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A4000D project follow-up
« on: April 16, 2021, 12:03:58 AM »
Taking several months away from the project was for the best, as I came back to it and was able to correct the issues in about 2 days...

Issues:
XTAL grounding issue.
3640 connector clean.
cleaned/reseated fast RAM.
reseated PALS.
burned new EPROMS, as others were flaky

99% functional at this point and very usable.
https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=74157.msg848632#msg848632

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Offline kirk_m

Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2021, 04:15:26 AM »
Congrats!
-/- A500 & ACA500 & ACA1233n -/- A500 Tower & VAMPiRE II 500+ -/- A2000 & BLiZZARD 2060 -/- A3000 & CYBERSTORM MKII 040 -/- A1200 & BLiZZARD 1230 MK IV -/- A1200 & BLiZZARD 1260 -/- A4000 & 3640 -/-
 

Offline Matt_H

Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2021, 04:53:51 AM »
Looking good! Very clever using the rear expansion slot for the SD card. Is that a custom bracket holding it in place or were you able to buy something pre-made?
 

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Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2021, 07:40:46 PM »
Thanks, I just cut plexiglass, then used a heat gun to soften and molded it into shape. Then I drilled out and dremeled the slot.

Now, if I could just find a flicker fixer, instead of the GBS Chinese converter.
 

Offline HammerD

Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2021, 07:06:45 PM »
Very nice!  What is the 1% that is not functional?
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Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2021, 05:52:00 PM »
The system has a Gotek drive and when you select a file, save and reboot...it will just hang and you will have to turn the machine off manually and restart. Also, some games seem to not work and it's always fun to figure out if it's a PAL issue or something else. Does the game Drol work on AGA?
 

Offline Tumbleweed

Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2021, 06:47:45 PM »
Not all games will work on AGA machines. Have you tired an AGA only game like Banshee? If that works without probs it could simply be the game you are trying to run isn't AGA compatible and its not a hardware issue.

Machine looks great form the pics.
A3000T, Cybervision64, CSMKII 060; A3000D, PicassoII, Z3 Fastlane; A2000D, 040, PicassoII; A4000D, A1200, Blizzard 030 MKIV  (not working - next project)
 

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Re: A4000D project follow-up
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2021, 11:35:54 PM »
Yes I tried Banshee and it worked fine.