Indivision AGA MK II & FastATA in Desktop - SUCCESS

[bbond007]

Ok I got it to work...

You need to put the FastATA on 4 ROM sockets 2x2 and you'll need to insulate the Indy to keep it from shorting against the FastATA.

For best result you'll need to remove the excess from the through-hole soldering on the FastATA. I used a dremel tool with a little grinding wheel which was a mistake because I ruined a trace and had to fix it with my crappy soldering skills.

I could not get the RF shielding to fit back on

HD720 looks great!

EDIT:

oops. that should read FastATA MK IV in the topic, sorry

[bbond007]

DVI worked on one monitor I tried and the results looked excellent. VGA has some banding, but its still very nice....

Frontier whdload version gets no video, but I can see svideo with the AmigaManaic adapter...

Very happy with this purchase

[bbond007]

Good work.  

Thankfully my Fast ATA & Indivision AGA is in my A4000 where everything fits, but I'll remember this if I add an Indivision to my A1200 tower which also has a Fast ATA.

Everything fits

I actually think I would put the FastATA on 2 extra ROM sockets even if i did not have the Indivision. The thing seems to fit more securly... with 2X2 like I have the case does close, but the KB is pressing down on the FastATA, just a little, which may be good...

Also I have found that if you use 2 smaller wire ties in parallel (To Secure the FastATA) you can really get them a lot tighter than one single larger tie.

That being said, I'd like to get rid of the fast ATA and get the IDEFix Express when that comes out.

cheers!

[bbond007]

Yay! My indivision has been posted all way to Oz... Cant wait!! LCD screen for the first time on a ami for me..

I spent the extra $4 for fast shipping

Make sure you get HighGFX driver from aminet.... i'm using the included HD720 driver wich rocks. I was under the impression that Indivision AGA MK2 would only support PAL and NTSC monitor types at first. I don't know where I got that from...

Good luck!

[bbond007]

Nice HAM8 pic of the billiard balls, where did you get it from?

I did an image search with google "colorful" but limited results to 1280x720 with the and saved some of the more interesting ones on my PC.

I have SAMBA on my 1200 so I just opened the pictured in Art Department Pro and saved them as HAM8 IFF.

The iPhone pics and how they get downsized don't do the display justice...

[bbond007]

haha! I dont know what I selected for shipping method, I was too excited to just order the thing.. click click click  pay yes!!

I did that too, but amigakit posted a link on how to upgrade your order...

http://www.amigakit.us/?webpage=dispatch

that may not be for you tough in AU

this part might work "When you create an order with us, you can upgrade to FedEx shipping by first logging into your account, go to your Order History section and click the VIEW button next to the order you want to upgrade."

[bbond007]

The Indivision Mk2 has the best output I've seen to date (DVI) of any non-graphics board display. Stunningly sharp. I also see none of the sync issues I have with the Mk1.

My problem, however, is that my ACA1231 suddenly stopped working when I hooked up the Mk2. So I get a good display or RAM and a fast CPU/MMU, but not both. That and until I get risers myself I lost my Fast ATA Mk4

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=676

looks like they are out. don't forget a clockport riser also if you have subway

check out the HD720 mode with DVI on my Sceptre monitor. strange... the other modes seem to work

[bbond007]

Nice HAM8 pic of the billiard balls, where did you get it from?

Just think how nice ScummVM AGA will be with the new Indivision AGA MK2. If it only supported a real RolandMT32 on serial MIDI

[bbond007]

The Indivision Mk2 has the best output I've seen to date (DVI) of any non-graphics board display. Stunningly sharp. I also see none of the sync issues I have with the Mk1.

My problem, however, is that my ACA1231 suddenly stopped working when I hooked up the Mk2. So I get a good display or RAM and a fast CPU/MMU, but not both. That and until I get risers myself I lost my Fast ATA Mk4

Oh, the broblem with running both is probably that your PS is weak... Are you using the stock plastic box thing?

[bbond007]

BBond

Thats a very cool workbench you have there. Do you mind breaking down all the extras installed? For instance the window borders, the palette, etc? Oh and how will ScummAga improve with mk2?

I just ordered my MK2 with some other fun stuff from Amigakit. Funny thing is the $4 fedex charge was automated for me and I had no option. (which is cool because i wanted tracked and insured anyway) I have to say their web checkout is very well designed and a pleasure to use, which is rare on a lot of echeckouts.

It's basically classicWB (which brings some stuff like magicmenu) with Rebel's Pallette, VisualPrefs and Birdie 2000 with Cammy's silver-blue skin.



http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=620553&postcount=14

[bbond007]

Grafitti modes probably.

does the indivision AGA MK2 already support Grafitti modes or is that something we are waiting for?

[bbond007]

Nice HAM8 pic of the billiard balls, where did you get it from?

http://www.hogranch.com/bbond007/HD720-TestPics.lha

here are the test pics if anyone is interested...

[bbond007]

It seems the Graffiti modes will come much later I'm afraid, I would assume Jens will focus on the standard (and enhanced) WB modes first.

But there is a chance that when we do get them they may be more advanced than the original Graffiti modes, the rumor is that a 16bit chunky mode may be possible.....now that would be very cool for AGA

yeah, i tried this
http://aminet.net/package/driver/video/Graffiti_lib

did not work yet. I figured I'd give it a shot. All I was initially expecting were NTSC and PAL video drivers. This is already way more than I expected.

All these new modes are really nice but now we'll need some sort of chip ram expander...

[bbond007]

The HDMI is really cool!

I can't imagine with I would do with PAL RF signal

I was just into my A1200 and I was almost going to remove the RF modulator in preparation, but I decided to give the RF modulator a stay of execution until i actually get my kipper2k HDMI port.

I almost wish he would have went with mini port or whatever apple uses... that way you could fall back to VGA. I thought HDMI was the one that wanted $$$ to use their interface.

Anyway, I went in to ground the Indivision. I had left the instructions to the Indivision at work by mistake, so ended up grounding the DVI part. Anyway, now they are both grounded...