Using A500 Kickstart via ACA630/30 card on a A600

[paul1981]

Hi guys.

I'm still pretty new to the whole Amiga scene and have bought myself "a little monster". Amiga 600 with 2MB Ram, 20 GB HD, 3.1 ROM and a ACA630/30 Stealth Accelerator Card.

Now, as far as I understand the website of the ACA630 Card (http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/ACA630_e.htm), then it should be possible for me to copy a A500 Kickstart on to the card somehow?

I would really like to do this, as there is some essential games from WHD Load I cannot play because my memory and kickstart is too high.

Can anybody help me with "a translation to newbies", on how I actually use this pretty darn cool accelerator card? :-)

All best
Anders, Copenhagen.

What games can't you play due to wrong Kickstart? The whole idea behind WHDLoad is that it's hardware independent (works on any Amiga/Kickstart), and also the more memory you have available in your Amiga the merrier - it will use any extra memory as required.

WHDLoad does require a 1.3 Kickstart image file ("kick34005.A500" & "kick34005.A500.RTB") in DEVS:Kickstarts for the majority of games at least. It's all explained in the WHDLoad docs though:

http://www.whdload.de/docs/en/need.html

You can also softkick that same 1.3 image too by using acatune at the CLI/shell. Try typing this in:

acatune -maprom devs:kickstarts/kick34005.a500

That line would be useful if you wanted to play old floppy games that don't work on version 2/3 Kickstarts. But remember that the point of WHDLoad is that this isn't required any longer.

[paul1981]

Oh my! Welcome to amateur hour (as said in Twin Peaks) ;-) I must admit that I never read the WHD Load instructions. I simply used the Killer Gorilla pack and played away ;-)

So, I'll try to find the various Kickstart images online and take it from there :-) Also, I need to find out whats up with my RawDic. Keeps asking for install floppy when I install games from WHD Load. But that's a totally different story…

THANKS for all The good advices and suggestions.

Anders, Copenhagen.

Don't worry about it mate...everyone has to start somewhere.

If you've downloaded the KG packs then you won't need RawDic as all the games are already installed and ready to use. All that's needed is those kickstart images & .rtb files in devs:kickstarts, and also the WHDLoad command in C: ... if you have those then Bob's your uncle. :biglaugh:

EDIT: Other requirement is WHDLoad.prefs in S:

[paul1981]

SCARY UNCLE! ;-)

Well, I'll start with the preinstalled game packs then (just need to fond one where Moonstone and ik+ is included). However it would be nice to be able download directly from WHD as well, so I have to figure out how to avoid the error where the installer ask for install floppy :-)

All best
Anders

You can get the games individually from here, already installed and ready to play:

http://whdownload.com/

Have fun! :drink:

[paul1981]

AH! Fixed it myself! Forgot that I had to take an actual 1.3ROM and rename it :-D Wohhooo, aaand Hugo works. My childhood comes back. See you next year ;-)

Anders, Copenhagen

Superb result! I'd have replied earlier to help but didn't notice your posts.

Enjoy ... :pint: