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Title: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 req'd)
Post by: System on October 22, 2011, 04:20:19 PM
(http://www.vesalia.de/pic/aca1231a.jpg)

image similar*
ACA-1231/42

Amiga 1200 Accelerator Card w/ 68030 CPU incl. MMU

The new ACA-1231/42 offers everything a retro gamer wants:

Speed:
Although the ACA-1231/42 features less MHz than the Blizzard 1230-IV card (42 MHz** vs. 50 MHz), it actually achieves more MIPS (Million Instructions per Second). The reason for this efficiency is the high clock speed of the on-board memory (25 x 3.333 MHz).

Memory Aplenty:
The ACA-1231/42 comes with 64 MB RAM, 1 MB of which are reserved to map the Kickstart into the fast memory. With Kickstart 3.1 (http://www.vesalia.de/e_kickstart.htm)*** there are 63 MB FastMem available to applications when you switch the A1200 on (1 MB is always located at address 0x00C00000 to gain compatibility with old or badly programmed software).

On Time:
The ACA-1231/42, unlike its predecessor ACA-1230, always comes with an RTC (Real Time Clock) chip installed. You only have to add a battery.

Hardware Compatibility:
The ACA-1231/42 is more tolerant towards different revisions of the A1200 board then the ACA-1230 was.

Software Compatibility:
The ACA-1231/42 sports a fully featured 68030 processor, which also includes a functional MMU (Memory Management Unit). The MMU can not only be used to map a Kickstart ROM image to FastMem, it's also crucial for WHDLoad. The ACA-1231/42 is 100% compatible with WHDLoad!

Nice Price:
South of 1,500! ****

* The image shows a pre-production card, the final version looks slightly different.
** The exact clock speed is 41.6625 (25 x 3.333/2) MHz.
*** Kickstart 3.0 users must add the memory with the ACATune software.
**** TD SCNR :)


Item currently not available, ETA November 2011.

EUR 179.90 incl. 19% German VAT (EUR 151.18 excl. VAT for non-EU customers)

More... (http://www.vesalia.de/e_aca1231-42.htm)
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: Snoozy on October 22, 2011, 11:00:10 PM
i expect this will sell out in hours ! :cool:
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: XDelusion on October 23, 2011, 12:49:15 AM
Pretty cool!
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: actung_bab on October 23, 2011, 03:33:15 AM
looks like what the old bbs chould do with some more ram and speed nice...
this cheered me up as we lost are second baby this morning after only 12 weeks
wasint the best day
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: klx300r on October 23, 2011, 04:53:50 PM
way to go Jens:drink:

too in love with my Blizzard 030@50 to take her out of my 1200 but this is definitely a great replacement in case she breaks
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: AmiBoy on October 23, 2011, 08:55:36 PM
will these also be available from Amigakit??
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: Cosmos on October 24, 2011, 09:31:39 AM
Let's compare with my Blizzard 1230 at 60 Mhz : ACA1230@56 is always faster !

Blizzard 1230@60________________________________________ACA 1230@56 with ACATune v1.02b6
fast $70968000 readw 101.3 ns norm 19.8 * 10^6 byte/s______ fast $70968000 readw 81.8 ns norm 24.4 * 10^6 byte/s_____________ACA 24% faster
fast $70968000 readl 137.2 ns norm 29.2 * 10^6 byte/s________fast $70968000 readl 93.5 ns norm 42.8 * 10^6 byte/s______________ACA 47% faster
fast $70968000 readm 124.3 ns norm 32.2 * 10^6 byte/s_______fast $70968000 readm 119.8 ns norm 33.4 * 10^6 byte/s____________ACA 4% faster
fast $70968000 writew 102.7 ns norm 19.5 * 10^6 byte/s______fast $70968000 writew 107.2 ns norm 18.7 * 10^6 byte/s____________same speed
fast $70968000 writel 103.1 ns norm 38.8 * 10^6 byte/s_______fast $70968000 writel 106.5 ns norm 37.6 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed
fast $70968000 writem 106.4 ns norm 37.6 * 10^6 byte/s______fast $70968000 writem 96.4 ns norm 41.5 * 10^6 byte/s_____________ACA 10% faster
chip $000F0000 readw 741.2 ns norm 2.7 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 readw 445.9 ns norm 4.5 * 10^6 byte/s______________ACA 66% faster
chip $000F0000 readl 743.0 ns norm 5.4 * 10^6 byte/s________chip $000F0000 readl 571.4 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s_______________ACA 30% faster
chip $000F0000 readm 635.6 ns norm 6.3 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 readm 630.3 ns norm 6.3 * 10^6 byte/s______________same speed
chip $000F0000 writew 575.4 ns norm 3.5 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 writew 572.0 ns norm 3.5 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed
chip $000F0000 writel 574.9 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s________chip $000F0000 writel 572.4 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s______________same speed
chip $000F0000 writem 575.0 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 writem 572.1 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed



Blizzard 1230@60________________________________________ACA 1230@56 without ACATune
fast $70968000 readw 101.3 ns norm 19.8 * 10^6 byte/s______ fast $70968000 readw 106.9 ns norm 18.7 * 10^6 byte/s____________same speed
fast $70968000 readl 137.2 ns norm 29.2 * 10^6 byte/s________fast $70968000 readl 144.1 ns norm 27.8 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed
fast $70968000 readm 124.3 ns norm 32.2 * 10^6 byte/s_______fast $70968000 readm 131.3 ns norm 30.5 * 10^6 byte/s____________same speed
fast $70968000 writew 102.7 ns norm 19.5 * 10^6 byte/s______fast $70968000 writew 107.4 ns norm 18.6 * 10^6 byte/s____________same speed
fast $70968000 writel 103.1 ns norm 38.8 * 10^6 byte/s_______fast $70968000 writel 108.0 ns norm 37.0 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed
fast $70968000 writem 106.4 ns norm 37.6 * 10^6 byte/s______fast $70968000 writem 95.5 ns norm 41.9 * 10^6 byte/s_____________ACA 11% faster
chip $000F0000 readw 741.2 ns norm 2.7 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 readw 446.1 ns norm 4.5 * 10^6 byte/s______________ACA 66% faster
chip $000F0000 readl 743.0 ns norm 5.4 * 10^6 byte/s________chip $000F0000 readl 571.2 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s_______________ACA 30% faster
chip $000F0000 readm 635.6 ns norm 6.3 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 readm 630.5 ns norm 6.3 * 10^6 byte/s______________same speed
chip $000F0000 writew 575.4 ns norm 3.5 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 writew 572.0 ns norm 3.5 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed
chip $000F0000 writel 574.9 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s________chip $000F0000 writel 572.0 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s______________same speed
chip $000F0000 writem 575.0 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s_______chip $000F0000 writem 572.9 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s_____________same speed
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: jj on October 24, 2011, 09:54:41 AM
Quote from: Cosmos;664826
Let's compare with my Blizzard 1230 at 60 Mhz : ACA1230@56 is always faster !
 

And ?
 
This board is running at 42mhz ?
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: tribz on October 24, 2011, 10:53:05 PM
Quote from: actung_bab;664641
looks like what the old bbs chould do with some more ram and speed nice...
this cheered me up as we lost are second baby this morning after only 12 weeks
wasint the best day


Commiserations. Been there, it's rough but gets better. Hope partner ok.
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: coldfire on October 25, 2011, 09:09:55 AM
I look at this, about 250 dollars for a 42mhz cpu to go in an almost 20 year old computer and think how crazy it is.  But I still want one.  What is it about the Amiga?  It's like a disease or something.
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: SpeedGeek on October 26, 2011, 08:30:19 PM
What a nice little accelerator board. To bad the designer can't figure out how to add FPU support at very low cost and without any significant loss of performance. I guess we all have our limitations.
Title: Re: ACA-1231/42 MHz incl. CPU 68030 (with MMU), 64 MB RAM and RTC (battery CR-1220 re
Post by: adonay on October 27, 2011, 09:49:27 AM
Guess i will get this version next. Had the old ACA for a week or something regret i sold it :-D