ACATune

[mrmoonlight]

Hi I am trying to reinstall start up ,but cant remember where I go to add the start up details ,I remember if I drag ACATune in to the c directory ,and then enter ed s:user-startup a editor comes up and I have to enter the start up details but I am not quite sure where as there is no mention of ACATune on the page I have opened in the ed , so how do I find this ,sorry if this is confusing but I am a little confused mysif

[mrmoonlight]

Hi thank you so much for your help ,my board is a ACA620, or that's what it shows when it detects the board has been fitted ,I have not added any start up command yet because I am still not sure what is needed for this board ,what I don't understand is how come the A600 shows a marked performance already as show by sys info in yet I have not finished the start up yet and the figures show its not far behind the A 3000 lol infact should I just leave it as it lol ,best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

You're in luck. I have an ACA620 too.

Here's the line you need. Enter it exactly as I write here:

C:ACATune -cache on -vbrmove -maprom * -maxram >ram:acaoutput.txt

Or if you don't want to debug its output just redirect ouput to NIL: (you can do this once you're confident you have it set up right. Personally I like to have the output available so I can read it if need be).

C:ACATune -cache on -vbrmove -maprom * -maxram >NIL:

There you go. Remember, it needs to be the 1st line in your Startup-Sequence (below the ; $VER: startup-sequence xx.xx (xx.x.xx) etc...).

It will be much faster if you use this line Brian than not using it. You'll notice a big difference. Also it allows you to use all the ACA620's RAM.

Hi thanks again ,I must be totally in the wrong place for the startup because I don't see the $VER: that you refer too ,to get to the startup I input ed s:startup-sequence ,is this wrong? I am using 3.9 ,best wishes Brian

oops right I found it but below the $VER: it says startup-sequence for amigaos 3.9 should I go below or above which will put me directly below $VER: lol best wishes Brian

[mrmoonlight]

You scrolled all the way to the top? I suspect if you take a screenshot of your Startup-Sequence or post a photo of it from your phone he can tell you exactly where this command goes. That's what I'd do.

 LOL now why did I not think of that ,thanks very much ,I have just included it in a post ,best wishes Brian

[mrmoonlight]

Better still you should compile a custom 3.9rom and use ACATune's MapRom to load it in instead of having them load via OS3.9 and do away with the slow reboot.

ACATunes MapRom is a very fast reset at the start and then loading commences

BTW, I always use the command -maxmem on my ACA620, I guess -maxram is the same?

All the best,

Steve.

Woe I love all this but it is some time a little over my head lol  but I will eventually find out what all this means  ,but thanks anyway very best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Sorry about the pic quality ,but is this where I should put my new startup info,best wishes Brian.
 

[mrmoonlight]

Hello Brian,

Go to the extreme top left of the Startup-Sequence (line 1, cursor in top left corner). Make the top line empty by pressing return twice, then on the 2nd line (now blank line ) enter the ACATune line. Then save it. Then re-open it and check that it's saved the changes correctly as ed is a bit flaky with trashing the top line, hence I tend to keep top lines blank if editing with ed.

So you should have a blank line at the top, 2nd line should contain the ACATune command, and third line should be whatever was at the top before editing (; Added by NETPCM00X......... in your case according to your photo).

Hope this helps.

 
 Hi Paul ,went to top left side with cursor but cant make the top line empty ,I know the lower ones work but no joy with the very top one and I have tried for a while with no joy ,lol  can I go a little lower ?

[mrmoonlight]

Yeah, course you can mate. As long as you put it somewhere it'll do.

The reason it should be as early as possible is because it will speed up subsequent execution of the commands in the Startup-Sequence, that's all.

Thanks Paul for all the help ,I have had it installed as the pic shows ,but I had a lot of trouble booting up is the some thing I can do if the same thing happens again, it was really fast until I rebooted then nothing ,so I went in to the boot menu and messed about a little and it booted up but as soon as I turned it off and rebooted the same thing happened again,lol

[mrmoonlight]

I don't quite follow, but maybe it's something to do with os3.9 modules or something. Your Startup-Sequence seems a bit odd from the picture though. If you're having trouble, put the Startup-Sequence back as it was for the time being, and add the line in your user-startup instead.

So open a shell and type:

ed s:user-startup

Add the ACATune line in there at the top, or as near to the top as you can and see how that goes.

Hope that works okay.

 Hi Paul that's worked ok  I have checked the ACATune status and all's ok in there with maprom saying its activated and it seems very quick so should I leave it alone now ,lol

[mrmoonlight]

Haha, yes, if it's working now then leave it alone. From that photo you posted of your Startup-Sequence I was kind of amazed that your system manages to boot at all.

 
 LOL hey you are having a laugh now my friend ,what do you make of that ,a two second boot up ,and would I lie to you  no no no no no no ,I would not dream of it ,but it is quick like warp speed ,joking apart I think its brilliant ,really pleased ,now what's this vampire board I keep hearing about with a phoenix  cpu will it fit in my A600 CASE ?best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

LOL, I thought my A2000 booted up pretty quick, but then I had it sitting next to an X1000 and that thing was smokin'!

Homepage for the Vampire 600 board is here:

http://www.majsta.com/

More details here:

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=49021

and here:

http://kipper2k.com/amigaforsale/
(scroll down)

I believe it's designed by Majsta and built by Kipper2K, who's hardware I can recommend 100% (looks like you have some of his stuff as well). Good stuff, if I had an A600 I'd be all over this thing!

 lol   Smoking ,nice talking with you my friend and kipper gear is pretty good ,thanks for the links ,I am going to have a look now ,whilst my A600 has a rest bye for now Brian

[mrmoonlight]

LOL, I thought my A2000 booted up pretty quick, but then I had it sitting next to an X1000 and that thing was smokin'!

Homepage for the Vampire 600 board is here:

http://www.majsta.com/

More details here:

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=49021

and here:

http://kipper2k.com/amigaforsale/
(scroll down)

I believe it's designed by Majsta and built by Kipper2K, who's hardware I can recommend 100% (looks like you have some of his stuff as well). Good stuff, if I had an A600 I'd be all over this thing!

 
 Wow I have just put my name down for one of the Vampire boards this is going to be a good year for the Amiga ,amazing read up on this Gem ,best wishes Brian.

[mrmoonlight]

Hi again are these figures ok for the A600,best wishes Brian.