Blizzard 2060 Turbo Board User Manual

USER

MANUAL

2nd

Edibon

March 1996

Copyright

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Many thanks

for choosing cur product With the cn*rwhekn*ig

performance of the

latest

and

fastest processor of

the

68k

famuy the Motorola 66060. the BUZZARD 20«

Turbo Board

brings

along a performance

level for theAMIGA2000 which was formerly

unthinkable in

this

Form and

at th

price. With more than 80 Mtf*S

performance

and the high

performance of the integrated

floating point processor unit (FPU), the

AMIGA

2000

becomes

a

powerful workstation, which rt

more than

suited for

todays

most demanding applications such as 3r>takulat*ons and

ray-tra-

cing, image

processing, animation or video processing.

Some of the most important

features

of the BU22AHO 2060

Turbo ioard:

Hi^heod acceleration board for the AMIGA 2000

with

SO

Mtf-68060 processor with fPU

and MMU for highest and

maximum performance

four

??

-channel standard

SIMM

sodteb

for

the

memoryexpanstoft up ro 178 Mbyte

main memory (merged assembly Hafso

possible)

e> Autornafk*en*4nfegratfr^(ain^

opc/atmg jysfem

(MAPTOM^woctkvt desehctable) for

addrtforu/ power increase

r* An extreme*/ fast

memory

layout

grants highest data throughput in the fast MM

I* Asynchronous design tor fuB Genlock-compabbifrty

Can

to

resef to

69000-pmessor through the *ey*oard for fuB compat*flrry

with aft soft-

ware

i;.. v. ;t v

wttft

AMrGA

2000 model+B~

onty)

Integrated fail JCS-il

r

V// rrii-f'-.

'".-

rtflfh

:rj 1'TJl'n 1'.',i.

:

'j.-j

rJ !e>J u? l'P tO 7 MDtf&JeC af)OT

chronous

and up to

1 Mbyte/sec synchronous on the SCSl-bui

tv- .

:i DMA

-

transmission (Direct

Memory

Access)

theprocessoron the BUZZARD 2060

Turbo Boardis not charged.

Thus, the BUZZARD 20« Turoo Board is

opbmatfysutffed for

muJu/n^o^-appfratiorrr

5oJdtrfeu

and

simple assemofy in the processor expansion

sior of

the

AMIGA

2000

Hioh-qu*titypnmssmgm latest

SW~techno^

At this

pomt

we

k»ndly

ask you

to fil in the registration card which a

attached

to

this product

and return

<t to us.

At the one hand, we can

inform

you about

possible future

expansions

for

the BLIZZARD 2060

Turbo

Board as

well

as

other developments around the AMIGA 2000, at the

other hand you shall

helpuiwith your opinion

to

further develop and

bring

on

the market lor

the future those products

for the Amiga, which

you as

user desire.

Chapter 1

The BLIZZARD 2060 Turbo Board

SCOPE OF DELIVERY

On receipt of the BLIZZARD

2060

Turbo Board please check that the delivery

scope is complete.

The

patfcage

must

contain;

*

One board {BUZZARD 2060 Turbo Board)

Two installation dtiks

> r.''i, . jriua)

if one of these parti should

not be

contained, please refer

to your

retailer.

IMPORTANT! BEFORE BEGINNING

WITH THE

ASSEMBLY

Before

you begm with the assembly of the BLIZZARD

2060

Turbo Board,

you

should first consi*

der the

following

items.

f* To

function correctly,

the

BUZZARD

2060

Turbo

Board needs spedat6B060- specific

software^

This software has to be installed be/ore the atseo^oi the BISZZARD206Q Turbo Board.

See

also chapter .Software intubation'

2* The AMIGA 2000 has been delivered as two different models

by

Commodore,

namely

the

otdef modeis

fA)

and the iater

modets (*> You an find out which

rnodcl

yourAMIGA is from

the imprint on the left bottom side of the main board, tf you discover here a table wtth the

imprint »COMMOOOKE AMIGA 2000'.

a serial number and „M4Df W GERMANY (BSwy.

than yourAMtGArs a modeHA). With these mooWs. the 6B00OCPV has

tobe

removed

befo-

re

you

being with

the

installation of

the

BUZZARD

2060 Turbo Board. Please by att means

read the Appe/idwr B ^mstaOation

in

theAMIGA

200A

rru^ (A)~ before you begin with the

assembly t

I

fmdout with whkh Kkkstatt-ROM your AMf&A 2000

h

furnished. To grant

the full functio-

nality

of the BUZZARD 2060, we

urgentiy

recommend the usage of Kkkstart-RQM Version

3,1, Should you have a different Kickslart-version. ptease read the Appendix A ^Working

underKkkstatt 1.3 or

2M"

first

4. tf you want to expand your BUZZARD 2060 Turbo Board with memory moduSes fSttttftJ,

please read the corrrespondmg chapter hrst because the auemblyof the SIMMs has to be

made before inserting of the BUZZARD 2060 Turbo Board

Into

the computer.

m

^22uEEl^

^

UsCrt Manual

ASSEMBLY OF

THE BLIZZARD 2060 TURBO BOARD

Remove

afl

cabta {mains cable,

monitor

cable mouse

serial

and

parallel cables),

as

well

as,

ff

apphcaWe all externally connected units

from

your AMH3A 2O00 tvow tooscn the two screws

on the tower

left

and

right

y<fc

of your AMIGA 2000 (lustration 1)

LLS

After having

opened the cover, you wftl recogn<re on the left

bevde

the

6800CPU

the

B6-chan*

n r

processor expansion slot of

the AMIGA 2000

(illustration

4). The board has to bo fitted into

this slot.

Before

fitting in the BLIZZARD 2060 Turbo Board, please fust

remove the skrt cover

plate belong>ng

to the

processor

expansion slot at the rear of the AMtGA 2000. Now

you

can

tnuitration f. Screws

on

the towerleft skit erf ifte Amiga 2000

On the rear, remove the

middle

screw lastty

in doing

so make

sure that

you

remove the correct

screw as shown in illustration 2.

ftftiifratton 3. Coyer removal-ifcfc new

carefully enter the BUZZARD

2060

Turbo Board

as

shown in frustration

5. Please take care that

the BUZZAJID 2060 sit* properly in the pUttk guidance rail on the front of

the

AMKiA

2000, and

that no cables or

others are

jammed

below the

board

Now

fix

the board by

applying

lightpre*-

o

°

Op*-

o

L:

;

Zl

«Pin

CPU

$4>t

' -

."

-

- r

'-

r -

n 2. Confer screw on the rear of the

AMIGA

2000

Now you can take

off

the cover of the

AMGA

2000 by

pulling rt cautiously forward and

upwards Should you notice

resistor

when taking off the housing lid. please use no

force,

but

look below the

fad, possibly

a cable or

alike has been caught on the cover

CPU

Power Supply

Internal

Dae drive

mvttratior* 4. Right s«fe view (looking down)

User's Manual

sure from above as

shown

in illtntrvtion 5. If

the beard

sits

property in the dppropndte

slot you

can

now fa

the strews of the earner loosened Slot cover on the teBf 0* the AMIGA 2000 Now

you can

re-fasten the <over of the AMIGA 2000 and re

connect

all removed cabin and peri-

pheral units- Herewith, the w«mWy

of your BUZZARD

2060

Turbo Board is finished.

LLIHi;

Hkntrston 5.

BUZZARD mOimutittion (skft view)

OPERATION OF THE BLIZZARD 2060 TURBO BOARD

rt you drtpose of the Kickstart

Version

3 1 in your

AMSGA

2000,

then the BUZZARD 2060

Turbo

Board

ts immediate*/ ready

to use,

and puts ft"* performance at your

disposal

direct*/

after

having been

switched

on

if

your

computer

a

furnished with

a

drffer ent Kickstart Version

{e.g.

Vernon 13 or

2.0*1

then please read the Appendix A

H

Working under

Kickstart Version

i.j or

2<W- first

H you

have

installed

memory (Fast RAMI on the BUZZARD

2060,

you can define through a jum

per rf the MAPROM funaion which

copies

the

operating

system

into

the

faster Fast-RAM shall

be

activated

or

not.

H rs

recommended

to let the

MAPROM function switched on at

bI

times

{always

actuated

ex

worts),

because due to

the 16 brt wide system

architecture

of the AMIGA

2000 it expands the

operating

system

ROM-accesses

to 32

bit.

^so

accelerate* them consi-

derably-

The

8U2ZARD 2060

Turbo Boardcan

be

deactivated without

having

tobe de assembled, if com

ptfMy

problems occur with certain programs. (As m AMrGA 2000 ModH „A' the 68000

CPU

has to be

removed, the

reset is

only

working in

AMIGA

2000

model

H

8"

1) To rJe-activate, ho4d

down the key

.0*

during booting

However

do

not

use

the key

.0'

on the numeral block The

BUZZARD

2M>0

Turbo ftoard is then completely deactrvated. which

win

readjust the

AMrGA

2000

to the

standardconfiguration, however

please

consider that not only the processor of the board

<s

deactivated,

but

also

B|

expansions. which

are

operatedonthe

BUZZARD

2060

Turbo Board

So after the deactivation, neither the memory

nor the integrated SCSI II controller are avail*

ble

The BUZZARD

2060 can be re- actuated, try keeping the

key

cornbtfabon

which is

required

for

resetting (CTR* AMIGA-AMIGA} down for more

than

10

seconds

JUMPER

For

a

complete description

of the

jumper*

which are available on the

BUZZARD

2060 Turbo

Board

please

turn

to Appendix C Jumper on the

BUZZARD

2060 Turbo

Board*

MAPROM

On the BU2ZAR0

2060

Turbo Board

there a a

jumper for

the MAPROM function. If memory

Is

loadedonthe BUZZARD

2060 Turbo Board memory,

you can bad the kxkstart into the faster

RAM, m order to accelerate

the

execution of

operating system functions If the MAPROM

jum-

per

it plugged in, the kickstan is automatically recopled. ff

the jumper is pulled out, the kkk-

start is executed from the

ROM.

The (activated) MAPROM function

occupies

512

Kbyte of the

RAM installed

on the BUZZARD 2060

MEMORY EXPANSION

Adjustment and recognition of the RAM installed on

the

BUZZARD

2060 n completely automa-

tical Forthe memory

assembly you need 32-bit SIMMS, available general under the trade mark

PS2-module

T The BUZ2ARO 2060 accepts SIMMS or thememory

dtt) 4MB. SMB. 16MB, 32MB,

and also allows

merged

assembly of these SIMS. The organisation of

the S*MMS may be

32 b*t

as

well

as 36

bit

The 36-blt

SIMMS

are used

in

IBM-compatible

PCs,

which

use the additional 4 brt

as

pd/rty bit With

the BUZZARD 2060, these additional bits

are ignored. For the operation

m a BUZZARD 2060 SIMMS with

a speed

of 70mor faster are

required

Pleaseconsider

that some SIMM modules o* different suppers

are

available which

do

not

main-

tain the imprinted

speed.

Especially

SIMM

modules

which bear e

g

the Impnm LaserPrrtev-

Memory (or similar

phantasy labels! are unservicao*e

as

memory for computer

systems, phase S

digital

products principally recommends not

to use such SIMM mooules

ASSEMBLY OF SIMM-MODULES

Put

the BUZZARD 2060 on a plane, hard underground.

Be

aware

that sensitive

surfaces

could

be scratched

by

the pins onthe

bottom when mounting the memory module* therefore

we

recommend

to use e

g

a magazine

as

support.

Now

align the

BUZZARD 2060 Turbo Board so

that the external SC5MI

connector points

towards

the right The

memory

SIMMS, nave

a

recess

opening

on one sxle of the contact strip,

so

that they can

not be mounted upsrde- down

Thm

recess opening

must be at the

left

side when mourning insert the S<mm

at

^n angle of aprox

40

* flush into the

socket

thus the module

can be inserted without problems. Then softly press

down

both upper

comers

the SsMM down with your thumbs, until it

audibly locks into place

Take

care

that the metal hooks left

and

right besides

the fixation holes ooth lock m over the