Amiga - ACA 1233n Unboxing and configuration
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The morning I got an accelerator card for my Amiga 1200 :o) The ACA 1233n, after unboxing I continue to install the hardware and configure in workbench :o)
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I remember getting my first A1200 accelerator in the mid-90s - I couldn't believe how much force it required to install! I also had no idea how important Fast RAM was, and was flummoxed when the new CPU seemed to perform no better than the built-in one. And not being clear on the correct orientation for the FPU and how the clocking should be configured. Oh, I remember having that problem where it starts up too fast to detect the internal hard drive too. :)
I'm watching this video on a Linux machine but I just caught myself trying to type Amiga-M to switch programs. :) Thank you for sharing your Amiga enthusiasm!
I love your excitement there, it reminds me of when I used to purchase new hardware/games/software for my Amiga back then (ordering by phone because Internet wasn't a thing yet!), with my hard earned money as a teenager.
Moments so special that needed me about an hour (or even more) to just open the boxes and read everything before using the stuff that I've been waiting for months or years.
Only Amiga makes this happen again even today, with us being used to orders just a few clicks and 24h shipping away.
I sometimes also purchase something for my A1200, like a PCMCIA ethernet card some years ago, or a CF/IDE adapter with a CF card a few years later.
It's so nice to go back to it every once in a while, tweak it a bit, play with it, improve it.
Although I'm pretty happy with my Blizzard 1240@40 and 32MB FastRAM (the pc I'm writing this with has 32GB XD), I also look after the day the Vampire will finally come. I've been waiting so much for a graphics card but it was (and still is) so expensive that I never really purchased one. Damn, the money for the Vampire are sitting there for so long now, and the day that it'll finally happen, I'll probably be as excited as you were in this video :D
Grats on 1233. I got the same card, and had exactly the same problem. Almost had a heart attack when I got a blank screen. Then I cleaned the connector (same way) and it works ever since. It was funny to see the same issue.
You made me remember exactly how I felt when I upgraded my A1200 with an accelerator for the first time. :)
There's no feeling like it :o)
Well, I also recently got an ACA 1233n and had the same problem when I first connected the board! All I did was wiggle it a bit until it worked but I think after watching your video I will take it out and do a proper job cleaning the contacts.
Great video, i for sure will use it as my tutorial to help me to configure the aca 1233n that i'm hoping to get this week!
128 MB is actually 134,217,728 bytes (128 x 1024 x 1024) so as you can see 132,644,272 is right for having 128 MB installed with some of it being used already by the system.
Love your Amiga enthusiasm. Now I want one too. :)
Had my first experience with aca 1233n. Boy that runs fast lol. Was more lucky then u that i didnt need to clean the expansion port. also i was having big trouble with a pcmia adapter to run a cf card, it frezzed the amiga and now with the aca card runs wonderful and i can copy files from pc to the amiga. Just need to make now to follow your command lines to see if i improve more results. Thank u msmadlemon
I'm going to be just as excited when mine arrives
HI all
I have fitted a Motorola 68882 FPU to my ACA 1233n card. It went ok I used sockets for the FPU chip and the crystal, you have to cut the legs of the crystal for it to fit.
The crystal is a bit high, but to fit them in a socket means you can take them out if need. I put a 40mzh chip and crystal on the card.
I love listening to you talk even if I have no clue what your talking about:P Great vid as always.
Hi an update I have fitted the FPU I had to solder a socket into the card and I out a 50mzh onto it. It runs lovey games run very good. I also put in a kickstart rom for Workbench 3.1.4 and up grades. I use a socket for the FPU so I can take it out if needed for some software.
Other computers made back in the 1980s. Also had to have the contacts cleaned. Pencil erases was the item suggested.
Wow.. Nice video. You make me proud to be a amiga user.. continue with this. All the best from Norway :)
Thank you, and Greetings! :o)
Excellent! Maddi, I have both a set of 3.1.4 Rom’s and a set of 3.2 rom’s, I would be happy to send you either.
Great video ;-) You can even use this card with a classic Amiga A500 (precondition: ACA500 Turbo Card)
Successor of ACA500 Turbo Card -> ACA500plus: icomp.de/shop-icomp/de/shop/product/ACA500plus.html
Nice to see you getting more and more into the Amiga again :).
It cannot be helped :o)
Now you can go ahead and run some of our latest productions on that Amiga ;-). resistance.no/main.php?section=releases&subsection=amiga
Nice! I will have to check those out! :o)
I also call these AKKAH, rather then A.C.A, it just sounds better to me. I wouldnt bother getting an FPU for it, as only a small few lightwave programs and Vista Pro type things work with it, and no games unfortunately. The only difference between the 40mhz version and the 25mhz version may be the clock crystal on board. I bought a 25mhz Blizzard 030 and fitted a 50mhz crystal, and then thing worked fine at 50mhz. I also use a tiny DiskMaster type program instead of DOpus sometimes, as its only 11k it will fit on to most disks for debugging. I think its called Amiga Util 2 or something.
hello MSMadLemon PLease work on your Amiga more! I enjoy so much your modifications on your Amiga! I especially like how you get into the system, like the shell and the startup-sequence modifications. One other thing This is directed at the amiga community. Do we have a newer piece of software that tells us the specs of a machine with it's mods!
Nice new kit!!!! Grats on it! -Acill
Thanks!
at 14:46 right side panel says CPU frequency is ok
CPU/MHz 68030 42.70
Youre such a sweetheart and an amiga fan.. love the video's
Thank you! :o)
Awesome =D Lovely accelerators from Individual Computers =D
Ey, I bought exactly the same card a month ago, and made some video's about it too.
@MsMadLemon - so now you've had it for almost a year, how are you finding it? Have you had to perform any of the capacitor modifications (Individual recommends removing some due to timing fixes) or have you had no issues?
Actually, almost 2 years :o)
i'm finding it just fine, I had the timing fix already done on my A1200 while getting it recapped so i didnt need to perform any modifications. Its running just how it should.
Are you running your Amiga with the original Power Supply? I have heard that the power supply doesn't kick out enough Amps to cope with expansions. I am looking at getting an ACA 1233 N for my 1200.
No, i'm not using the original power supply, yes as you say it doesnt have enough power.
I did this hack instead: ua-cam.com/video/DMxNH-PCYew/v-deo.html
Thanks :) you have yourself a new subscriber! Loving the Amiga videos!
Thanks! :o)
@@MsMadLemon Do you know how many amps is actually needed for A1200 + ACA 1233n + CF2IDE? Would an A500 PSU work?
Individual Computers (icomp) is great! I'm very greatful to have them and I'm proud it's from my homecountry germany ^^ Have Fun with your ACA123nn ^^
Did you know that Individual Computers (icomp) is known to blackmail resellers like Vesalia?
If they include products he doesn't like into their stock, he will then not supply these resellers with his products anymore. You can call it unfair monopoly. This kind of attitude is killing Amiga and that is why I will not buy anything from Jens until he stop harming Amiga products of others😠 Besides there are much better performing Amiga accelerators than this, like Vampire V2.
can you please show us how to pre load the 3.2.2 fast boot with this card? A how to would be completely amazing ! Kindest Regards :)
Diskmaster is great isn't it? I've been using it for so long (1996 I think), and it's so configurable. :)
Hi all I am going to fit a FPU to my one it will be a 40mzh one.
A seller on ebay who does new trap door covers Ventilated ones. What he does is fits a socket to the card so you can swap out. He goes by the name of thedarkforest78, have a
look at what he does. He was helped me a lot.
So I have managed to get a FPU socket now to get a socket for the Crystal oscillator. The only fine soldering I have done is a GPO port on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.
Hi, Fantastic video. Can I ask you if you modified the A1200 (timing fix) to use the ACA1233n? Thanks
Hi Thank you. When I got my A1200 recapped, I decided to get a timing fix done on it. So there has been a timing fix done, however apparently it affects certain revision boards only including rev1D4 and rev2B and maybe a couple of others i'm not aware of.
Thank you
What is that music at the end of the video please?
Really enjoyed that, thanks.
Thanks Simon! It's my own composition, originally done on the Amiga, 'Far World'
soundcloud.com/msmad-lemon
Its lovely. Thanks Miss Lemon.
I'm using an amiga emulator on my pc because most of my amiga Disks got Destroyed there was a leak in my cupboard where my amiga Disks were stored I was devastated I've got lemmings working on the emulator but non of the others can you recommend where to download good copys from
Has anyone tried to overclock the ACA1233n? I tried to replace the stock 80 Mhz oscillator (5v 7050) with both 96 and 100 Mhz oscillators but had no go.
is that a gateway 2000 stanley knife? lol
That's my moo knife ;o) lol
Hello,
Love your videos. Have you installed the current beta tools "ACA1233n.library"? If so any thoughts?
I have been using the ACA1221ec.Works great except I have to hold down the left mouse button every time I freakn boot. (Yes, "Freakn" is part of my vocabulary as well). Decided I wanted to install OS 3.9. So , I ordered the ACA1223n.
Hello, thank you! .. I havent actually installed that Library yet but I will and see how it is.
My friend has got the ACA1221ec and I think is having exactly the same problem as you, (you cannot boot from cold right?) he's thinking about sending his Amiga away for a timing fix, i've never had this with the 1233n but then i've had a timing fix done as well as recapping. If you could, could you let me know if you have the same issue or not once you get the ACA1233n please?
That is correct. it will not cold boot unless I hold down the right mouse button. My 1223n will be here Monday. I will let you know if it boots normal.
Thank you! And congratulations on your new accelerator by the way :o)
Ok, My ACA1223n arrived today...Installed it and booted up cold with no problem. I am still playing with the "ACA1233n" software package. I can manually load the "ACAMparom" from workbench. However, When I enter in the command into startup-sequence and reboot. it gives me a Command error...lol.
lol I havent even messed with any software yet for the ACA, just put it in and used it.. the last time I tried it didnt allow me to get back into it because of the startup sequence entry.. I have an image backup of my drive so I can mess without fear lol... Thanks for trying it out and letting me know by the way :o)
How does this compare to a fully unlocked aca1221ec?
Does the trapdoor still close with the 1233n attached?
Yes
Great video ! thanks :) what"s the music title at the end ? i like it !!!
By the way, diskmaster gold is available at aminet or some amiga site?
yes the diskmaster gold script is available at aminet however you need to get diskmaster 2 disk and repklace the DM2 script with the Disk master Gold script.
Dosted dorum hamesha hamesha,ashuq tar azman kuja paydo mesha ,hamesha hamesha..
Nice aca :)
so no Vampire for 1200Amiga? any news untill now?
The Vampire A1200 exists now in prototype form so its definitely goin to be there. But when exactly i'm not sure, probably late this year early next year is my guess.
I hope the A1200 edge connector issue (absence) is solved soon. A Vampire for the 1200 would be very cool!
I love you
Did u add a fpu to your 1233n? Is it worth it?
I've never added an Fpu to my 1233n, most games don't really use it only specific things. Which is why I dont feel it's worth risking it, for myself.
Noo you sold your BVision and PPC? :( That stuff is worth more than a new car nowdays.
I know... I know... I still kick myself to this day :o(
I sold my A4000 to someone in Spain.. was full packed.. I regret that also ;D
did you managed to get your accelerator working to 50mhz .. not sure if there's a code or a script file to run to unlock (not really clued up on new accelerators) ... but never the less your Amiga boots a lot faster than bog standard 1200 ;) if you wanted to stop the disk drive clicks once workbench has fully loaded .. Link - aminet.net/package/disk/misc/clicknot373 (Stops floppys clicking. WB/CLI/WBStartup) works wonders did my head in once WB has loaded ...
No not to 50Mhz, the only thing I know is ACATune and I discover it´ not compatible with my card. Yeah i´ finding my way around the new accelerators also. Haha yes it made a huge difference, things load quicker, processing time cut down . Actually i´e recently reinstalled my system and included classic WB, that comes with a clicky stopper, I used to use nonclick before that. Funny the one I have now, it´ reduced but you can hear the click very very faintly haha I kinda like it.
I got an aca 1233n too, and acatune is not compatible with it. Check the manual or the wiki.
The manual or the vendor encourages to download ACAtune, however the ACAtune manual doesn't mention 1233n. Some functions like Maprom are automatically enabled on the 1233n apparently. I am a little confused with this.
wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Amiga_Accelerators
ACAtune is a tool that will let you activate and deactivate certain functions of our accelerators. Please note that ACAtune has been the general tool for our accelerators until 2015. Starting with the release of the ACA1221 in 2015, this tool will not be maintained any more. It's functions are now replaced by more specific tools and libraries. If you own an ACA1233n or ACA1221EC, don't even bother to download this tool - it won't support your new card.
Right, though the confusing part for me was that Amigakit (where I got this) had an option to bundle the ACAtune on a disk alongside the 1233n (or alternatively download it).. Aah well, now I know, thanks for the info!
Maybe they were not aware of it ? I would trust the manufacturer imho :-)
my enthusiasm broken when I saw the price for the aca
Roberto Ventilii I'm gonna start saving
I first had the cheaper ACA1232 33Mhz version which I overclocked to 48Mhz and had zero issues. But I needed a FPU, to run 060 demos and Quake as slideshows on a 030 ;), so I switched to the ACA1233n instead. But yes, the price might be a little steep but it's a quality product.
2:28 in 2020?
amiga rulezz ;)
haha diskmaster gold :)
My lovely dm script lives on haha, glad u like it, exactly why i use it too :)
I've always used it, a great script it is. Thank you Gareth :o)
Hey, that thing is mucho expensive! shoot!
Wrong aspect ratio on your monitor.
estas muy guapaa
Probably too late to tell you seeing as this video is 6 years old but that message you got while loading Sysinfo is from a virus! I hope in the years after making this video you have already learnt it's a virus and cleared it from your software collection.