Lmst

Some think about lighting a terrible fire, and then some prefer igniting an entire inferno. 🔥

Three TerribleFire TF1260 Amiga accelerators laid out next to each other.

Otherwise it works fine, finally no annoying issues with this stubby PC keyboard I use for the CD32, and the picture quality is just good, without the need for special adapters and magic. I just need to solve network connectivity on the CD32 somehow (Foreshadowing..? 😉) and it would be perfect.

... in the meantime, if someone could make a good 3D printable cover, that would be nice. Please? 🥺 😅

#amiga #cd32 #retrocomputing #mc68060

TerribleFire 360 expanded CD32 running with the Imperator CD32 adapter, showing the early startup console, and.output of WhichAmiga. The gray background of the console shows no noise or jailbars, looking good.

TerribleFire 360 expanded CD32 running with the Imperator CD32 adapter, showing Workbench, running in 640x512 interlaced resolution. Still looking good.

TerribleFire 360 expanded CD32 running with the Imperator CD32 adapter, running the 68060 demo Prototype 1 by Haujobb.

One notable difference to the TF1260 and the Warp1260 is that the card requires a reboot to change speed, because each frequency seems to have an FPGA core tuned to it. This is a slight disappointment, cards able to switch runtime exist, and can work very well. I never had a single issue with it on the Warp1260. (Although my TF1260 seems to be a bit hit-or-miss.)

On a more important note, I now bumped the card up to 100Mhz. Still runs stable, demos work, etc.

#amiga #mc68060 #retrocomputing

An Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 accelerator, running the ACATune tool and a warning dialog about a reboot, while bumping up the operating frequency to 100Mhz.

An Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 accelerator, running WhichAmiga tool to show the 100Mhz CPU operation.

An Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 accelerator, running bustest at 100Mhz.

An Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 accelerator, running a scene from the demo Starstruck by TBL, one of the most demanding demos for a '060 accelerator.

The ACA1260 is installed into the Amiga 1200 that usually sports the TF1260, and ... well, there's nothing to report really. It's running and it's fast. Default settings, nothing is changed yet. All values measured at 90Mhz.

On the minus side - the fan is software controlled and at some RPMs it has an annoying whine. But lets call this part of growing pains, the Warp1260 had a similar issue, which subsequent firmware updates fixed.

#amiga #mc68060 #retrocomputing

ACA1260 accelerator fitted inside an Amiga 1200.

Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 accelerator fitted working, booted into Workbench. It's running ListExp tool from the Identify.library package, showing the properties of the system and the accelerator.

Closeup of the Shell window on the Workbench, running ListExp, showing the properties of the system.

System booted into Shell without Workbench, showing results of BusTest.

@polpo Not sure I ever posted the Amiga 1200 w/ Warp1260 guts on Mastodon, so anyway, here's how it looks.

The fan is temperature/software controlled. I'd buy such a generic cooling solution for almost all my A1200 expansions. Even the 68030 cards tend to run quite hot, especially with FPU & SCSI module, and they're not getting younger either...

Note mine is an early card, so hopefully they improved the powder coating of the heatsink since. 😅

#amiga #mc68060 #retrocomputing

Upper view of an opened Amiga 1200 with a Warp1260 accelerator installed. The radial fan cooling solution is next to the floppy drive, near the wide part of the trapdoor slot, towards the back of the machine. It blows air onto a black wedge-shaped large heatsink mounted on the '060.

An opened Amiga 1200 with a side view at an installed Warp1260 and its cooler. installed. The radial fan cooling solution is next to the floppy drive, near the wide part of the trapdoor slot, towards the back of the machine. It blows air onto a black wedge-shaped large heatsink mounted on the '060.

Something about catching Pokemons, and all of them... 😅 I was told full 68060 Rev.6 CPU prices are high, because they are extremely scarce. I don't know, they seem quite abundant to me. 🤪 👍

From left to right: TF1260, ACA1260, Warp1260, Blizzard 1260

#amiga #retrocomputing #mc68060

A series of 68060 accelerators for the Amiga 1200 laying on a white table laid out in a row.

Meanwhile in Berlin.

Why? Individual Computers is a sponsor of Revision 2025. As part of this, they provided an ACA1260 for the Amiga AGA compo-machine, which just arrived to my place so I can test & configure things before the party.

#amiga #mc68060 #demoscene #revision2025

The usual Individual Computers box, which says "Congratulations, your new hardware just came home" with ACA1260-90 label on the side. Laying on a white table.

The contents of the box laid out, with short manual, some cables and feet, and a piece of merch, a token for a shopping cart, apparently, if I get it right.

ACA1260 bottom side, purple PCB, white Amiga 1200 edge connector, with big black heatsink on the '060 and a radial fan to blow air on it from the side. There's an Individual Computers ACA1240/1260 sticker on the heatsink, holding some cable in place.

ACA1260 top side, purple PCB, white Amiga 1200 edge connector, showing the solder side of the 68060 socket, that facing downwards. Some RAM and other chips, an SD card socket, and the connector for the future "fast GFX" expansion is also visible.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn." - casually committing blasphemy at @deadline_demoparty 2024, by coding an Amiga-boingball effect for the Atari Falcon 060. Audio: @h0ffman on stage!

#atari #amiga #m68k #boingball #mc68060 #demoscene #deadline2024

#commodore #CBM #AMIGA #A2000 #MC68060 #PowerUP #retrocomputer #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #Geek #VingTroiSeize

[PROTOTYPE]

- compatible: #Commodore #AMIGA
- name: InsideOut (Siamese PCI) for #PC #Computer
- #Motorila #MC68040 #33MHz #MC68060 #50MHz #2MBChipRam

#CBM #retrocomputer #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #geek

All of them side by side #MC68010, #MC68020, #MC68030 and #MC68040. Absent from this pic here is my framed #MC68000 which ended somewhere in the cellar (along with my framed #AtariTT) after we have moved to a new house and the #MC68060 which is unaffordable right now #Atari #Amiga #m68k #retrocomputing

Amigaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

#commodore #CBM #AMIGA #A4000 #AMIGA4000 #GOTEK #retrocomputer #retrogaming #videogames #80s #90s #Geek #Motorola #MC68030 #MC68040 #MC68060 #PowerPC #PPC #CyberstormPPC

In other news, the second (first) A2000 is out to confirm that I'm probably the luckiest sonofa alive at this point. My Blizzard 2060 is back from the HW wizard it went to, and it lives again! It only had some cracked solder joints, around the power rail, as it turned out. Phew.

#amiga #mc68060 #retrocomputing

DCE Blizzard 2060 with 128MB RAM laying on the table.

Blizzard 2060 inserted in the Amiga 2000 along with some other cards, like a PicassoIV.

Amiga 2000 with a Blizzard 2060 booted into Workbench 3.1 with RTG.

Amiga 2000 with a Blizzard 2060 booted into Workbench 3.1 with RTG, monitor closeup "screenshot".

Today I’ve shipped my precious #MC68060 rev6 processor to CS-Lab.

Do you know what that means?

Yes! #Amiga #Warp1260 #Amiga1200

I know this is probably bad idea but I want to actually code on this thing. Like you know write code and also compile.

Without advanced IDE and with limited memory, just for fun, no pressure…

RTG can output up to 1080p so at least my eyes won’t hurt too much. Hopefully!

Amiga Warp 1260 Turbo Card by CS-Lab. Black PCB with black aluminium radiator.

🔥A dream come true…

#amiga1200 #amiga #mc68060 rev 6

If you know, you know 😉

Motorola CPU chip on wooden desk.
Laser etched MC68060RC50.

Testing a "full" 68060 Rev. 6 for a friend, before he orders some '060 card for it. He bought it, because it looked really genuine, and so far it seems to be. A brave move that paid off. 😅

#m68k #mc68060 #amiga

Two 68060 chips, inside an open Amiga 1200, one on a TF1260 card, the second in a protective foam.

The chip-in-test is in test. WhichAmiga reports it's a "full" 68060 with FPU and MMU included, and it's a Rev. 6.

It runs demos too! It's Kioea by Madwizards.

Shaky Phone Cam Pictures presents: a stock 3D object (cubes) rendered by the 68060 meets copyright-free music (synthwave) played by the DSP. Conclusion - we have the tech, a ready to rock demoengine. Kinda. Should be good enough for at least some compo-fillers...

Now comes the hard part, that should need some creativity. I'm horrible at this. Halp? 😱

#mc68060 #m68k #atari