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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Linchpin on November 12, 2004, 04:13:42 PM

Title: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Linchpin on November 12, 2004, 04:13:42 PM

OK. What i have is This. (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/micro1200busboard.html)

Now here comes the questions :-)

I have been given the board, but i dont have the little adaptor thing. Anyone got one to donate? :-D

This board has "non active" PCI slots. Are they useless?

Cheers

Kev

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Linchpin on November 12, 2004, 04:25:09 PM

Also, anyone know of any Network cards that will work in the ISA slots on this board?

Thanks

Kev

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: keropi on November 12, 2004, 05:24:12 PM

did u get that from ebay??? u can request the adaptor if you were not informed it was missing...

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Effy on November 12, 2004, 05:29:36 PM

According to a distant memory in my mind it seems that you can use ica network cards if you have got also a bridgeboard installed, but then you don´t need to run the bridgeboard, just download a specific program from Aminet ...
And no, you can not use pci cards with that board ... was probably planned but never really done .. shame ...

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Linchpin on November 12, 2004, 05:51:42 PM

Thanks for the reply's!

No, i was given the busboard for free of a mate of mine.

Shame, that the PCI ports are not even connected to anything. :-(

And the network card, well thats bad also!

Seems i dont have a lot of use for this, unless i can get the adaptor and a Picasso GFX card. Shame, cos this looks like a really well built card (big for a card, but still!)

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Matt_H on November 12, 2004, 06:48:44 PM

Micronik said that the PCI slots could be activated by a bridgeboard. Whether this was a normal Amiga bridgeboard, or a propriatary one that Micronik never released, I don't know.

Only way to find out is to throw a bridgeboard in there! :-)

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Linchpin on November 13, 2004, 11:16:40 AM

I thought as much. A bridgeboard, that connects from one of the working "slots" over to one of the PCI slots, thus making the other "PCI" slot active i guess. From looking at the board, I can see that the only connections going to the 2 PCI slots, are basically linking them together.

Anyone got any more help, or even a spare connector :-D , please please let me know.

Im trying to replace my mediator... its a sad sad story.

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Linchpin on November 13, 2004, 03:43:22 PM

 :bump:

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Effy on November 13, 2004, 06:19:51 PM

Matt_H : hold on a sec dude, do you mean that if you have this pci busboard that you can mount a bridgeboard (486 for example) and use the pci slots for pci pc cards like a Voodoo5 5500 ???

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Matt_H on November 13, 2004, 06:48:31 PM

@ Effy

Er... maybe? There are no Amiga drivers, though. Are the Prometheus drivers open source? They could probably be adapted if that's the case.

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Effy on November 14, 2004, 10:18:37 AM

Redrumloa ???

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Brian on November 14, 2004, 10:52:29 AM

There's a Micronik A1200 tower in the club with that bussboard and a GoldenGate2 bridgeboard to activate the ISA slots and an ISA ethernet card connected. Only drivers I found for the GG2 card was Ethernet, IO, IDE and a special Soundcard... wish there was some graphic drivers also for it but havn't found any.

The PCI slot's I'm afraid are useless. Need a noneexisting bridgeboard for them to be active... I guess the best use you can get from them is one of these "PC on a PCI card" and thus having both a PC and an Amiga in the tower.

Title: Re: Micronik A-1200 Bus Board.
Post by: Linchpin on November 15, 2004, 09:50:31 AM

Man that sux.

Oh well, maybe the hunt for that adaptor piece is not worth the effort.