GVP A530 Turbo Bedienungsanleitung

AffiffiJHEii

High-Polvgr

Hard

Disk

Drive,

Accelentor,

and

nAM

Suhsystem

tor

the

Amigf 500'

l.r

E *ft:b

,.qffi

A530

Accelerator

for the

AmtgaASOO

rl A530Turbo

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Thlsmantnl, the A53o rurbo acceterator,

dlstrlbufion dlsks

and

all relatedmaterlals

are copyrlght 1992,GreatValleyproducts,

Irrc.(GVP).All rlghts reserved.

Thlsproduct does not requlreopenlng the Amtga ASOo's

case

or anyother Invaslveprocedure. It can be Installedwlthout

feapordlzlng comnodore's orlglnal hcto6l wananty. tnstallatton

of thls product does requlre some smalldegree of mechanlcal

abllltyand precautlons

agalnst

electrostauc

dlscharge.Theuser

assumes

all rlsks

when thls Installauon

ls perbrmed by anyone

other thana cerdnedGVP

dealer.

wortbench, Klckstart,

Amlga, A5oo, AmlgaDos and Enhancer

arcall rqglstercdbademarksof commodore Internaflonal,LH.

68000,68030, 68882are trademarks

of Motorcla, lrrc. Allottrcr

product trade names

and deslgna$onsare used br lllustraflve

purposes0nly and are In no way endorsemcnts of those

products

or lnfilngements

on thecopyrlghtedproperdes

of thelr

manuhcfurers.

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In thlsmantnl

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TABLEOFCONTENTS

1, lntroductlon lRgadyl. . . . . . . . . r r r . . I

GefflngStorlgd,..,.,r,.......!... 3

2. Assombly lSgtl.. r. r. r.,. r,, r. r r r . 4

3. Gol.

$oftruarc Rqfgr€nco. r . . r r . r ! . r r . r r

$ystem tfrilitiec

GVPCpuCfrl.

GVPScslCtrl.

a a r a a a a r a a a a r a a a a a a I t aa

CPU.

GVP|nfo.

Upgrading

to Kiclrstart/ilorkbcnch 2.0.. . . .

5. System Expansl(ofl. . r, r r r . r . r . . . r

Dlsossgmbly....

..... ... ...,.. ... ...

AddlngRAM........,.. ..,....

AddingMinl-Slol

Exponsion

Cords.

.. ..

Adding

ExlemolHord

Drives...., .....

Addingo 68882

Coprocessor....... ..

Reossembly..

..... r

... ... ... .., ....

6. Thgory of Opgratlon. . ., r . . . . r r r . r . 41

ii- A530

Turbo

October,

1992

ll A530Turbo

- lii

Appendlx A. Settlntls RgferenGo. . r r r . .,4(B

Appendlx B. Gugtomor Setvlce. . . . r . . . . El

AppendlxG. ProblemReportlngForm., . .82

rCC STAfiMENT

WARNING: Thlsequlpment hasbeendeslgnedto complywlth th€ llmlts for

a Class

B computlng <levlce,

pursuant

to Part

15 of the Federal

Communlcatlons

Commlsslons

rules. Theserulesand regulatlonsare

deslgned to provlde reasonalrle

protectlon agalnst radlo ancl

televlslon

InterferenceIn a reslclentlal

Installatlon. lf not lnstalledproperly, In strlct

accordance

wlth themanufacturer'sInstructlons,lt maycaulielnterference. lf

you suspectInteferetrce.

you cantestthlsequlprnent

by tumlng lt on and off.

lfyou stlll experlence

Interference

wlth the equlpment swttdrecl

off. then the

cause

lleselsewhere. lf thls equlpment does causeInterferencewhen

swltched

on, anyor all of the fcrllowlng

s,rgges0onsmaycorrecttheproblem.

. fGorlenttheantenna

or plug on theracllo

or teleMslonrecdver

' Change

the rclatlveposltlons

of theGVPequlpmentandtheradloor

teleMslonrecelver

. Plugthe GVPequlpmentInto adlfferentoutlet sothatthe pedpherd

andradloor televlslonrecelverare

on dlfferentclrcults.

CAUTTON:Only equlpment wlth shleld-grouncledcables

(computerlnput-

output clevlces,

termlnals,

prlnters,etc.), certlflerlto complywlth Class

llmlts, can be attachcd to thlsdevlce. Operatlon

wlth non-certlfled

equlpmentmay resultln communlcatlsrsInt€rference.

YourhouseAC wall reccptaclc must be a three-prong€d t)rpe(ACtrcunded),

lf not, contactan elcctrlclanto Installthe properrcceptacle. lf a multl-

receptacleswltch box or "poriler strlp' ls wed to connectthe computerancl

CVP

pedpherals

to AC, th€nall receptades

mustshareacomrton grcund.

lf necessaqr,contact your dealer or an o<perlencedradlo-W tedtnldan for

acldltlonalsuggestlons. You may flnd the followlng FCCbooklet helpful:

"How to ldendff andRsolve Radlo-TVInterference

Problems,'The

bookletls

avallable

from theU.S.CrwemmentPrlntlng

Ofrce, Washlngton,D.C. 2O4O2,

stod<no.OO4{@4O345.4.

IndOX.... r... r. r. r. r r. r r..... r.....54

r- 4530

Turbo tl A530Turbo

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CHAPTERI.

INTRODUCTION

Ready...l

Thank

youfor purchasing

thc GVPA530Turbo Combinationsub-

systemfor theAmiga4500. Thisproductrcpresents

themosthighly

integrated

system

enhancementavaihble

for theA500. Its features

include:

Accelerator,SCSIcontroller,RAM expansion,andHard

Drivein anall-in-one,

ersy

to install,modularsubsystem

"Plugand

play"i.rign getsyouup and

runningin almost

notimeatall

High performance40 MHz Motorola68EC030Central

Processing

Unit andoptional40 MHz 68882

Floating

Point Unit chipsto maximize

system

throughput

Up to 8 Megabytesof onboard

32-bitwide

FASTRAM,

using

GVP's60 nanosecondl- or4-Mcgabyte

"SIMM-

32" memory

exprruionmodulesforeasy

installrtion

GVP's

atrtobootingDMA SCSIcontrollerwithFaaast-

ROM and

FaaastPrepSCSI

software

technology

GVPcustonrMini-SIotprovides

futureexpansion

pos-

sibilitiesthroughtheaddition

ofdaughtercard

subsystems

GVP'scustom

designed

Very LargeScaleIntegration

(VLSI) DMA Pcriphcmland RAM Controller

chip

(DPRC)for lowest

possible

componentcount

SurfaceMount Technologyfor morereliable

irssemblyand

rccltrceclcostto theuser

i- A530Turbo Inlroduclion

- I

="'-ffit

o 6-layer

Printed

Circuit Board

for maximumsystem

intc-

gration

o Scparate,

externrl

power

supply

provides

for l00oA

4530 requiremcnts,

placing

no additional

loadon AS00's

originalpowersupply

. Injectionmolded case

matchcs

exactlythe colorand

contour

ofthe Commodore

A500's

NOIE:Ihe GVP

A530lurbo occelerolor

requlres

vcrllon 1.3

lolel oflhe Amlgo Klcksbrf/Workbench

pOM.

Product Une ldentfflcatlon

The GVPA530 Turbo accelerator

for theAmigaA500 is thencxt

Iogical

enhancement

to our existing

lincofA500 cxparuionproducts.

Otherproducts

in this

lineinclude:

Series

II4500 HD8+ - SCSI

harddrive

andMM subsvstem

PC/286 - 16MHz MS/DOS emulator

Gonfi(urationoAvallable

The GVPA530Turbo accelerator

isshipped

with I Megabyteof 32-

bit FAST

RAM and

various

harcldrive

capacities.

Gettln$

Started

'l'hcA530 Turbo accelcratoris among thc easicst

to useproducts we

haveever

created. In most cases,

the 4,530 systemyou purchasewill

arrivcin ready-to-run condition. The first fc'w

pages

of this manual

will describethe sinrple procedurcs for gctting this system rrp and

running in thc leastamount of time .

In subsequent

chapters,

we will describein detail how to add memory,

a 68882 rnath chip, and option:rl Mini-Slot cxpansiol"rboard to your

4530 subsystem, We alsoprovide complcte documentation on the

included softrvarcutilities.

An accompanying Faaa.stPrep2.0 manual contains everything you will

needto know to add new hlrd drivesto your systemor to repartition,

rcfomut or reprcp existing clrives.

So,without fi,rrthcr

rlelay,lct's get $tarted...

WARNING: lhe A530 Turbo generotes o greot deol of heot when

runnlng under normol loods. lf nol properly exhousted, fhls heot con

domoge youl A530unll ond corrupt dolo on your hqrd drlve. lt ls

lmportont to keep the A530's coollng fins open so lhot oir con flow

fteely Infothe cose.

DO NOTCOVER

THE

COOLING FINSYYITHPAPERS,

FLOPPY

DISKS

OTHEROBSTRUCNONS.

lf you should ever dlsossernbleyour A530 Turbooccelerotor - to odd

RAM,for Inslonce - be sure thot you reploce the fon conneclor

correclly. Ihe REDleod goes to the pln on conneclor bloclc CNl4,

lndlcoled by o plus (+). Itlls FANMUSTBEWORKING

At ALt TIMES.

:- ChopterI ll lnfroduclion

- 3

CHAPTER2.

ASSEMBTY

[Set...l

Followthesesimple

steps

to getyour

new

A530Turbo accelerator

andrunning in thequickest

possiblc

fashion.

Takc allnoted precautions

to prevcntdamage

to your cquipment.

Rcmove all powcr and pcripheral cablcs from your A500.

There should be no cablesconnected to the A530 Turbo

unit.

Remove thc Expansion Bay cover plate from your A500.

This is a press-fit plastic panel and can be pried loose with

amcdium-sized flat-bladed scrcwdrivcr.

Figarc 2.2- A530

plnccnunt

Set

thc A530 down nextto the A.500

andalignits con-

ncctorwith the computer's

expansion

bay. Insidethe

Amigaisamotherboard

'Bus" corinector.Thismatches

thesockct-like

"card-edgc"

connector

ontheA530.

Slidethc 4530 into thc Amiga's

expansion

bay,

taking

careto corrcctly alignthematchingconnectors. Thereis

only onewaythis canbe doneand the componcntswill

press-6t

snugly

togethcr.

Prcssthc A530 firmly against

theside

of theA500. When

correctly

seatcd,

theplastic

cases

of thetwo componcnts

will matchverycloscly.

- Chopfer2

Figrru 2.I - Copcr

plnb truwol.

GelflngStorted

- 5

t'!

WARilIING:

The

4530Tu&ooccelerolol'r power supptyuleto

lhrec-pln grounded AC plug. Thlrplug MUSI

bc recurcly

grounded lo on oppropdole llne-culrent recepilocle.

Allempllng lo operote the A530tu6o wllhoul Fopet gnound

(or wllh o lhnc-pln-lo-lwo odopb0 wlll terull Inon unrloble

clecfrlcol ground of ltn cllcull bootd. Ihls moy coure &ilorc

domogn to lhe AEt0 lu6o unll ond/ol fhc Arnbo A50l

When thcccsteps

havebeensuccessfullycomplctcd, your Turbo

eccclentcdAmigaisrerdyto runt

Fig*re 2.3- Conplead nsvmhly.

5) Rcconnectthe power andperipheral

devicecables

to your

computer

andattach

theA530 Turbo's separate

power

supply

cablc.

Allgnmcnt

Nolch

6- Chopler

Fig*rc 2.4- Conrccting A530

pnwcr

s4ply.

GettlngSloiled- 7

=qffi r

HAPTE

R3.

co!,,,_

The A530 Turbo isintendcd u acomplctc,out-of-thc-box solution

to cvcry

4500 owncr'cnccds. oncc instelled,you canlitemlly powcr

up andbcdn computing. Thc firsttimc youdo ro, theAS30

Turbo'c

harddrivc will takcccvcral

minutcs to initirtizc. Aftcr thet, you will

probablywf,ntto bcgin by irutalling your favorircsof$/aretitks.

A53O

8el!'conflgUdng Hald Drlve

The A530 Turbo comer

complctcwith GVP'E

newcelf-configuring

harddrive. This driveischipped

prcformatted

andready

to run. It ic

capablc

of dcterminingwhetheryour 4500 ryrtemcontainrwork-

bcnch 1.3or 2.0 RoMs andwill configureitself appropriately.Thic

proccsroccurs

oilc€- thc first timc you power up following in-

stallation

- andtakes

ceveral

rninutes

to comphtc.

wAnMNe: when you flnl power up your newAs30fuibo occolerolor

ryrfcm lhc rll-conllgudng hold drlve wlllofler you one oppodunlly to

obott lhe oulomollc Inftlollroflon procodure. lf you reply yEg,

you

MugTollow lhe hold ddvc b complete ltr Inlfisllrslfon. trylru to qbod

lhe plocedurc once lt hor begun wlll lender )bur hord ddve usolcrsl

lngtaltlnsSoftruare

Thc A530 harddisk

contains

evcrything

youneed

ro nrn thcAmign's

workbcnch operating syotem. It alcoincludes

ocvcral

GVp cuppon

utilitics for meintainingyour A530 syrtcm. Thcseutilides will bc firlly

documcntcdin the following chapter

andin aRcadMefile on the

accompanying

GVP.Inctall

floppydisk.

You will probablyalcounmtto installall of your favoritc progroms

and

important dataonto thc A530. Many programrwill comewith their

own automatic

installation routines. You should alwayo

lct these

programrdo the work for you, slncc

theywill oftcn automatically

crcerc

newdircctoriec,

makcarcigrrmentr

andcvencdit your stertup-

sequencc.

Allowing

aprogram

to install

itselfisthesafest

way

to ensure

thatevcrytlr.ing

cnds

upin its

correct

destination.

Othcr progranrs

canbe copied

evenmorc simply. This can

accomplishcd

tluough theWorkbenchinterface

bydragging

program

and

projecticons

fromtheirfloppy

disks

into tfieA530 hard

disk'sicon.

users

who arefamiliar

with theCommandLineInterface

andAmigaDOS

Shell

may

prefcr

to install

software

using

theappropriate

AmigaDOS

commands.

NOTE:

Mony commetclol gomesore copy protectedond connot be

lnslolled

on o horddltk. Ihe monuql thol occomponleseoch progrctm

should

stqtewhelherhotd dlskInstollotlon

lssupporlcd.

Insome

ccrses,

gomeswlll notlun on on occeleroted mochlne or lnlhe

presence

ofexponslon

memory. GVP

ensurescompotlblllty

wllhsuch

softwore

by provldlngo physlcol "Iurbo" swltchon lhe iop curtoceoflhe

A530's

cose. lfyou encounter

o progrom

tholwlllnollun,lry movlng

the

lurbo rwllch to ltr OFF

posltlon. Dolngro dlsqblesthe entheA530

ond

restores

your

compufer

lo lh orlghol,unen-honcedcondlllon. When

you

ore flnlshcduslng

the ptoblern gotlwote,slmplyreturn

the swltchto lls

Iurbo poslllon

ond rebool.

GVPolsoprovldes

o seporote

utllltyprogrom lo rcbool undct 68000

conlrol: GVPCpuCtl.Ihlr con be usedlnsleod

ofthelulbo swllch.When

eltherGVPCpuCtrl

orfhe Turbo

rwllch lsusedlo dlsoble

fhe A530

lurbo

qccelerqtor,

oll exponslon

memory

ond horddlsklesourcecwlllbe

swlfched

otfor well. Inthls

mode

,yout A500wlllbc oble lo usoonly lts

ownInslolled

memory

ondlloppydilves.

|- Chopfer

3Gol

-9

CHAPTE

R4.

$oftware Reference

SystemUtllltles

TheA530 Turbo accelerator

includcsscveral

programs

created

GVPto maximizeyour system'sperformance.

Most of themmaybe

uscd

from eithertheWorkbenchorAmigaDOS

Shell

interfaces.

FastPrep

2,0

Any time youwish

to eddharddrive

rc$ourccs

your A530 systcm(or wishto chonge

thcconfigu-

ration ofthc

A530'sintcrnnl hsrd dripeJ,

you will

usethc FastPrep

2.0 harddiskpreparation

utilities.

Thcse

arecompletcly

documented

in anaccompanylng

to thatmanualbefore

attemptingto use

thisprogram.

GVPGpuCtil

GVPCpuCtrl isanewctandard

utility for controlling

allGVPaccclerators.

It has

uscrspecifiablc

0agsthat

condition

it to workwith theA530Turbo,our line

of '030 Combo

boards,

the G-Force

'040 boards,

andothcr peripherals.

GVPCpuctd functions

primarily to enablc

or disable

accelerated

processing

andto mapthc Amigasystem

ROM into 32-bit memory

(if enoaghisovnilobla). It canbecxecuted

atstartup, aspart of the

t:sturttt-scqrcrlcc script, run from thc Shell,or launched

from

Workbench.

NOTE:

Youmusthove q mlnlmumof2 Megobyfcsof expondonRAM

to ruppoil ROM

remqpplng.

when clicked

from the workbcnch, GVPCpuctrl reboots

thc com-

puterin itsnativeprocessor

mode. In thiscasc,

it performs

essentially

thesamc

functionasthc hardware

Turbo switch: It disablestheAS30

accelerator

and

renrmsyour

A500 to 68000proccssor

control.

-TasiFrep-

manual.

Rcfer

NOTE:

WhenGVPCpuClrl

ls used to disoble the A530Turbo

occelerotor,

oll exponslonmemory

ond horddlskresources

wlll be

cwltched

offoswell. Inthls

mode,

your

A500wlllbe oble to useonly

Iteown lnstolledmemoryond floppy drlvee.

GVPCpuCtrl, whenrun from the CLI or Shell,performs

different

operations,depending

on the

pnramarar

supplied. Each

timc the

programisrun, it will accept

any

of four possible

arguments.

These

maybeappended

singlyor asacommand

stringwith aspace

character

separilting

arguments:

femplate:

GVPCpuCtrl (orgument) <return>

ArJumufis:

FASTROM - Copies

the contentsof system

ROM into 32-bit

FASTmcmory andresetsROM vectors

to point to this

newcopy Q MB minimum requircd).

WhentheFASTROM option iscnabled,GVPCpuCtrl

reserves

512kofA530Turbo RAM for ROM remapping.

Thismemoryisthenunavailablefor othcr uscs.

NOFASTROM - Rcsets

ROM vectors

to point to theAmiga's

ROM chips

and freesanyFAST memory previously

reservedfor FASTROM.

800T68000 - Attcmptsto rebootthe computerinto native

68000operation.

Exuttplocl:

GVPCpuCtrl FA.STROM

Thiscommand

tellstheA530Turbo acceleratorto copytheAmiga's

OpcratingSystcm

ROM into 32-bit FASTRAM. Doing sodlowsthc

- Chopter

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