Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “ICD”
14 expansions in database
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000, A2000, CDTV | Interface 68000 socket | Autoconfig ID 2071 / 2 |
- IDE Controller
- small 1" by 3" board that connects to the 68000's socket
- fits in the CDTV if a shallow IDE connector is used
- AdIDE 44 (Novia) for 2.5" internal drives
- covers the Paula and CIA A chips
- mounting brackets and screws are supplied for mounting the hard disk inside an A500
- AdIDE 40 (Prima) for 3.5" drives
- drives can be fitted into an A500 in place of the built-in floppy drive using the Shuffle Board
- autobooting (adide.device or icdide.device) - requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- autobooting is problematic with the CDTV - either a boot floppy has to be used (which a bare CDTV lacks), or after a reset by selecting the hard disk in the Early Startup Menu (which require at least Kickstart 2.0)
- incompatible with Western Digital and IBM hard disks
- AdIDE 44 rules out accelerators that connect to the 68000's socket due to mechanical constraints
- AdIDE 40 is compatible with processor expansions if the AdIDE is fitted below the accelerator - reported to be functional in A500 are CSA Derringer and Mega-Midget Racer, as well as Microbotics VXL*30
- older software revisions work only with 68000 processor cards
- A-Max II driver (icddiskide.amhd)
front side
back side
- AdIDE2.pdf
installation manual
68 kB
- ICDPrepHD-42.dms
install disk v4.2
ICDPrepHD v4.2, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - ICDPrepHD-40.dms
install disk v4.0
ICDPrepHD v4.0, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - ICD-AdIDE.dms
Installer's Heaven
install disk
284 kB
Advert (US)
1991-04
Advert (US)
1991-07
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2071 / 4 |
- 64 DIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×1 (511000) DIPs
- accepts DIPs in groups of 16 giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB RAM
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 512 kB RAM
- four 256k×4 DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- battery backed up clock
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1992 | Amiga A500+ | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 1 MB Chip RAM
- eight 256k×4 DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- no disable switch
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- 16 DIP sockets accept up to 2 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 DIPs
- accepts DIPs in groups of four giving 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 MB configurations
- can be configured to provide 512 kB Chip RAM and up to 1.5 MB Fast RAM
- battery backed up clock
- the RAM board connects to the trapdoor slot
- the adapter board connects to Gary's socket - if 1 MB Chip RAM is present, a wire has to be soldered between the adaptor and the motherboard
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- 32 DIP sockets accept 4 MB RAM (AdRAM 540)
- supports 256k×4 (414256), 70 - 120 ns DIPs
- accepts DIPs in groups of four giving 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 MB configurations
- expandable to 6 MB with the optional AdRAM 560 board
- only 4 MB of 6 is continuous
- only 2.5 MB RAM is autoconfigured
- the 1.5 MB option does not work properly with Kickstart 1.2 when the RAM chips are installed in the first three banks
- install one megabyte in the first two blocks (those get automatically recognized) and install the rest of the chips in one of the last four blocks (those will be recognized by the AdRAM program)
- no disable switch
- battery backed up clock
- the RAM board connects to the trapdoor slot
- the adapter board connects to Gary's socket - if 1 MB Chip RAM is present, a wire has to be soldered between the adaptor and the motherboard
with 560D, front side
with 560D, front side
front side
back side
front side
- AdRAM-15.dms
install disk (AdRAM v1.5)
19 kB - icd_adram_install.DMS
Installer's Heaven
install disk
18 kB
Advert (US)
1990-07
Advert (DE)
1990-07
Advert (US)
1991-07
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2071 / 1 |
- SCSI controller
- half length card - mounting frame allows the installation of a 3.5" drive inline with the card
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- autoboot ROM (icddisk.device or icdscsi.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- RDB and SCSI Direct compatible
- fully supports removable media devices
- game jumper (disables the whole controller), autoboot disable jumper, HD cache disable jumper
- pressing the left mouse button during startup disables HD automount, pressing the right mouse button disables HD cache
- SCSI networking
- A-Max II driver (icddisk.amhd)
- jumper settings
| A - | autoboot ROM: ON - enable |
| B - | caching: ON - enable |
| GAME - | card: ON - disable |
| ID0-ID2 - | SCSI ID |
with bracket, front side
without bracket, front side
back side
front side
front side
- ICDPrepHD-42.dms
install disk v4.2
ICDPrepHD v4.2, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - ICDPrepHD-40.dms
install disk v4.0
ICDPrepHD v4.0 adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - icd_advantage.dms
Installer's Heaven
install disk
316 kB
Advert (US)
1990-05
Advert (DE)
1990-07
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2071 / 1,4 |
- SCSI controller
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- autoboot ROM (icdscsi.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- RDB and SCSI Direct compatible
- fully supports removable media devices
- game jumper (disables the whole controller), autoboot disable jumper, HD cache disable jumper
- pressing the left mouse button during startup disables HD automount, pressing the right mouse button disables HD cache
- A-Max II driver (icddisk.amhd)
- SCSI networking
- memory
- eight 30 pin SIMM sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- accepts 1 MB SIMMs in groups of two giving 2, 4, 6, 8 MB configurations
- memory disable jumper
- AdSCSI 2000 has no RAM expansion
front side
back side
- ICDPrepHD-42.dms
install disk v4.2
ICDPrepHD v4.2, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - ICDPrepHD-40.dms
install disk v4.0
ICDPrepHD v4.0, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - icd_advantage.dms
Installer's Heaven
install disk
316 kB
Advert (US)
1991-02
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000, A2000 | Interface 68000 socket |
- 68000 @ 14.3 MHz
- 32 kB SRAM - 16 kB cache and 16 kB of cache tags - reduces the time required to read and write to Fast RAM
- connects to 68000's socket
- can be disabled at any time through software or an optional hardware switch
with 68000, front side
without 68000, front side
back side
- AdSpeed.pdf
Owner's Manual (english)
78 kB
- AdSpeed.dms
AdSpeed program v1.0
9 kB - AdSpeed-20.dms
AdSpeed program v2.0
12 kB
Advert (US)
1991-02
Advert (US)
1991-02
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface 68000 socket |
- 68000 @ 14.3 MHz
- 32 kB SRAM (16 kB cache and 16 kB cache tags)
- CPU speed can be changed via software (or an optional switch) even when running programs
- onboard IDE controller
- 40 pin IDE header
- incompatible with Western Digital and IBM hard disks
- connects to 68000's socket
front side
- AdSpeed-20.dms
AdSpeed program v2.0
12 kB - AdSpeed.dms
AdSpeed program v1.0
9 kB - ICDPrepHD-42.dms
install disk v4.2
ICDPrepHD v4.2, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - ICDPrepHD-40.dms
install disk v4.0
ICDPrepHD v4.0, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000, A2000 | Interface Denise socket |
- flicker fixer
- connects into the Denise socket, Denise is replaced onto the board - does not use the video slot in the A2000 so other video boards can be used simultaneously
- does not fit correctly onto the German A2000-A motherboards
- if installed in an A1000 (which lacks two required signals at the Denise chip) some modifications have to be applied to the motherboard
- 3 megabit video buffer
- motion artifacting may occur when an object on the screen changes position drastically - it will appear at both the start and end positions for 1/60th of a second
- PAL and NTSC compatible
- does not support ECS Productivity, Super72 and SuperHires modes
- full overscan support
- 4096 colors
- 9 pin DSUB connector
front side
back side
- FlickerFreeVideo.pdf
user manual
264 kB
- FlickerFreeVideo-13.dms
install disk
FlickerFreeVideo preferences program v1.3
40 kB
Advert (US)
1991-02
Advert (US)
1991-07
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A500, A2000 | Interface Denise socket |
- flicker fixer
- connects into the place of the Denise chip - does not use the video slot in the A2000 so other video boards can be used simultaneously
- scandoubles the Lores modes without motion artifacting
- hardware passthrough for ECS Productivity, Super72 and SuperHires modes
- max 724×566 PAL resolution and 724×482 NTSC
- full overscan support
- 4096 colors
- 9 pin DSUB connector
front side
front side
back side
front side
- FlickerFreeVideo-13.dms
install disk
FlickerFreeVideo preferences program v1.3
40 kB
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface CIA socket |
- reroutes DF0: to the external floppy connector - allows booting from an external floppy
- removing the internal floppy drive frees up space for an internal 3.5" hard drive, for example the Prima
- installs under the Even CIA chip
front side
back side
Advert (US)
1991-07
Manufacturer ICD, USA | Date 1993 | Amiga A500A2000, A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface side expansion portZorro II | Autoconfig ID 2071 / 35 |
- Trifecta LX: SCSI 2 and IDE controllers
- Trifecta EC: IDE controller only
- ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- autoboot ROM (trifecta.device) - can be disabled with a switch
- autoconfiguring of the memory can be disabled with a switch
- 50 pin external SCSI connector (LX)
- A500 version:
- connects to the side expansion port
- GVP compatible mini slot for GVP's PC emulator board
- own power supply
- Zorro II version:
- does not work in A3000 / A4000
front side
- ICDPrepHD-42.dms
install disk v4.2
ICDPrepHD v4.2, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB - ICDPrepHD-40.dms
install disk v4.0
ICDPrepHD v4.0, adide.device v4.0r1, adscsi.device v4.0r1, icddisk.device v3.5r1, trifecta.device v4.0r1
117 kB