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Offline TjLaZer

Re: ACA 630/25 Stealth Accelerator
« on: January 10, 2011, 08:38:21 PM »
Quote from: SteveSJB;605330
I keep going to Amigakit and looking at this every day debating with myself to buy it or not, had a couple of questions if anyone knows the answers:-

I like the idea of the extra 32mb of memory, would this actually make my A600 any better for gaming?  Would the 600 actually utilise it say when I run games in whdload - I would hope I could run every game without any problems, is this true?

Also, it upgrades the processor to a 030, does this mean that old games I play on it still work with the new processor without the need of an earlier kickstart?

Its quite expensive so can't jump into buying it without a bit of research.

Many thanks

You want this for your A600 trust me.  A stock 600 is only good for simple apps in WB off the HD and floppy only games.  Whdload does not work well, but some games will work, especially with a PCMCIA SRAM card to add some fast mem.  A 030 and 32mb will really bring this little Amiga to life and all ecs Whdload games will be playable.

Only issue with the 030 is floppy only games.  Most old A500 games will not work unless you degrade the system or use the disable switch. (like psygnosis games)  But the 030 is not too bad and most disk games can be made to work by using the startup menu.  For better results you can just install a switch to turn if off, but I wouldnt bother.
« Last Edit: January 10, 2011, 09:09:46 PM by TjLaZer »
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Offline TjLaZer

Re: ACA 630/25 Stealth Accelerator
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 01:10:35 AM »
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I have empirical evidence to the contrary. With KS3.1 (v40.63) and an A608 RAM card I was hard pressed to find titles that didn't work. Take the top 20 WHDload Amiga games and I bet 16+ work.

I had trouble with some and I had 4mb fast 2 chip.  Seems an 020+ helps a lot.

8mb fast would really help with the preload games and make them run smooth.  In fact, some games would not run unless I could preload them.  

Point is,  too many issues and restrictions with a stock 68000.  An 030 is very welcome for the 600!
« Last Edit: January 11, 2011, 01:49:51 AM by TjLaZer »
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