Amiga 500 14 MHz accelerator with DRAM (phase 2)

The 14 MHz accelerator card project has reached a stage when real speed measurements are made possible. Based on Sysinfo speedtest results, it produces exactly twice the speed of a real Fast RAM equipped Amiga 500. See the pictures below for the wonderful, long awaited results. :)

This is not a simple 14 MHz hack, which is available on aminet. An accelerator without 0 wait state RAM worths nothing, as the CPU is always waiting for the Chip RAM and register access. We can talk about a real accelerator if there is some 0 wait state RAM available.

This card contains a 68HC000 16 MHz CPU which is running at 14 MHz, 8 MB 0 wait state RAM, which is the maximum size of the real Fast RAM in an Amiga with 24 bit address bus.

The next version will be built on a complex PCB which will contain:

• 14 MHz 68HC000 CPU
• 8 MB RAM
• IDE connector
• CF card
• Flashkick
• NMI button etc.  

A500 68k turbo rev 2. (top)

A500 68k turbo rev 2. (bottom)

A500 68k turbo rev 2. (top)

A500 68k turbo rev 2. (bottom)