For Sale Dicke Olga - 030 CPU 64/128MB Accelerator card for A2000 Amiga (USED)

[paolopal]

Interest withdrawn. (was previously declared here)

 

[Bit-Image]

I have this card with a black PCB. If anyone is on the fence about this card, dont be.... its awesome!

 

[8 Bit Dreams]

Cards sent to users @ajrade & @cgugl

Payment notifications sent to @4MlGA, @SukkoPera

No reaction from user @Rod_cl so far - this is second call, please let me know, do You still need that card or I can move to next person in line..
I do understand postage fees are crazy, can't change that unfortunately, it's full size card....

 

[8 Bit Dreams]

FAQ:​

Q: i’ve installed accelerator card but display remains black, did i received broken card?
A: before Your card goes on its long way - it needs to pass several tests. Following tests are obligatory: several rounds of full memory range scan (Amiga Test Kit), Povray rendering test (2h rendering test, to be sure CPU works as it should), IDE and clockport tests are also done. Card will be shipped only if it passed all ofthem, so probably there is something else - 68k cpu is missing? wrong position of BSW jumper?

Q: seems my CF card isn’t recognized?
A: please try other brand – some cards just doesn’t work (Transcend, for example a known to fail, also some bigger cards (32GB) doesn’t work)

Q: ide seems to be slow, why?
A: first of all – check bootblock size, we recommend to use 4096. Second option would be to use MapTool (see apropriate section in manual)

Q: Will this card ever be upgraded to 256 or 512 MB RAM?
A: Well technically it’s posssible, but there was no plans to do it!

Q: Will there be more supported frequencies in the future?
A: The frequency is tied to installed 10MHz clock oszillator, but You can also use 50% frequency jumper (and reach 25MHz by setting 50Mhz/2=25MHz as example)

Q: will there be CD-ROM support in the future?
A: i guess no, it is entirely on Oktapussy ROM and we don’t even know how to fix it

Q: Will feature XY (sound, graphics, USB, PCI-Express) be added in future revisions?
A: Most probably not. The creator of the card adheres to the principle: "Keep it simple, keep it workable."

Q: i don’t want to spend my money on that card, i do have all necessary tools, and can solder it by myself, where can i download gerber files?
A: Well, You can’t get gerbers right now – these are not released atm. However, we don’t wanna stop someone from building that card – so You can get an empty PCB on A1k.org at a cost + small fee for the creators (so they can continue to work on improovements) and go this interesting journey by yourself.

Q: i don’t want a 030 CPU card, and rather wait for 060, will it be released?
A: 040/060 CPU accelerator isn’t planned so far, so don't delay, get Your Olga today!

 

[dava1973]

PM with payment info received, payment sent.

 

[Grimmert2]

I love my Dicke Olga board in the A2000. The only issue and problem is the 16 GB limit for CF cards. Is the 32 GB issue a firmware thing that can be fixed ?

Are there any 32 GB CF cards that work ?

Is a fast CF card better to get the board to be stable with waitstate 1?

 

[8 Bit Dreams]

You need LIDE boot ROM to be able to use large mass storage media (up to 2TB)

 

[luc_dk]

WOW awesome card.. thumps up. I would love one in Black PCB. Does it take a Gold top 68030 at 50 MHz ? and which drive did you use, to get 11MB/Sec in sysinfo ? and does it autoboot without hacking the ROM ?

 

[Pythagoras]

PM with payment info received here as well, payment and shipping details sent.

 

[8 Bit Dreams]

I love my Dicke Olga board in the A2000. The only issue and problem is the 16 GB limit for CF cards. Is the 32 GB issue a firmware thing that can be fixed ?

I Know, yesterday I told we have no idea how to fix it... Well.. a new day - a new hope...

Are there any 32 GB CF cards that work ?

User @LIV2 popped out of nowhere and released brand new open source Bootrom that is fully compatible with our design, and should be able to fix 32GB issue! Check it out:

GitHub - LIV2/lide.device: An Open source IDE driver for Amiga computers

An Open source IDE driver for Amiga computers. Contribute to LIV2/lide.device development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I have tested it this morning and it works flawlessly with 128GB SD card! Also ATAPI devices should work fine with it..

Is a fast CF card better to get the board to be stable with waitstate 1?

Yes, definitely!
have some SanDisk IV Extreme cards that work fine with 1ws

Anyway, who needs big CF card & CD-ROM support urgently - please try this new BootROM attached in this thread..
(You need to remove "PDF extension from the file, grab 29F040 PLCC32 Chip and reprogram it with EEPROM Progger)

FAIR WARNING!
Keep in mind, this Device has a different name: lide.device in current version, this may cause problems with some programs that rely and search for SCSI.device!!!
A good example may be Bridgeboards - these will definitely fail if this Bootrom is used... I've asked author to fix that in next release, so let's hope it will happen soon..

 

[SukkoPera]

Payment sent.

 

[cgugl]

I received Olga and it's really a beautiful card!! I hope to try it later Many thanks

 

[Rod_cl]

Payment sent.

 

[chatopirulo]

Interested in 1 unit

 

[eXeler0]

Declaring interest for 1 card from next batch,

 

[Nobse67]

Declaring interest for 1 board with CPU. PM sent

 

[ajrade]

Dickie received. Everything is OK. Thanks a lot. Positive feedback granted.

 

[Sotos]

Payment for card including shipping costs has been made.

 

[8 Bit Dreams]

Tracking details updated for user @Sotos ,

Payment details sent to users @alama & @h3kr0

Added FAQ in first post, will also add manual PDF - needed to rewrite it because of full CD-ROM and large drive support (with new LIDE BootROM)
Best regards,

-8 Bit Dreams

 

[dava1973]

My Olga arrived today - and boy does she look great ;-)
Big thanks to the team that created it and for DjCook for assembly and fast delivery!
Positive feedback left, of course!