ACATune

[mrmoonlight]

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

[paul1981]

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

All the best,

Steve.

Yeah, maxmem = maxram according to docs, so either can be used.

[paul1981]

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

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.

[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 ?

[paul1981]

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 ?

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.

[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

[paul1981]

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

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.

[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

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

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.
 
Edit - Paul is right, from what I recall 3.9 can be picky with MapROM stuff because of the way it replaces some of the ROM data with it's own updated routines. You've got to get it just right, so the ROM is mapped into fast memory, but the correct updates still take precedence over them. My GeForce '040 can do MapROM too, but I just disabled it since so much of the libraries in ROM get replaced by 3.9 stuff anyway, it's hardly worth it, 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.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

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!

[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.