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Action Replay 3
I have an idea. please feel free to tell me why it is stupid and why it wont work. failing that, tell me why it will work and how i can do it
![]() i dont really know much about that edge connector on the A500, but i was wondering.... if i was to put a lowly kick1.2 (or 1.3) flashed eprom into one of my A600's (!!) would it be possible to re-wire the action replay to work on it? maybe hard-wire the bugger in there somewhere?! at the moment this is just a crazy idea, and i've absolutely no idea how it would be approached, but i do have a spare a600 and a spare Ar-III, and it would be nice to free up some desk space! that is all. please hardware gods, tell me what must / must not be done ![]() |
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Should be possible. Check the schematics of both to locate the signals. AR3 works with 2.04/2.05. 68010 causes problems.
Redesign the AR3 pcb while you're at it, make a version that clips over the 68000 inside the A600. :-P |
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Action Replay 3 mainly wouldn't work because of the memory configuration of the A600, as far as I remember it simply won't work on a 1 meg chip ram machine.
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and AR-III does have a "0.5M or MAX" chip setting, which kind of implies it should work with >512k |
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I can test it on my 1MB Chip A500 (unfortunately 1.3 only) when I come back from work this evening. |
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this is all good to know. I figured it must be the 2.xx causing problems - i'm sure i've tried that combo on winuae previously
so.. rkauer... are you implying that the edge-connector adaptor would be wired into where exactly? into the trapdoor slot i guess? i know you mentioned recently PCI slot spacing was the same.... so i'll look into salvaging a connector from an old PC |
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The last versions of AR3 work with 2.04 and A500+s.. I have used mine in an A500+ many times and I had 2.04 on my A500 till the very end.
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actually, now you say that, i'm reminded of a friend of mine who had (i think) an A500+, and he had one too! (the one that i'm about to butcher in fact!)
which version of ar-3 did you have galahad? (although i havent checked which ar-3 revisions mine are yet, i'd always assumed they were one of the later ones) |
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AR3 does work till kickstart 37.299. It doesn't after 37.300. I believe something to do with IDE/Gayle registers (tested on A500+ with 2mb chip ram).
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Q: "But it won't conflict with the PCMCIA slot?" A: No if I put it a little back (near the PSU intake). Q: "But then the Amiga will not look kinky?" A: "Yep, but since it works..." ![]() For the PCI slot: It is only useful for making a DIY trapdoor expansion of any kind. For example: RTC, 1Mb memory expansion or a pre-amplifier (really silly, since the Amiga itself have on-board pre-amp)... Hmm... Not silly at all! You can build a mixer in there and route the CD audio lines for it! ![]() For the edge connector: its spacing is the very same of Zorro (don't pull from A2000s, those are invaluable!) and really old peecees with ISA and EISA slots (burn those with no regrets! ![]() Last edited by rkauer; 25 June 2008 at 00:25. |
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no no, my action replay 3 -must- go inside! the only thing that will be allowed 'out' will be an extension to the activation switch!
if that means wires between it and the amiga motherboard, then so be it! i am more interested in where on the motherboard my wires will connect ![]() |
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I'm sure one of the HW whores (Zetr0) could make an action replay for 1200 and one of the asm guys could fix/patch it to work!
In fact why doesn't WHDload support AR3 with a slave, that would be cool as I don't like HRTMon! |
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HRTmon is ok, but i definately prefer AR-III, and i am looking to "downsize" my a500 researching setup, so it's what i'll be using.
Also the rom-resident HRTmon doesnt five much hope reading that thread. AR-III is tried and tested ![]() |
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I think WHD support for AR3 would be cool. WHD would handle this directly if the rom exists, but should be selectable from tooltypes/command line when running the slave
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