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Old 11-10-2010, 08:13 PM   #16
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Default Re: ACA 1230/28 Accelerator
Kudos to Jens for this. Wow... it's under $200!!!!
For those asking why it's not an 030 50mhz I belive reading on these forums that the ram maskes this board faster than any 25 mhz boards previously available.
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Old 11-10-2010, 08:40 PM   #17
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Yes very shortly - it can be ordered separately from us for under $10 with battery.
Cheers. I might grab one for an A1200 (just to make a games machine).
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Old 11-10-2010, 09:03 PM   #18
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Default Re: ACA 1230/28 Accelerator
Another thought, is the CPU socketed? In case someone wants to replace the EC030 with a full MMU'ed 030. Either on this board or the A600 version.
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Old 11-10-2010, 09:52 PM   #19
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I was pretty sure he also said there was a 56 Mhz version as well.
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Old 11-10-2010, 11:01 PM   #20
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Another thought, is the CPU socketed? In case someone wants to replace the EC030 with a full MMU'ed 030. Either on this board or the A600 version.
No sockets. This board is EC030, the A600 board will be full 030 if I understand things right. No idea what will be on the ACA 1230/56.
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I will probably buy one or wait for the 56mhz version.
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Old 11-11-2010, 10:16 AM   #22
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Complete pricing including shipping for the ACA 1230/28 accelerator is as follows:

Accelerator including Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Australia/NZ/Japan through www.amigakit.us is US $121.72

Accelerator including Shipping to Europe/Russia through www.amigakit.eu is EUR 105.79

Accelerator including Shipping to Norway/Switzerland through www.amigakit.eu is EUR 90.96

Accelerator including Shipping to UK through www.amigakit.co.uk is GBP £87.94
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Old 11-11-2010, 10:31 AM   #23
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Default Re: ACA 1230/28 Accelerator
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nice to see new hardware but Jens how come you could'nt get at least 50 Mhz out of this modern board
He's working on a 56 mhz option.

As it seems, this one will actually be a bit snappier than a "real" 28 mhz board, due to using faster RAM.
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Old 11-11-2010, 12:37 PM   #24
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I agree with you! min. 030 accelerator these days should be 50mhz and have mmu/fpu... ;/




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Old 11-11-2010, 12:41 PM   #25
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I agree with you! min. 030 accelerator these days should be 50mhz and have mmu/fpu... ;/
This card is mostly meant as a memory card, not a CPU card. It's just that in order to have more than 8MB RAM and avoid problems with PCMCIA slot, a different CPU is needed. The EC030 is the most common and cheapest one.
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Old 11-11-2010, 01:24 PM   #26
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This card is mostly meant as a memory card, not a CPU card. It's just that in order to have more than 8MB RAM and avoid problems with PCMCIA slot, a different CPU is needed. The EC030 is the most common and cheapest one.
That makes sense both technically and in terms of the market. Have you seen the lack of 1200 memory cards on the market and the prices they reach when they are available on eBay etc. The addition of fastmem to the system makes more difference than most people would think too
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Old 11-11-2010, 01:28 PM   #27
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It will be fun to see the crazy ebay prices take a drop.
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Old 11-11-2010, 01:34 PM   #28
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I agree with you! min. 030 accelerator these days should be 50mhz and have mmu/fpu... ;/
His view from the EAB threads have been that there's almost no point in the MMU / FPU nowadays. If you do graphics work, you'll want an 060 or emulation anyways, and games don't generally care about it.

At 28 mhz, it'll give a good speed boost to most classic amiga stuff, and the extra fast ram is very handy.
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Old 11-11-2010, 01:46 PM   #29
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The Ebay prices will drop for a while, but in a few months time when we are sold out of the new accelerators, they will probably be on Ebay as a second hand item for double/treble the price we sold them for originally.

We have seen the same thing happen with Indivisions and I expect our ZorRAM will go the same route.
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Old 11-11-2010, 01:48 PM   #30
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Cannot wait for the A600 board, it looks like a really neat piece of engineering reviewing your site and the picture on it - the price is very competitive as well considering the development that has gone in - especially considering the second hand prices of 630 boards..!

I think the A1200 is also spot on for the money as well, maybe not as beefy as some might have hoped, but for the money I think it is spot on

And being able to buy a accelerator for an Amiga in the year 2010 - incredible!!

Really excited
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