Individual Computer

"Congrats! Your new hardware has just come home!"

I've ordered an ACA1221ec accelerator card from Individual Computers which comes with a 68ec020 processor (25Mhz) as well as 16MB of RAM. The tiny daughter-board adds a real time clock to the Amiga.

Installation is fairly simple: Flip the computer, open the lid and push the card into the trapdoor expansion slot.

Before and After. In practise this means that WHDLoad will now be able to load floppy disk based games from hard disk plus I could get an USB host module for USB support in Workbench.

Next, I got an Indivision AGA MK2cr (Flickerfixer), also from Individual Computers. By default the Amiga outputs the RGB signal at 15 Hz horizontally, which almost no modern screen can handle. This board doubles the scan lines to create higher frequencies, hence "Flickerfixer".

Installation is bit more difficult compared to the ACA1221ec: The shield and all peripherals must be removed first. Then you piggyback it directly onto the LISA Graphics chip. A bit of force is required until it snaps into place. A remarkable hardware mod.

Now I can digitally connect my modern PC capture card to the Amiga. The original analog RGB connector still works and will get connected to my OSSC (Open Source Scan Converter) for lag-less, pixel perfect scaling on modern non 4:3 displays.