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Offline tone007

Re: VXL-30 RAM contention with GVP series II HD RAM
« on: May 23, 2011, 02:26:29 PM »
Quote from: amigadave;639661
Doesn't the VXL have a greater than 8mb RAM capability like these other A2000 accelerators


No.

Quote from: amigadave;639661

only A3000/A4000 accelerators are capable of having more than 8mb of Fast RAM?  


No.

It's true, VXL is a pain, never got mine to work with another RAM expansion. (Not that I tried all that hard, 8MB fast + 2MB chip was plenty on my A500+.)
« Last Edit: May 23, 2011, 02:28:44 PM by tone007 »
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Offline tone007

Re: VXL-30 RAM contention with GVP series II HD RAM
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 02:54:40 PM »
Quote from: save2600;639701
I'm happy with the performance of OS 3.9 on this 50mhz 030. Might be neat to sneak the VXL inside my A500 sometime and have 3.9 running on that, but am afraid its stock power supply would be too wimpy for it.


I had the same setup on my A500+, 50MHz/8MB upgraded VXL running 3.9 from an external SupraDrive, all running on the same stock A500 PSU.  Can't recall any cap clearance issues, though I probably would've just shoved it over as far as it'd go.
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Offline tone007

Re: VXL-30 RAM contention with GVP series II HD RAM
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 03:16:22 PM »
Quote from: save2600;639709
Hmm... good to hear the power supply is up to the task! Re: the cap issue, do you remember what version mobo you had? Mine is a 6.x (rock lobster) and I've read (and have seen pics) where a cap south of the cpu socket gets in the way.


I've used revs 5a and 8a (500+,) I think I remember that cap and in both cases it was easy to bend it over.  Maybe I just got lucky.
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