Cant find info on this card

FOL · 30 July 2007, 21:17

Hi, i just bought another A1200 (for my little brother). It has an accelerator installed, but the 1 thats listed in it, I cant find any where to see what it is.

Its apparently a Power Computing PC1208 ISSUE 2A. The FPU is quoted as being a MC68882RC33A.

If anyone can shed any light, or point me in the right direction to info on it, that would be great.

Retro-Nerd · 30 July 2007, 21:30

Is this not a 8 MB memory extension card?

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=20606

FOL · 30 July 2007, 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Is this not a 8 MB memory extension card?

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=20606

You da man, thats the 1. Its installed with 8 Megs, so thats deffo the 1. I was looking for the AMiga Hard Page, that is linked on that thread, but couldnt find it.

Next question, does this card disable the PCMCIA slot when set to 8Megs?

Retro-Nerd · 30 July 2007, 22:03

That's a good question, maybe you try it yourself. There are no infos about the 8 MB card on amiga resource. But maybe alex knows more.

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ram

FOL · 30 July 2007, 22:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

That's a good question, maybe you try it yourself. There are no infos about the 8 MB card on amiga resource. But maybe alex knows more.

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ram

Again you da man, That answers that question.

"with 8 MB RAM installed, the memory address space can be set either continuous or PCMCIA compatible"

So im happy,

Retro-Nerd · 30 July 2007, 22:10

Nice to hear. But where did you found this info? I've only seen the PC1204 card there.

FOL · 30 July 2007, 22:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Nice to hear. But where do found this info? I've only seen the PC1204 card there.

Search under elbox PC1200-08,

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/elbox1208

I havent recieved it yet, so cant say which 1 it is yet.

Retro-Nerd · 30 July 2007, 22:16

Mmh, i hope both cards are identical.

FOL · 30 July 2007, 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Mmh, i hope both cards are identical.

Well the thread you pointed me to, says they are, its like my Wizard Electronics Magnum RAM 8 card, its virtually like an Apollo card.

Retro-Nerd · 30 July 2007, 22:23

Then have fun with it, FOL.

FOL · 01 August 2007, 19:19

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Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Then have fun with it, FOL.

Nice, its here and indeed a Power Computing 1208. It also has a 33Mhz Co CPU installed and 8 Megs,

.

Retro-Nerd · 02 August 2007, 15:27

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Originally Posted by FOL

Nice, its here and indeed a Power Computing 1208. It also has a 33Mhz Co CPU installed and 8 Megs,

.

And is working fine with the PCMCIA port, i assume.

alexh · 02 August 2007, 19:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

And is working fine with the PCMCIA port, i assume.

Not with 8 Meg installed

Some nice Photo's would be appreciated for BBoAH.

Zetr0 · 02 August 2007, 19:12

according to amiga.resource.cx

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search....&base=dec&pid=

it states it has a jumper to allow the memory to be configured as pcmcia friendly.

heres a lookie

alexh · 02 August 2007, 19:15

I dont see how it is possible with a 24-bit address bus.

I wonder at what address it stuffs the other 4-meg?

It would almost certainly need a driver to access that 4-meg would it not?

Zetr0 · 02 August 2007, 19:21

@alexh

hmmmm i think it must come down to address jumping or off-setting, this would cause some problems running a mac emulator as it would need a full contigious block of ram.

but to be honest, thats just a guess from what they have wrote on amiga.resource

indeed, an interesting card.. FOL will just have to let us know how he gets on. I for one am indeed envious, I would love to test this card out..

FOL · 02 August 2007, 19:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

@alexh

hmmmm i think it must come down to address jumping or off-setting, this would cause some problems running a mac emulator as it would need a full contigious block of ram.

but to be honest, thats just a guess from what they have wrote on amiga.resource

indeed, an interesting card.. FOL will just have to let us know how he gets on. I for one am indeed envious, I would love to test this card out..

Its exactly the same as the card you posted apart from jumpers are in different places.

1 is the 4meg limiter for pcmcia compatability, 1 is for clock (aint worked it out yet, on it works, off i get yellow screen) and the other is the disable whole card jumper.

It doesnt seem to clock at 33MHz, this is the first time i have delt with a co-processor installed. I have tested speed with sysinfo, and it always seems to come back as around 22MHz, ill do some more tests though.

Its odd, that there is no information on this card at all on the net. I can tell you it was poorly designed, as the trap door will not shut properly, hence the door had been cut to make it fit.

Hungry Horace · 02 August 2007, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

Its odd, that there is no information on this card at all on the net. I can tell you it was poorly designed, as the trap door will not shut properly, hence the door had been cute to make it fit.

my blizzard 1230 50 card, with scsi 1230 device attached makes the trap-door of the a1200 bulge.... are you gonna tell me thats a poorly designed piece of brilliance mate?

btw - gotta love those cute doors... they look so sexy!

FOL · 02 August 2007, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hungry Horace

my blizzard 1230 50 card, with scsi 1230 device attached makes the trap-door of the a1200 bulge.... are you gonna tell me thats a poorly designed piece of brilliance mate?

btw - gotta love those cute doors... they look so sexy!

Bah, where did you come from, where's my Universe FrontEnd,

Hungry Horace · 02 August 2007, 20:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

Bah, where did you come from, where's my Universe FrontEnd,

look behind you! a three-headed monkey!

<HH runs>

FOL · 02 August 2007, 20:13

Can anyone, tell what tests to do on it and with what. I currently have ClassicWB FULL installed.

Also 1 other thing, i have mentioned this before, but noone replied. With my 2.5" HD installed, I cant use the PCMCIA slot at all (as it disables the HD, and Amiga ignores it completely). It seems to be a problem with Express IDEFIX.

Zetr0 · 02 August 2007, 20:59

@FOL

there is a PCMCIA reset fix thingy, have a search for that m8y.

FOL · 02 August 2007, 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

@FOL

there is a PCMCIA reset fix thingy, have a search for that m8y.

I have the amigakit.com transfer kit program installed, which adds the 2 programs, 1 for reset bug and other for (ermmm cant remember,

). The problem has only happened since installing my 2.5" HD with Express IDEFIX. If I remove the Gayle connector it doesnt disable the IDE connector, if I have the gayle connector connected and I insert the PCMCIA card it disables IDE connector full stop. I get 3.1 KickStart screen, funny thing is, if i put my flash card as hd, it works fine (except express idefix software crashes when detecting cdrom). Its really odd.

Zetr0 · 03 August 2007, 01:22

@FOL

indeed. could it be a power issue insofar as the pcmcia card and a hard disk ?

strange... what revision is you motherboard ?

FOL · 03 August 2007, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

@FOL

indeed. could it be a power issue insofar as the pcmcia card and a hard disk ?

strange... what revision is you motherboard ?

Doh, ill have to take it apart again, ill check once my new CF arrives. From what i remember its a 2B, as it has the mouse port on a pluggable board.

FOL · 03 August 2007, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOL

Doh, ill have to take it apart again, ill check once my new CF arrives. From what i remember its a 2B, as it has the mouse port on a pluggable board.

Oh ment to add, i using a PC PSU. So it should meet all the power needs.

30 July 2007, 21:30	#2
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 41 Posts: 8,372	Is this not a 8 MB memory extension card? http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=20606 Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 30 July 2007 at 21:39.

02 August 2007, 19:15	#15
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 10,508	I dont see how it is possible with a 24-bit address bus. I wonder at what address it stuffs the other 4-meg? It would almost certainly need a driver to access that 4-meg would it not? __________________ Thalion Webshrine

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30 July 2007, 22:03	#4
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 41 Posts: 8,372	That's a good question, maybe you try it yourself. There are no infos about the 8 MB card on amiga resource. But maybe alex knows more. http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ram

30 July 2007, 22:10	#6
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 41 Posts: 8,372	Nice to hear. But where did you found this info? I've only seen the PC1204 card there.

30 July 2007, 22:16	#8
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 41 Posts: 8,372	Mmh, i hope both cards are identical.

30 July 2007, 22:23	#10
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 41 Posts: 8,372	Then have fun with it, FOL.

02 August 2007, 19:12	#14
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 38 Posts: 9,185	according to amiga.resource.cx http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search....&base=dec&pid= it states it has a jumper to allow the memory to be configured as pcmcia friendly. heres a lookie

02 August 2007, 19:21	#16
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 38 Posts: 9,185	@alexh hmmmm i think it must come down to address jumping or off-setting, this would cause some problems running a mac emulator as it would need a full contigious block of ram. but to be honest, thats just a guess from what they have wrote on amiga.resource indeed, an interesting card.. FOL will just have to let us know how he gets on. I for one am indeed envious, I would love to test this card out..

02 August 2007, 20:59	#22
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 38 Posts: 9,185	@FOL there is a PCMCIA reset fix thingy, have a search for that m8y.

03 August 2007, 01:22	#24
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 38 Posts: 9,185	@FOL indeed. could it be a power issue insofar as the pcmcia card and a hard disk ? strange... what revision is you motherboard ?

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