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Title: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: amigakit on December 06, 2013, 10:00:01 AM
ACA 500 (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1168) accelerator is now added to AmigaKit.com webstores:

UK Product Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/GBP.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=1168

Europe Product Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/EUR.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=1168

US Product Link:
http://www.amigakit.us/product_info.php?products_id=1168

Canadian Product Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/CAD.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=1168
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: itix on December 06, 2013, 10:14:01 AM
You dont happen to have floppy drive that fits Amiga 500?
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: amigakit on December 06, 2013, 10:16:49 AM
Our A1200/A600 drives electronically work with the A500, they just need the eject button modified to work with A500- this is something we can do for you on special request.
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: AmigaClassicRule on December 06, 2013, 04:44:26 PM
Quote from: amigakit;753919
Our A1200/A600 drives electronically work with the A500, they just need the eject button modified to work with A500- this is something we can do for you on special request.


Are you telling me that this guy: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=294 here will fit in the case of the Amiga 500 anyways and that the only thing I need modified is the eject button which you guys will do for me anyways at a good price of $24.78??!!
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: sheepz on December 06, 2013, 09:31:57 PM
That is awesome!
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: AmigaClassicRule on December 07, 2013, 01:57:31 AM
Quote from: sheepz;753945
That is awesome!


Hey AmigaKit...you have not answered my question!! Please tell me...can I use the A1200/600 disk drive into my A500 disk drive case? Can it fit correctly or are there required severe hacks to make it work? If it can fit correctly why in your website you did not say A1200/600/500 disk drive?
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: Astral on December 07, 2013, 02:12:55 AM
Quote from: AmigaClassicRule;753955
Hey AmigaKit...you have not answered my question!! Please tell me...can I use the A1200/600 disk drive into my A500 disk drive case? Can it fit correctly or are there required severe hacks to make it work? If it can fit correctly why in your website you did not say A1200/600/500 disk drive?


OMG! Yee-freakin'-hah!

Woo!

I am sure they will answer your question when they can!

Ba-ding!
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: haywirepc on December 07, 2013, 02:24:25 AM
looks like a great way to give the old 500 a nice speedup without breaking the bank... when does the 68060 version come out?

:p
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: QuikSanz on December 07, 2013, 03:55:53 AM
Quote from: haywirepc;753957
looks like a great way to give the old 500 a nice speedup without breaking the bank... when does the 68060 version come out?

:p


As a matter of interest, When can we see some modern accelerator for classic big box units?

Wouldn't mind an 060@100 Mhz with some fast memory and a sata controller for my A2000 and A4000T.

Chris
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: AAACHIPSET on December 07, 2013, 06:02:08 AM
Quote from: QuikSanz;753959
As a matter of interest, When can we see some modern accelerator for classic big box units?

Wouldn't mind an 060@100 Mhz with some fast memory and a sata controller for my A2000 and A4000T.

my  dream is still  to put a 060(shouldve bought one when i had the chance 2 years ago ..bum )  or even better a 060/ppc  in my 1200 ...i have a dream
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: QuikSanz on December 07, 2013, 06:40:40 AM
Quote from: AmigaClassicRule;753955
Hey AmigaKit...you have not answered my question!! Please tell me...can I use the A1200/600 disk drive into my A500 disk drive case? Can it fit correctly or are there required severe hacks to make it work? If it can fit correctly why in your website you did not say A1200/600/500 disk drive?


Easy dude. I'm sure the bezel and the button need to be swapped out. Try a friendly mail instead.

Chris
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: spirantho on December 07, 2013, 08:28:53 AM
The only person designing accelerators at the moment is Jens Schoenfeld, and he's not interested in 68060s for various reasons... particularly because a new one would almost certainly lose him money and take years of his life. Interfacing a 68060 into an Amiga is far more difficult than a 68030.
If you need an acccelerator of that speed get one on eBay or Amibay- it'll be expensive but no more than a new one would be.

Back on topic....

Congrats to AmigaKit and Jens who I believe designed this rather ingenious piece of kit! Great for rejuvenating an A500!
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: Rob on December 07, 2013, 02:41:16 PM
Nice.  Came in cheaper than I expected.  Hope something similar can be done for the CD32.
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on December 07, 2013, 07:39:08 PM
Quote from: spirantho;753967
The only person designing accelerators at the moment is Jens Schoenfeld

Obviously missed the recent Elbox announcement, the recent pics from all those German groups and their homebrew accelerators, and a few others... but hey, competition is a good thing, I'd be more concerned is the Amiga market big enough to sustain all this development?  LOL :crazy:
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: QuikSanz on December 07, 2013, 08:42:32 PM
Quote from: spirantho;753967
The only person designing accelerators at the moment is Jens Schoenfeld, and he's not interested in 68060s for various reasons... particularly because a new one would almost certainly lose him money and take years of his life. Interfacing a 68060 into an Amiga is far more difficult than a 68030.
If you need an acccelerator of that speed get one on eBay or Amibay- it'll be expensive but no more than a new one would be.

Back on topic....

Congrats to AmigaKit and Jens who I believe designed this rather ingenious piece of kit! Great for rejuvenating an A500!


I have a Cyberstorm Mk3 060 in the A4000T already, the one for my A2000 died. The thought of a 060@100Mhz, faster bus and ram is attractive, with SATA would be killer.

Chris
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: spirantho on December 07, 2013, 11:27:19 PM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;753988
Obviously missed the recent Elbox announcement, the recent pics from all those German groups and their homebrew accelerators, and a few others... but hey, competition is a good thing, I'd be more concerned is the Amiga market big enough to sustain all this development?  LOL :crazy:


I know of the FPGA A600 accelerator,  which looks like it has potential, but I'm talking of full commercial products which can be bought from shops, rather than homebrew (though I hope he does get them sold at retail because it looks great!)

What is this Elbox announcement? With their track record though I'll believe it when I see it (after their announcements of Coldfire, SharkPPC etc.)

What other accelerators are there?
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: glitch on December 08, 2013, 02:24:27 AM
Would this work on an A1000 as well?
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: Astral on December 08, 2013, 04:29:11 AM
Quote from: glitch;754009
Would this work on an A1000 as well?

Who knows? Elbox? I am sure if it does officially fit, they will make it known.

Electrically it's very probable it will work. Mechanically it would be hit and miss I'd say. If this is the case I am sure a 68000 socket relocator would do the trick...
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: Kronos on December 08, 2013, 07:22:56 AM
Quote from: spirantho;753998

What other accelerators are there?


Zeus -> highly overclocked PLCC-68000 with lots of extras
"Matze Turbo + IDE" 14MHz 68000 or 010  with 4MB + non autoboot ID on seperate board
Protein -> 14MHz 68000 or 010 8MB RAM and A600 style IDE in THT

Possible futures:

"Protein2" -> some 68020
"Matze-Monster-Card" -> 68030 + Picasso2-clone
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on December 08, 2013, 08:19:12 AM
Quote from: Kronos;754019
Protein -> 14MHz 68000 or 010 8MB RAM and A600 style IDE in THT


That's one of the ones I was thinking of.  Couldn't recall the name, thanks!  Love the pic of the assembly line production, here:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65943

And the Elbox announcement is at the top of the amiga.org news right now.  ;)
Title: Re: ACA 500 accelerator www.amigakit.com
Post by: spirantho on December 08, 2013, 10:45:33 AM
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;754021

And the Elbox announcement is at the top of the amiga.org news right now.  ;)


I'm the sort of person who will spend 20 minutes looking for a pair of pliers before finding them directly in front of me in plain sight.
I can see it now, though.... it's hidden below another news announcement. :)

Does look good, but again it's just a 68030, much simpler than an 060.