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Wicher 520EC
Manufacturer
7-bit
, Poland
Date
2021
Amiga
A500, A500+
Interface
68000 socket
Processor
68EC020 CPU @ 25 or 33 MHz, soldered in
CPU is refurbished
guaranteed clock speed is 25 MHz, 33 MHz might not work
Memory
expansion provides 11 MB FastRAM
16 MB SDRAM memory, soldered to the board
IDE Controller
A600 compatible IDE controller
1× 44 pin IDE pin header to connect 2.5" HDDs
requires Kickstart ≥v2.05 (37.350), recommended is Kickstart v3.1
Notes
battery-backed real-time clock (CD2032 battery)
can be upgraded with SPI modules, e.g. RTC, Ethernet, MP3 codec or SD-Card expansions
MapROM (Kickstart ROM in FastRAM) and BootROM function
installs into the 68000 socket
can be configured by software:
set CPU clock
enable/disable CPU cache
enable/disable 1.5 MB Trapdoor RAM ($C00000)
enable/disable 1.5 MB A0 RAM ($A00000)
enable/disable MapROM
enable/disable BootROM
enable/disable IDE interface
enable/disable SPI interface
display version information
jumper connections have to be made to two chips on the motherboard
INT2: connection to Odd CIA (A) pin 21 (location U7)
OVR: connection to Gary pin 26 (location U5)
Manual
Wicher520EC-pl.pdf
Installer Instrukcja Obslugi / Installer User Manual (polish)
1434 kB
Wicher520EC_Installer-pl.pdf
Instrukcja Obslugi / User Manual (polish)
796 kB
Driver / Installation Disk
Wicher-29.lha
Installer v2.9
240 kB
Wicher-29.adf
Software Disk v2.9
880 kB