ACA 1232 Accelerator with 128MB RAM

[Lurch]

Didn't purchase the ACA 1232 bypassed it as it is slower than the ACA 1231, which I bought through Vesalia as they were still making them.

Plus the RTC is builtin to the card no addon. Although the RTC addon is great if you want to use it by connecting it directly to the A1200.

Nearly hitting the 10K mark :-)

Would highly recommend getting the timing fixes done as it makes a huge difference have only had one game not work since getting the fixes.

Also got the cap's replaced and the sound is crisper/cleaner than it was sounds a lot different.. :-)

[Lurch]

I have an ACA1232 - It works well

Agreed :-)

They're good reliable boards, WHDLoad just works. Apart from the timing fixes.

Although there are couple of WHDLoad games that just seem to need just a little more speed :-)

[Lurch]

Thanks very much for your help ,can i do the timing fixes or do i have to send my Amiga off to say Amigakit,Brian

http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/amiga_hacks/A1200_Mobo_fix/a1200_mobo_fix.html

Can give it a go, I ended up sending it to Amigakit. Some of the fixes went a little over my head especially the version 2 board :-(

[Lurch]

mr moonlight, if I were you Id get a Blizzard, Apollo, Gvp, or some other 030 cpu that is known working no problem, so you probably wont need "timing fixes" as with the ACA boards.

The timing fixes are an issue with the A1200 motherboard :-) Those other cards also show signs/faults.

The ACA cards however are pushing it further than the older hardware and if you go 040/060 later on the timing fixes will be needed.

[Lurch]

A couple of those have worked fine for me too, but every A1200 motherboard is different. Most of the time the older hardware is fine, but I've noticed small little faults on a couple of different A1200's (and so have others).

Actually some A1200's have sound problems and video tearing issues, but the problems don't show up on all motherboards even version numbers seem to be not a guide either to determine if fixes will be needed or not.

Some 1200's work fine with the ACA cards even though it's stated that timing fixes are needed.

It appears to be luck of the draw.

There are long technical posts about this issue on EAB and Amibay which explain it better than me.

040/060 cards have a tendency to show the timing faults more often than 030 cards, especially when clocking the 060 at 80MHz +

Just need to do a google and find a lot of people having timing issues.

The best advice is to get the card you want, try it and if the amiga shows faults then get the timing fixes.

TBH I find the ACA card's to be faster than the Bliz 030. Must be the faster more modern RAM that they come with. The ACA 1231 is a very good card.

[Lurch]

Yeah a lot of ppl repeat information the see elsewhere posted on the internet. Its kind of funny how nobody needed "fixes" until these ACA cards came along..

That is not 100% factual?

There are posts prior to the ACA cards re these issues. Google is your friend :-)

[Lurch]

I will have to double check what revision board I have for my A1200. Bought me the ACA1232 a few weeks back and worked like a charm so far..... Only thing I did was replace capacitors... I will have to try out a game or two to see if it locks up.

What games should I try to see if it crashes often?

Any WHDLoad game should show it up. :-) Mine also had the occasional pink screen on booting.