+save2600 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I always wanted to gut a broken A1010 and use its case for the ACA500 alongside my A1000. But alas, only bad 1010 I've run across, ended up stuffing an HxC SD floppy emulator into it. Turned out really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I always wanted to gut a broken A1010 and use its case for the ACA500 alongside my A1000. But alas, only bad 1010 I've run across, ended up stuffing an HxC SD floppy emulator into it. Turned out really nice! Huh. Never thought about that. I have several 1010s in various conditions. I actually have not done a single floppy emulator, I use the real thing but there is an idea here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 I did look at the A590 entirely too long for its comfort I'm sure... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 It looks fantastic. I will post a picture of it containing my ACA500+ and ACA1233n accelerator when it arrives My case arrived yesterday and yes it is fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjameslv Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 My case arrived yesterday and yes it is fantastic! Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Pics? A shot from the workbench area. An actual workbench, not Workbench 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Is that the VGA cable from an Indivision unit? Totally like what you did there... dual purpose now for that new case! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Is that the VGA cable from an Indivision unit? Totally like what you did there... dual purpose now for that new case! Sure is. Wish I could take credit for that but the kit actually includes two backplates, one with the VGA cutouts and one solid one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjameslv Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Looks really good! Glad it includes 2 plates as i already modded my case for the indivision ecs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Looks really good! Glad it includes 2 plates as i already modded my case for the indivision ecs. I was thinking the same thing as I did the same thing This is a well thought out case. Still waiting for mine....I have a USPS tracking number now as DHL passed it over to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 A shot from the workbench area. An actual workbench, not Workbench Shyte, that is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) It arrived I am SO happy! He even included a little German bag of gummy bears! Edited March 12, 2017 by eightbit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 This case was the only way to go. It was not cheap (around $60 USD) but the quality is superb not to mention the fact that at least in my case it is protecting about $350 of hardware Well worth the price and not a very common thing either. I mean, with how many people actually own ACA500+'s I can't imagine there will ever be a big market for the cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 (edited) Wow, been a long long time since I really USED an Amiga to do stuff. Took me half a day to get drives partitioned and WHDLoad with ClassicWB running (doing it all in emulation...even though I probably did not have to) ...boy am I rusty! Anyway, working great now! I love this ACA500+! Edited March 15, 2017 by eightbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Well for crying out loud. After spending all of that time prepping the second card with Amiga FFS in order to use WHDLoad games, it turns out I could have just formatted the Aux card FAT32 and simply copied the WHDLoad games to it. I know they said you can exchange data between PC and the ACA500+ via the Aux CF port, but they did not mention you can execute Amiga code (games, apps, etc) from a FAT32 formatted CF. They also did not mention you can boot Workbench from that slot either Well, no documentation does not help at all. I did find a curious bug. If you have a CF fully formatted and partitioned with Amiga FFS partitions and use it in the CF Aux slot it works fine and all of yoru partitions will show up, but a "CF Aux:NDOS" icon will also show up on the desktop. Must be something to do with the dual format support of that slot and the FAT95 driver not understanding it while the amiga driver does. Just out of curiousity I tried to format it but it just goes forever (Or so I am to assume...didn't let it try for too long!) Now I have the Amiga slot with ClassicWB and some partitions for demos, apps, and work stuff and the Aux CF slot with a FAT32 formatted 4GB filled with WHDLoad stuff. Works great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 Wow, been a long long time since I really USED an Amiga to do stuff. Took me half a day to get drives partitioned and WHDLoad with ClassicWB running (doing it all in emulation...even though I probably did not have to) It's actually easier to set up CF HDD/WB on the ACA500plus then it is in emulation thanks to having all the Workbench disks in ROM and automounted And yes the CFAUX FAT32 file support is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) It's actually easier to set up CF HDD/WB on the ACA500plus then it is in emulation thanks to having all the Workbench disks in ROM and automounted And yes the CFAUX FAT32 file support is awesome! Yes, if you want vanilla WB 3.1 it is really useful to have them in ROM. However I wanted to use ClassicWB, and I see no way of actually getting that set up initially other than using emulation. Maybe there is a way... but I couldn't find it. Setting it up in emulation only took minutes though as long as you know the steps and it works GREAT on the real amiga 500 with the ACA500+ when done. I am really impressed at what this machine is capable of now. If I had this setup in the late 80's I probably would have never purchased any game consoles The only other thing I need now is a 1MB A500+ trapdoor expansion. I have an A500+ but it is an oddity. It is a 512kb A500+....not common but Commodore did make them obviously. I have a 512mb trapdoor expansion and thankfully the ACA500+ converts it to chip so that almost every game is playable. I say almost as I cannot play Cannon Fodder whdload as it needs 1.1MB chip . I see Kipper2k made a 1MB A500+ expansion so I reached out to him and hope he will get back to me. Unless anyone knows of any other 1MB trapdoor for the A500+ that is available anywhere? Edited March 19, 2017 by eightbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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