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Offline tone007Topic starter

ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« on: December 29, 2010, 06:51:05 PM »
Pretty exciting, waiting for my 630/30 with 64MB of memory, at probably half of what the vintage A600 '030 accelerators would cost!
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2010, 02:24:04 AM »
AmigaKit had them (and the 630/25) for preorder, they cleared out all the 630/30s though.  Don't know about the 25s though.  Vesalia seems to have them: http://www.vesalia.de/
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Offline tone007Topic starter

ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2010, 05:32:56 PM »
Say that again when they've all sold out.

OUR TIME IS NOW!
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2011, 01:54:59 AM »
It was only a $50 difference.
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Offline tone007Topic starter

ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2011, 09:46:11 AM »
Exchange rates must have changed over the last month, I only added $50 on top of my order to upgrade to the 30mhz version.

edit: Actually, it was even less.

From: Leaman Computing Ltd(sales@amigakit.com)
Amount: $46.51 USD
Status: Paid
Date Requested: Dec 3, 2010
AmigaKit Order 16xxx (Upgrade to ACA630-30)

Maybe they raised the price after they sold out to make people who missed out feel better. ;)
« Last Edit: January 01, 2011, 09:50:50 AM by tone007 »
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2011, 03:36:28 PM »
Quote from: icbrkr;603261
makes me think it's about time to thin out the old Amiga herd


Hm, maybe I should think about that as well..
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2011, 11:19:36 AM »
Seems like there are a whole lot more 2000s/500s than 600s, and how different can it be besides the CPU connector/board shape?  It'd make sense to release one, though in the case of the A500 it'd be perfection if it came with a CF card connector onboard.
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 08:53:26 PM »
Only two and a half months after my initial order...



Whee!
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2011, 09:06:18 PM »
Only about 2.5 months after my initial order...



Whee!
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2011, 11:00:31 AM »
Quote from: TjLaZer;611387
IMHO making it A2000 compatible is a waste and would make a release of one harder and most likely vaporware.


With the number of older (and much larger) accelerators that work in both the A500 and A2000, I can't see how there would be an issue, especially since electronically they'd be the same.  True that there are many other A2000 accelerators available, but if this one had IDE/CF, it'd make using a bare A2000 a whole lot easier not having to deal with old SCSI boards and drives.
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Offline tone007Topic starter

Re: ACA630 accelerators about to ship!
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2011, 11:05:51 AM »
Quote from: amigadave;611407
Got my ACA630/25MHz, but my A600's keyboard, or the chip on the motherboard that interprets the keystrokes is faulty.  Does anyone know of a good repair facility that can do repairs for an A600.  Inside the USA, or Canada would be better as shipping across the Atlantic will be costly.


Might be worth having a look at the ribbon cable of the keyboard, those traces break pretty easily. If some keys are working and others aren't, I'd blame the keyboard membrane. Airey36 on eBay (I hear he's moving to eBid?) often sells keyboards, keyboard membranes, and even A600 motherboards fairly cheaply.  I built my whole A600 out of spare parts from him!
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