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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: icbrkr on April 03, 2005, 03:12:04 PM

Title: A1200 Clockport USB Question
Post by: icbrkr on April 03, 2005, 03:12:04 PM

I was eyeing the clockport based USB adapters for my A1200 and had a question about em from someone who might have used one:

Does the USB work only in Workbench, ie, when a driver loads up or will it support normal NDOS disk booted games?

Title: Re: A1200 Clockport USB Question
Post by: amigakit on April 03, 2005, 05:01:33 PM

The clockbased USB Adapter is the  Subway (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=137) USB interface.

It works by loading the USB stack which is AmigaOS system friendly so therefore will not work with custom environments used by Non-Dos disk games.

The Subway (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=137) is in stock now.  Any queries please get in touch (http://contact.amigakit.com) :-)

Title: Re: A1200 Clockport USB Question
Post by: icbrkr on April 03, 2005, 07:36:31 PM

I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but is there any available that is Amiga hardware native?  I was trying to put my 1200 on a switchbox, but if I have to have another mouse and keyboard to play games it defeats the purpose.

Title: Re: A1200 Clockport USB Question
Post by: adolescent on April 03, 2005, 07:44:36 PM

@icbrkr

You can get PS/2 adapters such as the Ravanche (http://revanchellc.com) RAKA and RAMA.  Then, if your KVM switch only supports USB, use a PS/2 to USB adapter.