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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: scrappysph on May 11, 2009, 07:00:55 PM

Title: SOLD:Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: scrappysph on May 11, 2009, 07:00:55 PM

Commodore A2630 accelerator
-Purchased in January but i've upgraded so no longer required.
-2mb ZIP RAM on board (room for 2 more)
-68030+68882 25mhz
-runs KS 3.1 with no problems
-Is in perfect condition and was running OS3.5 fine till i removed it from my A2000 this afternoon.
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/a2630
Looking for £NOW SOLD

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: scrappysph on May 12, 2009, 11:52:38 PM

Price drop, will now accept £50 plus p&p

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: hektic on May 13, 2009, 12:00:21 AM

I'll take it :)

PM Sent.

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: scrappysph on May 13, 2009, 12:07:26 AM

Hi hektic, pm replied to.
Just in case your curious there are pics of the front and back of the card here (http://www.amibay.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2449&start=0)

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: redrumloa on May 13, 2009, 12:30:23 AM

The A2630 is actually a very good card! Set your A2000 up properly with one and you may be surprised how spunky Workbench becomes.

I suggest only upgrade the zip ram to a full 4MB and do NOT use any zorro based ram expansions, including the A2091. Zorro ram will slow the system to a crawl.

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: hektic on May 13, 2009, 12:57:13 AM

Thanks for the info Red, just had a look at your site and saw the 1mb x 4 zips .. are they compatible?

Please say no, I'm spending far too much money on amiga's lately !! :-D

   

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: redrumloa on May 13, 2009, 01:34:52 AM

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hektic wrote:
Thanks for the info Red, just had a look at your site and saw the 1mb x 4 zips .. are they compatible?

Please say no, I'm spending far too much money on amiga's lately !! :-D

   

 :lol:

Yes, they are the wrong type. You need 256k×4 (page mode), the ones I have are 1Mx4.

256kx4 are actually much cheaper, if you can find them.

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: orb85750 on May 13, 2009, 02:11:08 AM

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redrumloa wrote:
The A2630 is actually a very good card! Set your A2000 up properly with one and you may be surprised how spunky Workbench becomes.

I suggest only upgrade the zip ram to a full 4MB and do NOT use any zorro based ram expansions, including the A2091. Zorro ram will slow the system to a crawl.

Are you saying that there is an incompatibility of sorts when using these two common Commodore Amiga products together? Wow.

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: redrumloa on May 13, 2009, 02:18:14 AM

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orb85750 wrote:

Are you saying that there is an incompatibility of sorts when using these two common Commodore Amiga products together? Wow.

Not at all, I didn't mean to imply compatibility issues. Zorro II RAM cards are painfully slow simply because of the terrible bottleneck of the Zorro II bus itself.

-Edit-
If you are using a stock 6800 machine, you won't see a difference. If you are using an 030 or up, it is like night and day.

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: save2600 on May 13, 2009, 03:39:40 AM

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redrumloa wrote:
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If you are using a stock 6800 machine, you won't see a difference. If you are using an 030 or up, it is like night and day.

Or an 020... which was precisely the marketing behind GVP and others that used to claim you could double your A1200's speed simply by adding Fast Ram.  

Confucius say: 16-bit RAM not good in 32-bit wide native system.   :lol:

Title: Re: Commodore A2630 030 Accelerator for A2000
Post by: scrappysph on May 13, 2009, 08:06:31 PM

payment recieved from hektic and card is now sold