Summary of Contents for Amitek HAWK
- Page 1 1200 RAM BOARD ACCELERATOR WITH BATTERY BACKED CLOCK & OPTIONAL FPU INCLUDES STEP-BY-STEP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR RAM & FPU INSTALLATION & USERS’ GUIDE...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Amiga is a trade mark of Commodore-Amiga Inc. INDEX Introduction ........................ Installing the AMITEK Hawk ..................Adding RAM to the Board ......................................Installing SIMMS .................... -
Page 4: Introduction
Such a facility is important, for example, when endeavouring to discover the most current version of a date stamped file. Once installed, the AMITEK Hawk expansion board will ensure that your Amiga has a long and technologically advanced life and, the ability to run the latest, most complex software titles at a speed way in advance of the standard A1200. -
Page 5: Installing The Amitek Hawk
Hawk Expansion Board. 4. WARNING: Chips on the AMITEK board are very fragile and could fall prey to the small currents of static electricity generated by your body. Before you... - Page 6 Figure 1.2 - Placement of the AMITEK Hawk Edge Connector Figure 1.3 - Inserting the AMITEK Hawk 5. Remove the board from its protective anti-static packaging and, with SIMM socket (see fig. 2.1 on page 7) facing toward the back panel of the computer, gently ease it onto the gold edge connector in the expansion slot (see fig.
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Page 7: Adding Ram To The Board
ONE way. It is not possible to install a SIMM the wrong way round. NOTE 2 - The AMITEK Expansion will not allow the use of slower PCMCIA memory cards. If you have previously used a PCMCIA RAM card, you will notice a significant... -
Page 8: Installing Simms
INSTALLING SIMMS We suggest that you gain a firm understanding of the following instructions before you proceed with installation. 1. Lay the expansion board on anti-static material, such as its original board packaging, with the SIMM socket exposed. 2. Position the SIMM with the keying notch to the left (see fig. 2.1 on page 7). Hold the SIMM at both ends and insert its metal contacts into the metal jaws of the SIMM socket. -
Page 9: Adding An Fpu To The Board
FPU at the same time speed as the machine (14.3 There are various types of processor which you can install on the AMITEK board, all of which are distinguished by their individual processing speeds. The available chips... -
Page 10: Installing An Fpu
INSTALLING AN FPU To install an FPU on the AMITEK board, please follow the instructions below: 1. The FPU is square and should be marked with a positioning mark (usually a dot) along one of its four edges. This edge must be aligned with the edge that the arrow is pointing to inside the FPU socket on the board (see fig. -
Page 11: Real Time Battery Backed-Up Clock
This ensures that when the machine date/time stamps your files, it does it with the correct date/time. The battery on the AMITEK board is of a lithium type, CR2032 or compatible and should last approximately 24 months. These batteries are available from most major computer/electrical retailers. -
Page 12: Setting The Real-Time Clock
Drag the indicator bar to the left or right until the minutes shown in the panel below are correct. Release the button on the mouse. 3. Click on the same button to save the correct date/time to your Hawk battery-backed clock. -
Page 13: Ram/Fpu Diagnostic Software
Amiga’s warranty. RAM/FPU DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE The AMITEK Hawk package includes a floppy disk on which is stored a set of diagnostic routines which will test the RAM set-up and FPU type once your board is configured and installed. -
Page 14: Running The Ram/Fpu Test Programs
RUNNING THE RAM/FPU DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE The AMITEK Hawk RAM Test program should be run by first booting Workbench, inserting the AMITEK disk into any drive and clicking on the AMITEK floppy disk icon. Finally, double-click on the AMITEK_Hawk_RAM_Test program icon.
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