New Amiga 600 Accelerator - The A630 (68030@50 MHz with 64 MB of RAM) 

Indeed, especially for the smallest Amiga of them all. I wasn't a fan of the Amiga 600 at first, but that changed over the years. Plus, they are way more expandable than first thought.

@@amigaretro4765 What about getting a XBOX360 into developer mode and installing RETROARCH then installing AMIGOS from the AMIGA Forever DVD disc and would mean you have X3 PowerPC cores instead of just one PowerPC core.

Thanks for watching. When time permits, I will try to showcase real-world benefits versus synthetic style benchmarks, such as SysInfo. I'll see what I can do. I can't promise when but it will happen... eventually 😃

Agreed. This concern was raised in my Video. I am not sure why they didn't go with a stand off mounting solution was used by Individual Computers with their ACA 620 and ACA 630 boards, using the existing slots for the HDD caddy on the A600's motherboard.

That will work. I have used IPA to remove Hot Glue in the past. Thanks for the Tip 🙂

Thanks

It is a nice card. Great build quality.

I have the Furia in my other Amiga 600 (it's the lower clocked passively cooled variant). It' not too bad, but I wanted a fast 030 as the heart of this under-appreciated Amiga model of awesomeness.

I like my A600 with Furia. It really gave her life and meaning, with very affordable price.

Hey Doug! Can you share a link to the location of those 3d files?

Thanks. I have been to your channel; you do not give yourself enough credit. Plus, the fact you cover one of the best computers ever made, you are good in my books 😀

@@amigaretro4765 aww hey thanks! Long live Amiga!

It is odd indeed. The Indivision AGA MK-III has not left the Lisa Chip on my A1200 yet, it doesn't have any mounting hardware but it takes some effort to seat the socket, at least twice as much as the A630. The 68000 CPU does get a bit warm. It may be a matter of time before the socket works it way free after several hot and cool cycles.

Everything depends of socket quality.

@@lokz9632 Indeed, of which, as the buyer, we have little control over 😁

Thanks for subscribing. 1) There is no FPU option, though the CPU is a full 68030 (not an EC model) so it does have the built-in MMU, thus why you can use the MMU Libs from Aminet. 2) Intermediate or expert is fine, normally I have not had issues in any installation mode, since the installer detects the correct CPU and installs the correct library to Libs:, but Expert Mode definitely gives you more control over the Setup process.

An interesting fact I discovered after visiting the Manufacturer's Website (after making this Video), is you need to add a piece of foam or cardboard on top of the X1 Crystal on the Amiga 600's Motherboard to prevent the A630's 68030's CPU pins from shorting against the metal body of the Crystal. See if this helps your instability issues, if not already in place.

@@amigaretro4765 I have the same issue as UK Retro Gamer and I used a piece of foam on the X1. I think the problem could be, that we got a model with older firmware. Because my "Chip Speed vs A600" in Sysinfo is always at 1.20 with installed MMU.

SysInfo 4.4 shows about the same on my setup. Older versions, such as 4.0 show a higher Chip Speed versus A600, I believe around 3 times faster. Realistically, I think the score of 1.2 is more accurate (if in your case you are using SysInfo 4.4), since it is an A600 your are comparing against, being the same 16-bit bus architecture.

@@amigaretro4765 Yeah, I use Sysinfo 4.4. @freeze: The freezing is probably due to an older firmware. The latter A630 were delivered with a new, very stable, firmware. The only possibility for an update would be the reflash with the Xilinx programmer. The developer told me that.

Can you re-flash the card or has the seller offered to do this for you?

They are part of the Magic Workbench distribution. You can get a copy from Aminet. Search for "MagicWB21p.lha" at aminet.net It's shareware and needs to be registered after 14-days. I think this is still the case after all these years. Here is the Link to the SASG Magic Workbench website: www.sasg.com/mwb/index.html The nice thing is you only need an 8 colour screen mode, though 16 colors are ideal. Helps save your precious chipram :)

@@amigaretro4765 Thank you.

The system will boot to the Kickstart Start Screen if no CF is connected (Kickstart 3.1 or 3.2.2). Kickstart 1.3 works as well with the 1.3 ROM. Since Kickstart 1.3 does not have a scsi.device, the Insert Workbench Disk comes up pretty fast. since it isn't checking for an attached IDE device. My A600 boots floppy disks and games without issue. Does your A600 boot fine with Kickstart 1.3?

@@amigaretro4765 With kick 1.3 and no cf Amiga boot normal but games start with graphical glitch or dosn't start (guru). Without A630 works fine.

@bzyq81 Make sure the 68000 on the A600's motherboard is clean. Using IPA (Rubbing Alcohol) and a Q-Tip on all 4 corners of the chip's pins will help. Make sure no fuzzies are left behind from the Q-Tip. Using a Micro-fiber cloth works well too. Also, make sure the 630's socket is clean and securely seated to the 68000 . To do this, place the accelerator 's socket on top the CPU and push uniformly down on the center of the topside of the 630's socket. It should snap into place in one go.

Thanks for watching my Video. The ACA1233n-55 is a nice card. I also have the ACA500Plus (the latest version). It does have nice CF Transfer speeds. The additional CF slot is nice as well. The A600s (and 1200s) onboard IDE interface is not the greatest but works well enough :)

Hello, thanks for watching my Videos! The ground wire is for the Indivsion ECS MK-III VGA scandoubler from Individual Computers. Since VGA is an analogue signal, the ground wire is to help reduce interference in the Video Output. Though from experience, it is rarely needed.

@@amigaretro4765 oo ok, i own the Indivision AGA MK3, but supports both VGA and a fully digital output. So do i need to attach ground wire too? Im using digital output

@@LeChucky If it came with one, It wouldn't hurt. If it did not, I wouldn't worry about it too much.