FS: Picasso IV!

[zipper]

Yes, but you need a 020 processor upgrade to get the RTG system to work - just the original slow Picasso driver works with 68000 processor.

[Paulie85]

Cool, the 020 replacement is fairly straight-forward though, right? You just pull out the 68000 and slot in the 020, no soldering as far as I know.

[Tahoe]

Hi,
I have an A500. If I bought a toolbox(which adds 2 Zorro II slots, allowing use of A2000 cards) would I be able to use the Picasso with my 500, and would it be 100% compatible?

No you wouldn't. First off, you would need to hack a videoslot in that toolbox thing, without it the Picasso IV looses much of it's value. Apart from that, you would only be using it in Zorro II mode. You would be far better off with a Picasso II. Combined with an Indivision ECS you would have a great setup.

Technically the Picasso IV might work, you just wouldn't be doing it justice by not utilizing it 100%.

You would ofcourse still need an accelerator, and no, you can't swap a 68000 with a 68020, it requires a turbocard. Expect to fork out more cash...

[Paulie85]

A possible solution?

"If the Picasso IV is intended for use in an A2000, the flicker fixer can actually be "snapped" from the card and joined to it by a ribbon cable. This is because the A2000 does not have an inline video slot, like other models"
Amiga-hardware.com


Lol, sounds like this may be more trouble than it's worth, though. Now I just need to track down a Viper 530...

[zipper]

For a do it yourself man the video slot connections can be made to Denise chip - there was an adapter made by VillageTronic (which I have) to make PicassoIV to work with an A500 or in A2000 without need to snap the main board of PicassoIV.