ACA500 prototype

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I wonder if the device was really done as a joke?

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This thing really is a bad joke. It will come without case and you will end up with a enourmous card hanging outside your a500 or some hacked up self made case. Solution like viper 530 to fit inside the case would have been much better.

I really hope it has just been done as a publicity stunt, with no intention of actually releasing a "completed" product.

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Bummer! :mad: This is very bad news. It had to be internally! :furious: All hope is floating away for CDTV & A2000 users. :pissed:

That's something I hadn't even considered.

Instead of being able to be used in an A500, A1000, A2000, and CDTV, its most likely limited to just half the A500.

So, now they have an "accelerator" that already had a limited market, that has now been halved again, because its just stupid :roflmao:

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After many years of having internal cards in an A500, I much prefer everything to be external.
 

Why though?

I haven't used my A500 in weeks, because with the A590 connected, I simply have nowhere to set it up!

I've bought an A600 to use instead because everything can easily, and cheaply be internal.

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I own an A500 plus, plenty of room inside so not sure where you're coming from. I've had various combinations of hardware inside/outside.

exactly...

An internal accelerator, designed to accommodate a few other potential internal expansions could fairly easily have been done.

maybe an 020 at 28Mhz, 8meg ram, a compact flash slot, and maybe a second IDE connector for a cdrom...

even if it cost twice as much as the ACA500, its twice as functional and practical!

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this is 3D printing, right?

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@tone007 - LOL!  Was that a printer?  I suspect the pass-through on your HD would choke it.  

it was a commodore 64 floppy disc drive :p

could have used a whole C64 though, they're basically the same size!