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Simply put, would an Amiga without CPU and Kickstart ROM boot if I use it with an ACA500+ ?
You can remove the ROM chip from it's socket and everything will work fine.
The CPU still has a single function: It generates the E-Clock for the CIA chips. However, if you want to remove it in order to keep heat out of the computer and reduce bus load (both are valid motivations), you can have the ACA500plus generate the E-clock. There's a small solder-jumper on the ACA500plus: If you close that, you MUST remove the 68000 from the main board, as that will feed the E-clock signal into the computer from the accelerator's side (if you don't remove the 68000, you risk damage to either the CPU or the ACA500plus).
Please remember to clearly mark the ACA500plus as "modified for your self-built mainboard", so you don't accidentally connect it to a computer with CPU inside.
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