Advice on best A1200 accelerator

[portarinos]

I'm the one that sold him the card. I've been trying to help snoozy install the card and enjoy every bit of it (as i did with it, which means that the card was and still is working) via PM over Amibay. I suspect that the problem lies in the motherboard revision. it is highly possible that he'll need the PCMCIA reset fix in case he has a moterboard that refuses to collaborate with the card.

So, please inform us about the motherboard revision and we'll see what happens.

 I also strongly believe that for the card to be recognized easily he should at least soft kick rom 3.1 or even better buy a pair and install it. I remember that with an A1200 that had rom 3.0, I had to play around a little bit in order for the card to be recognized.

We'll stay in touch m8.

[portarinos]

Yes right, I meant Timing fix, my mistake. I still believe that this could be a problem as reported by many users. I had issues with a certain motherboard revision which I don't quite remember right now. Snoozy hasn't yet posted which revision is his mobo and I think this cold give us a clue.

[portarinos]

Please don't jump to quick conclusions since you don't really know anything about it. The card has been working flawlessly in my hands one week ago so we should rule out the fact that the card is faulty!! Snoozy lacks some basic amiga knowledge and I'm trying to help him via PM (on Amibay) with every possible detail. It's highly possible that his mobo doesn't cut the butter with ACA but everything is fixable.

[portarinos]

Yessssssssssssssssssss!!! I was sure that there was something wrong that didn't have to do with the card. Anyway, that's why i have asked you a lot of times about the mobo revision. I tested the card with 2 different amiga's and with the first one worked out of the box while the other needed tweaking. As for the rest we have been talking about on Amibay, i'll PM you shortly and we'll even short out the Workbench configuration.

[portarinos]

OK mate! Don't worry about either the rf shield that won't be there or the CF lying on the mobo. I would suggest that you put a small piece of paper or even better some tape under the CF adapter just in case. I have been running my amiga with a CF like this for years and never had a problem. As for the fact that you have to disassemble all the parts of the amiga in order to install properly the ACA, this isn't true. Never had to do this in the past. I also told you that you might have not pressed the card enough so that it wasn't seated properly. It seems that is the first accelerator that got in your hands and you weren't sure about the force you had to apply on the card in order for it to slot in properly. I had the same concern some years ago when I first bought a magnum 030 and I thought that i could damage it easily. This is not the case anyway and of course ACA is a splendid piece of hardware that will give you lots of enjoyment with your miggy. Especially with Classic WB ADV SP and/or 3.9 you'll experience a nice classic OS surprise.

[portarinos]

Hi there! Forgot to answer you on Amibay so i'm doing it here. I suppose there were some typo's, so the right line to add to your SS is indeed this one:

C:ACATune -maprom Devs:kick31 -cache on -burst on >NIL:

You already have a "kick31" in your DEVS drawer as far as i know so this is just fine

As for the cold/soft reboot "problem", i must admit that this happened also to an A600 (with ACA630) and quite the same startup sequence configuration. I think that this has to do with the 3.1 remapping but i couldn't think of anything else and of course i don't know if there is any way of avoiding the soft reboot  So, i couldn't actually answer to this and propose a solution but i suppose it's no big deal so you could live with it as long as the board is working fine

[portarinos]

I have a better solution:

stick with the soft reboot and live with it. It's cheaper and less fussy. It's not a big deal in the end of the day. On the other side you haven't written a word about your new and working board. Is it a nice boost for your A1200? Which  OS are you running? Are you enjoying WHDLOAD with it?