Aca620 Accelerator

[mrmoonlight]

Hi i keep looking at the Aca620 Accelerator and wondering if i should buy it i already have 4mb of fast ram fitted and 2 mb of chip ram ,and my Amiga 600 runs sweet ,would it be any better ?Brian.
 
 
 
 

[amiga1260]

It's faster than a 4 MB fast RAM expansion and you can use quit key on all WHDLOAD games. I have them both, but I think you better stay with the 4 MB Fast RAM Expansion. It says you can get 10 MB of RAM, but you could only use 4 MB of Fast RAM for WHDLoad.

[fitzsteve]

Hi,

I'm not sure where amiga1260 get' his facts but you can use all the Ram in WHDload and this will help the bigger multidisk games run without stopping to load (you ever see the flashing screen?)  You need to run ACATune to get the extra Ram with -maxmem command.  You can also use -Maprom to run KS3.1 if you don't already have it.  The Rom being in Ram really peeds things up.

Workbench will be much nippier, you can use software that requires an 020 for example I prep my drives with SFS and this works under the 020 and speeds up things for me too.

basically anything you run in Workbench will be quicker, it wont have a direct affect on most games, some that require 3D rendering for example might be a little smoother

If you're happy with what you have there is no need to change, but if you want to explore further it's a great piece of kit and good value too.  As amiga1260 says you will be able to use the quit key in WHDLoad Games too.

All the best,

Steve.

[amiga1260]

The game that doesn't work is The Settlers. It needs 5 MB of Fast RAM and can't get a block of 5 MB of RAM.

[mrmoonlight]

Hi,
 
I'm not sure where amiga1260 get' his facts but you can use all the Ram in WHDload and this will help the bigger multidisk games run without stopping to load (you ever see the flashing screen?) You need to run ACATune to get the extra Ram with -maxmem command. You can also use -Maprom to run KS3.1 if you don't already have it. The Rom being in Ram really peeds things up.
 
Workbench will be much nippier, you can use software that requires an 020 for example I prep my drives with SFS and this works under the 020 and speeds up things for me too.
 
basically anything you run in Workbench will be quicker, it wont have a direct affect on most games, some that require 3D rendering for example might be a little smoother
 
If you're happy with what you have there is no need to change, but if you want to explore further it's a great piece of kit and good value too. As amiga1260 says you will be able to use the quit key in WHDLoad Games too.
 
All the best,
 
Steve.

 Hi thanks very much for your help ,i was hoping to add a cd player /rom and thought i would need an accelerator to run one ,if this is not so ,then i am quite happy as she does run very well,Brian

[mrmoonlight]

It's faster than a 4 MB fast RAM expansion and you can use quit key on all WHDLOAD games. I have them both, but I think you better stay with the 4 MB Fast RAM Expansion. It says you can get 10 MB of RAM, but you could only use 4 MB of Fast RAM for WHDLoad.

Hi thanks for your reply my friend,Brian

[paul1981]

If you get the ACA620, the Workbench will speed up immensely! As will 3D games such as Frontier, Virus and Citadel. It makes a huge difference.
Also, if you're using WHDLoad, many more games will now work whereas before they wouldn't (required 68020).
Workbench on a 68000 in 8 colours is a bit tedious, so if you're a big Workbench user it would be a big bonus.

[mrmoonlight]

If you get the ACA620, the Workbench will speed up immensely! As will 3D games such as Frontier, Virus and Citadel. It makes a huge difference.
Also, if you're using WHDLoad, many more games will now work whereas before they wouldn't (required 68020).
Workbench on a 68000 in 8 colours is a bit tedious, so if you're a big Workbench user it would be a big bonus.

Hi and thank you i am very tempted ,Amigakit are having some in this week ,i have had no price yet ,but if its around the £90 mark i am pretty sure i will be buying one thanks again ,best wishes Brian.:laugh1:

[mrmoonlight]

Hi and thank you i am very tempted ,Amigakit are having some in this week ,i have had no price yet ,but if its around the £90 mark i am pretty sure i will be buying one thanks again ,best wishes Brian.:laugh1:

 
 
A quick update ,Amigakit have sent me a price which is £79.99 ,which is a good price ,and just to put the spanners in the works ,my brother has just told me you know you can get a half decent Amiga 1200 for that price ,so come on some one which way should i jump
Aca620 or the Amiga 1200 which will be a non upgraded one for that price lol,any one ,Brian.:razz:

[Lord Aga]

Ha ha, such sweet torments
I was in your shoes mate. And now I have both A600 and A1200. So I know how's this gonna end eventually

[paul1981]

A quick update ,Amigakit have sent me a price which is £79.99 ,which is a good price ,and just to put the spanners in the works ,my brother has just told me you know you can get a half decent Amiga 1200 for that price ,so come on some one which way should i jump
Aca620 or the Amiga 1200 which will be a non upgraded one for that price lol,any one ,Brian.:razz:

The A1200 has more potential as you know, so there's no competition...the A1200 wipes the floor with the A600. I'd never pick between the two though, I'd make sure to have one of each!
Anyway... if i had to pick between a standard A1200 (2MB Chip, CF hard drive) and an A600 (2MB Chip, CF hard drive and ACA620 with 12MB Fast) then I'd pick the A600 without a doubt.
But...if you were to sell your current A600 setup, you could afford an A1200 with either an accelerator or a simple memory expansion card. And an A1200 even with a simple Fast Ram expansion card in the trapdoor will be a better machine than the said A600, mostly due to AGA.

[mrmoonlight]

Ha ha, such sweet torments
I was in your shoes mate. And now I have both A600 and A1200. So I know how's this gonna end eventually

LOL you just know dont you ,My 600 runs sweet already and is brilliant at what it does ,and i could not sell it ,but the pull of the Amiga 1200 even in a ungraded state is calling me ,with thoughts of what it could be ,i will sleep on it then rush off and buy the 1200 tomorrow night.lol Brian,:D

[mrmoonlight]

The A1200 has more potential as you know, so there's no competition...the A1200 wipes the floor with the A600. I'd never pick between the two though, I'd make sure to have one of each!
Anyway... if i had to pick between a standard A1200 (2MB Chip, CF hard drive) and an A600 (2MB Chip, CF hard drive and ACA620 with 12MB Fast) then I'd pick the A600 without a doubt.
But...if you were to sell your current A600 setup, you could afford an A1200 with either an accelerator or a simple memory expansion card. And an A1200 even with a simple Fast Ram expansion card in the trapdoor will be a better machine than the said A600, mostly due to AGA.

Hi lol i could not sell my 600 ,its apart of me now lol and works like a dream, but the 1200 even an ungraded one is hard to forgett ,if i dont go for a 1200 i just know i will regret  it ,i will sleep on it ,thanks for all the advice ,best wishes Brian.