Great Valley Products
Great Valley Products is a former third-party Amiga hardware supplier.
The company was mostly known for CPU-Accelerators and SCSI-Hostadapters for the Commodore Amiga 500 and the Amiga 2000 computer series. The company liquidated itself in July 1995. A new company GVP-M picked up rights to the Amiga products.
Employee Shareholders
Great Valley Products was owned by its managing employees and their family members.
- Gerard Bucas - President
- Dave Ziembicki - Vice President of Operations
- Jeff Boyer - Vice President of Engineering
- Greg Garnick - Vice President of Sales
- Erik Quackenbush - Director of Software Development
- George Rapp - Director of Technical Support
GVP A530 Turbo
GVP A530 Turbo with EC030 @ 40 MHz, 68882, 2x 4 MB 60 ns, PC-286
GVP A530 Turbo released in 1992[1] is a processor accelerator, disc controller and PC-286 co-system for Amiga 500.
| Quantity | Value |
|---|---|
| Processor: | MC68EC030 @ 40 MHz or 030 @ 40 MHz or 030 @ 50 MHz |
| FPU: | Optional MC68882 (PGA) at the same frequency as the processor. |
| MMU: | None in EC030 version, internal in other versions. |
| Maximum RAM: | 8 MByte |
| RAM type: | 2 x 64-pin GVP SIMM slots. |
| Disc controller: | AMD AM33C93A, SCSI 50-pin and an external DB25. 3.58 MB/s maximum[1] |
| Option: | CPU 80C286, FPU option 80C287[2] @ 16 MHz MS-DOS emulator.[3] RAM 512 kB plus access to Amiga RAM up to 8 MB.[2][4] Video Modes: color CGA, monochrome Hercules, EGA, VGA, T3100 (640x400)[5] and access to Amiga resources.[2][4] |
| Connections: | Power 5-pin DIN (50W +5V +12V),[6] Bus Zorro II (sideport), SCSI DB25F, Internal SCSI 50-pin IDC |
External links
- Great Valley Products - M New company.
- Amiga Hardware Database - Descriptions, photos, drivers and benchmarks of GVP products.
- amiga-hardware.com - Images of GVP's A530 68030 accelerator
References
- 1 2 amiga.resource.cx - Amiga Hardware Database - Great Valley Products A530, read 2012-06-10
- 1 2 3 amiga.wehost.co.nz - Amiga Products For Sale, 2004-06-24
- ↑ bombjack.org - User's guide, Impact Series II, A530 Turbo, 920016-01 October 1992
- 1 2 amiga.resource.cx - Amiga Hardware Database - Great Valley Products PC 286
- ↑ amiga.resource.cx - Amiga Hardware Database - Vortex ATonce Plus
- ↑ abime.net - A530 power supply connector pinout, 2009-09-09
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