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Viper 520CD
« on: September 11, 2004, 12:06:33 PM »
Recently aquired a Viper 520CD turbocard without any software or manual and am now trying to figure out how to install it into my A500 1mb miggy.
There is a cable with a 2 pin connector in the other end and an adaptor which looks like it will fit in the kickstart rom socket in the other end of the cable, it also seem to fit in the CIA sockets.
Does anyone know where on my mobo I shall attach this adaptor?
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Re: Viper 520CD
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2004, 12:28:31 PM »
Have already tried with the german manual and I understand some of it (lol) but not enough to know where to put the adaptor...*sniff*
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Re: Viper 520CD
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2004, 12:36:59 PM »
Hi, thanks alot for the info!
Does the cable then go to the left or right from the adaptor and is the CIA chip then seated on top of the adaptor?
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Re: Viper 520CD
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2004, 02:30:44 PM »
@ twiglet

Have mounted the adapter & the turboboard but don't if the 2 pin wire should be with the blk/white cable to the left or right when connected to the two pin connector on the board.
Wouldn't be fun to fry anything without even testing the board...lol!
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Re: Viper 520CD
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2004, 03:06:35 PM »
The link didn't work....without me signing up for some account for Gain publishing which I don't want to do since Gain will guaranteed fill my computer with spyware.
So you only have one pin then on your card? (INT 2 MOBO)
Just tried booting with the card but nothing happened, does your card rest on the CIA chip on the adaptor?
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Re: Viper 520CD
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2004, 03:18:58 PM »
Ahh..the link worked.
Hope my card hasn't got a hacked cable or something..
Seems like my two white wires are joined together at the base of the adapter.
And my card gets bent a bit because it rests on the CIA chip which is fully seated and so is the adaptor.
Will have a try with the card in my A500+ instead after dinner.
Hopefully I can get it working, I could only dream of having a turboboard when I was young when they cost a fortune.
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Re: Viper 520CD
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2004, 05:55:41 PM »
Looks like I'm not going to be able to enjoy 020 33mhz on my A500 since the card seem to be broken and has killed both my A500 & A500+ after trying to get it working on both of them.
Both refuse to boot now after reinstalling the original 68000CPU and the CIA chip without the adapter.
Looks like I have to find another A500+ for my GVP A530 now.
A dark day for a guy who started his Amiga days with an A500 in 1989.
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