Manufacturer “Anakin Research”
2 expansions in database
Easyl
Manufacturer
Anakin Research, Canada
Date
1987
Amiga
A500, A1000
A2000

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-
Interface
side expansion port
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
1009 / 1
    drawing tablet and interface
  • 8.5×11.5 inches drawing area
  • 1024×1024 resolution
  • does not sense the degree of pressure, just pressed or non-pressed
  • does not require a special drawing pen
  • the tables attaches to the interface via a DB9 connector
  • the interface has three variants:
    • Zorro II card, half length or full length
    • the A1000 version is a boxed variant of the half length Zorro II interface, attaches to the side expansion port
    • the A500 version is unique, attaches to the side expansion port
Photos
Anakin Research Easyl - front side
front side
Anakin Research Easyl - front side
front side
Anakin Research Easyl - back side
back side
Driver / Installation Disk
Vintage Advert

Advert (US)
1986-07

Advert (US)
1986-11

Advert (US)
1987-03

Advert (US)
1987-11

Advert (US)
1988-12

Advert (US)
1990-03

Lucas
Manufacturer
Anakin Research, Canada
Date
1988
Amiga
A1000
Interface
68000 socket
  • Little Ugly Cheap Accelerator System
  • a public domain hardware hackers project, designed by Brad Fowles of Anakin Research
  • sold as a kit (only the PCB, programmed PALs and how to build documentation) all other parts (CPU, FPU, RAM, capacitors, diodes, sockets, etc.) had to be purchased separately
  • it did not fill the RFC rules so it was not possible to sell it all in one
    processor
  • 68020 @ 12 - 20 MHz
  • 68881 or 68882 @ 12 - 20 MHz
  • the first asynchronously clocked 68020 board
  • originally designed for 16 MHz
  • could be upgraded to 68030 using an adaptor board but the data caches are not supported (so no significant speed increase is possible)
    optional memory board - Frances
  • Fast Ram At Nominal Cost for Expanded Storage
  • 32 DIP sockets accept up to 4 MB RAM
  • possible configurations are 1, 2, 3 or 4 MB with 256k×4, 80 - 100 ns DIPs
  • 8421 DMA RAM controller chip
  • interleave access
    notes
  • connects into the 68000 socket
  • no 68000 fallback mode
  • selectable wait states
  • has to be fine tuned for specific A1000s (differnet timings) - this process is well documented
  • very noisy design, does not like 3rd party hardware connected to the side expansion port
Photos
Anakin Research Lucas - front side
front side
Driver / Installation Disk
  • Lucas.lha
    Lucas - building instructions, schematics, PAL equations
    238 kB
  • Frances.lha
    Frances - building instructions, schematics, PAL equations
    driver software
    280 kB
  • AmigaFrancesMemory-20.lha
    AFM v2.0 - replacement driver software for Frances
    61 kB