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1 Employee shareholders  





2 GVP A530 Turbo  





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Great Valley Products
IndustryComputer Hardware
DefunctJuly 1995
FateLiquidated
SuccessorGVP-M

Key people

Gerard Bucas (President)
ProductsAmiga 500 and Amiga 2000 hardware, GVP A530 Turbo

Great Valley Products is a former third-party Amiga hardware supplier. The company was known for CPU accelerators and SCSI host adapters for the Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000 computer series. The company liquidated itself in July 1995. A new company known as GVP-M picked up the rights to the Amiga products.

Employee shareholders

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Great Valley Products was owned by its managing employees and their family members.

GVP A530 Turbo

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The GVP A530 Turbo is a processor accelerator, disc controller, and PC-286 co-system for the Amiga 500, released in 1992 by Great Valley Products.[1]

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 MB
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
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References

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  • ^ bombjack.org – User's guide, Impact Series II, A530 Turbo, 920016-01 October 1992
  • ^ a b 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

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Valley_Products&oldid=1226330090"

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