FastATA 1200 and Indivision - how to?

[JohnFante]

I have a A1200 tower with BPPC, Mediator and Indivision. I would like to add a FastATA 1200 MK-V (at present I am using the built-in IDE port) however as far as I have researchet it is not possible to fint everything without some modifications.

Has anybody done it and how?

Thank you in advance.

[JohnFante]

Think you for all the advice :-)

I am going with the "kickstart-riser with flat cable"-solution since it is the only way that will fit under the Mediator.

Does anybody know where I can buy such a thing finished? I do not really have the time/soldering capabilities.

[JohnFante]

And just to be completely sure: There is no other "HD speed up"-solution on the market besides the FastATA?

[JohnFante]

OK. I have thought a bit more about it and since the "remove kickstart via cable"-solution demands 320 x soldering I will write to Jens Schoenfield and ask if it is safe to rise The Indivision via a cable solution. That only means about 50x soldering. Not sure if it will fit under the Mediator but it is worth a try.

Has anybody done that?

[JohnFante]

Jens have answered and he clearly recommends rising/moving the kickstarte via a flat cable solution as seen here: http://www.commodore.gen.tr/adp/alpyre/images/25.jpg

And now to the soldering .... :-)

[JohnFante]

Apparently Elbox have thought about this problem :-). I wrote to them and got this answer:

"Hello,

If you need to install the BVision or Indivision uder FastATA 1200 we
recommed
to rise the main FastATA board using the precision sockets.

Four of them are available in the BVisionKIT:
http://eu-shop.elbox.com/en_US/p/BVision-KIT/29

If the FastATA is rised as high that it is necessary to rise the
Mediator board you can do it using the Mediator 1200 Riser KIT.

It rises Mediator 11,5 mm:
http://eu-shop.elbox.com/en_US/p/Mediator-1200-Riser-KIT/57

Best regards,
ELBOX COMPUTER, Support Dept."

So apparently the solution is to rise the FastATA over the Indivision via the BVisionKIT and then rise the Mediator via the Mediator 1200 Riser kit.

Has anybody done this with succes?

[JohnFante]

I think the trick is spacers for the PCI screws. At least that is what I will try :-)

[JohnFante]

Why not just get a SCSI PCI controller card and use the Mediator SCSI driver on Aminet? http://aminet.net/package/driver/media/aic78xx.device

Make a small bootdrive on the normal IDE controller, get the Mediator SCSI activated as earlier as possible and transfer control to the SCSI drive.

Not a bad idea :-)

Is it supported in OS4.1 Classic and do you know what the speed is?