodule scsi.device because of a 60gig so which should be first the scsi.device ot acatune? I do plan on maprom and it says it needs special memory. Thanks 4 your help.

ACATune, should always be first line of startup sequence.

It would proberly be better following the custom rom guide thats posted here somewhere.
You can then update your kickstart and use ACATune to boot it. Saves you the hastle of loadmodule etc etc.

Claw22000 · 24 April 2011, 18:50

I would defiantly be interested in that. Is it posible to add cd rom support like the cd32 has aswell? When I'm at a computer I will have to check that out.

FOL · 24 April 2011, 20:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Claw22000

I would defiantly be interested in that. Is it posible to add cd rom support like the cd32 has aswell? When I'm at a computer I will have to check that out.

Just use the CD32 emulator from the squirrel drivers disk.
It lets you insert your game cd in workbench, then tweak it (with the config tool) for each disc, for 100% compatability.
All the games that didnt work for me, I added fast ram, or disabled caches and they now all work perfect.

18 April 2011, 12:17	#2028
Schoenfeld electricky. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: out in the wild Posts: 1,256	Good news on the stability front! Hi, just got feedback from Vesalia that the memory stability problems of the 42MHz version are solved. This was also one of those problems that I could not reproduce here, so it took a few iterations of sending things back and forth, but ultimately the precise error description has lead to a solid solution. The trouble was - once again - power supply related. Some PSUs cause more noise than others, and if it's "on the edge", then you get a funny effect: The memory is stable with no keyboard connected, and it's getting unstable (showing 0MB fastmem most of the time) if the keyboard is connected. This noise is a matter of a few nanoseconds only, and I managed to get around it in pure logic. All new 42MHz cards have this fix already applied. This makes one issue left: Graphics errors with 28MHz cards. I do have a board from AmigaKit here that supposedly has this trouble, but I haven't been able to reproduce it until now. As Vesalia has a few bad power supplies with lots of noise, they will now ship these PSUs to me, so I can tackle this final problem (hoping that I can reproduce it by combining these "bad" units). Jens

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18 April 2011, 00:25	#2025
amigakit.com Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.amigakit.com Posts: 2,015	@FOL Take a well deserved week off- no laptops!

18 April 2011, 17:05	#2030
netagra Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Athens / Greece Posts: 33	Jens, thank you for everything you do to us!

19 April 2011, 07:22	#2031
AmigaDave Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: California/USA Posts: 112	Yes, thanks Jens for all of your work and great products that we can't get from anywhere else. To the rest of you, be careful about giving Jens too much praise, I saw him at last year's AmiWest Show and his head is getting so big that if you praise him too much, it will soon burst, or be too heavy for him to continue working on any Amiga products!

22 April 2011, 00:56	#2032
thgill Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mason, Ohio / USA Age: 48 Posts: 391	Was having some issues with my 1200 locking up with the ACA1230/28. Sometimes I would get video corruption other times just a hard lock. Seemed worse with the ACATune software in the startup. Removed it and it was better, though still occasionally seeing issues. It would lock up within 30 seconds of starting the Jesus on E's demo if I had the ACATune software loaded. Performed the timing fix and I can say it appears to have fixed the issue! Removed both E123C and E125C and the problems appear to be gone. Been running Jesus on E's for about 25 minutes straight with NO problems with the ACATune running. Need to do some more testing, but I feel confident this resolved my issues. Specs: 1D1 motherboard ACA1230/28 PNY 4GB CF card ATX power supply 3.1 Roms

24 April 2011, 15:06	#2037
Claw22000 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN/USA Age: 46 Posts: 222	Cool I can't wait to mess with it. After reading the guide. I can't tell what the best settings will be. I have to use loadmodule scsi.device because of a 60gig so which should be first the scsi.device ot acatune? I do plan on maprom and it says it needs special memory. Thanks 4 your help.

24 April 2011, 18:50	#2039
Claw22000 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN/USA Age: 46 Posts: 222	I would defiantly be interested in that. Is it posible to add cd rom support like the cd32 has aswell? When I'm at a computer I will have to check that out.

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