+OLD CS1 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Two new 500 accelerators with USB module attachments, and Amiga Reloaded! http://oldschoolgameblog.com/2015/06/27/amiga-30-years-event-upcoming-hardware-from-jens-schonfeld/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hey that is great news I really like Jens products, I own a few of them and all of them work really well. I will definitely be buying one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Two new 500 accelerators with USB module attachments, and Amiga Reloaded! http://oldschoolgameblog.com/2015/06/27/amiga-30-years-event-upcoming-hardware-from-jens-schonfeld/ I'm excited about the "Amiga Reloaded" he's going to make! I'm still trying to get my hands on a C64 Reloaded Here is a video on YouTube where he talks about the products. Forward to 4:52 to see Jens talk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Amiga_reloaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Amiga_reloaded Thanks, looks good! Now I will not be afraid to use my NOS A1200 since I can find a replacement board rather easy if/when that time comes. Of course not "all" the options I have currently will work on the "Reloaded" board it seems, so far anyway. None of them are showstoppers. I'm sure the details will change by the time he actually produces something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I'm excited about the "Amiga Reloaded" he's going to make! I'm still trying to get my hands on a C64 Reloaded Same here Hopefully the 'new' ACA500 will be soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Same here Hopefully the 'new' ACA500 will be soon. Yeah, I'm curious to see what is new with the ACA500 as well. I have one of the older versions for my A500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Love the ACA500! First I'm hearing of a revision. Let's see... on my wish list, I'd like to see more RAM, a 28mhz 68k like the Supra Turbo or better yet, an 030 or 060! ...don't try this at home kids. There be a Phoenix inside that A1000 case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Oooh... jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Great looking Amiga 1000! But am I missing something? How are you using that ACA500 on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Great looking Amiga 1000! But am I missing something? How are you using that ACA500 on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Cool, thanks. Didn't know such a thing existed, but I'm rather new to the Amiga world. I found this to describe what it is in case others are finding this thread: " The A1000 phoenix was a subscription funded replacement motherboard for the A1000, ie a totally new 3rd party motherboard which was designed to fit into the A1000 case. It was designed and manufactured by Phoenix Microtechnologies in South Australia (circa 1991). It was a totally enhanced A1000 motherboard. It came with the ECS chipset, Kickstart 1.3 (on ROM) and 2MB of RAM. Depending on your configuration preference, the RAM was either configured as 1MB Chip and 1MB Fast or as 2MB Chip. It also had an optional SCSI-II controller on the motherboard. Every motherboard has the SCSI header present, but it was optional because it required the purchase of the SCSI PAL Chip and EPROM. The A1000 phoenix also had a single Zorro II slot, but because of the limitations of the A1000 case, any Zorro II cards needed to be mounted in an external unit. An a2000 video slot was also added to the motherboard as well as a battery backed-up clock. The motherboard could either be installed manually by the user, which required the retention of some chips from the original motherboard (Paula, Denise, CPU), for installation on the new motherboard or users which lived near the manufacturing facility could have their motherboard replaced by Phoenix Microtechnologies themselves. There is estimated to have been between 500 and 1000 production units of the A1000 phoenix made. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 I am jealous of that Phoenix board, for sure. But why would the ACA500 not work with an original 1000 board: is it the lack of Kickstart ROM? I used an A530Turbo with my 1000 for a couple of years. Going to plop a Derringer in it once I have enough room to put everything back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sm3 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 .. But why would the ACA500 not work with an original 1000 board: is it the lack of Kickstart ROM? ... I always assumed the ACA500 was for the Amiga 500 only. AmigaKit description states for the Amiga 500 or 500+ That's why I was really surprised to see it sticking out of that Amiga 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 I always assumed the ACA500 was for the Amiga 500 only. AmigaKit description states for the Amiga 500 or 500+ That's why I was really surprised to see it sticking out of that Amiga 1000 I can see that. Yeah, to get a side-port accelerator to work on the 1000 you have to turn it backward, and I am sure there is not a lot of call to accelerate a non-expanded 1000. I used to SKick my 1000 into 3.1, which meant I had to keep a KS1.3 floppy in at all times. When I do the Derringer I am going to add in a ROM board so I can have KS3.1 in ROM. The only potential issue will be the lack of Chip RAM to run OS3.9. I sure would like one of those Phoenix boards. I recall there was supposed to have been a recent run of new ones but I lost that thread at AO so never got my hands on one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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