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Title: X-surf 3
Post by: x56h34 on April 11, 2005, 06:04:40 PM

I didn't know that X-surf 3 was being made. :-?

Check this link (http://www.softhut.com/cgi-bin/test/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=catalog/hardware/networking/new_x-surf.html&cart_id=6750210_21316) out.

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: doctorq on April 11, 2005, 06:08:27 PM

Hmm, looks wierd, since the product isn't even at Jens' site...

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: adonay on April 11, 2005, 06:12:34 PM

Nor did i nothing on the web pages about it either feel free to check news there http://ami.ga/indexe.htm no X-SURF3


adonay  :-D

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Framiga on April 11, 2005, 06:25:55 PM

whot! . . .and is supposed to be a " cost reduced" model!!

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: x56h34 on April 11, 2005, 06:41:40 PM

I wish it were a Zorro III 10/100 full-duplex card. :-(

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: yogisumo on April 11, 2005, 08:34:11 PM

Read something about this in one of the show reports posted lately here ( http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kayare/a1/amitron2005.html ).  Problem is nobody has pics or information about what is different/changed about this card...

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Effy on April 11, 2005, 09:34:37 PM

Quote from their advert : "X-Surf 3 ("Cross-surf") is the cheapest network card you can find for Zorro-Amiga computers, but looking at the functionality, it does not have to hide behind it's competitors!!" ... I wouldn´t call 134,95 USD exactly the cheapest network card ...

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: x56h34 on April 11, 2005, 09:36:58 PM

Zorro network cards...it boggles the mind how much more expensive they are compared to PCI cards of the same/similar specs. :-(

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Lemmink on April 11, 2005, 10:19:45 PM

Well I guess it`s just that now there is yet another ISA Networkcard soldered to the well known bridge, just as it was from X-Suft 1 to X-Surf 2. So no big thing, it`s just Produktionrun 3 ;-)

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Effy on April 11, 2005, 10:47:40 PM

I know that with my towerized A1200´s I only use pcmcia network cards  :lol:
The only minor detail is that none of my A1200 towers are assembled  :lol:

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Acill on April 12, 2005, 01:58:44 AM

Yeah I was a bit upset when I got my xsurf II and found it to be
nothing more then a $10 realtek ISA card on a special adapter. They do
work well though, just a bit on the high price side. When it died on
me I ended up getting a mediator, voodoo III, 10/100 ethernet,
soundblaster and the tower for my A3000 for the price a new "amiga"
ethernet card and a "amiga" video card would have been. Quite sad.

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Framiga on April 12, 2005, 11:12:20 AM

Should be better, to ask to Jens Schonfeld directly.

I can beleive that a new "cost reduced" XSurf will costs so much!

I'm an happy XSurf2 user (purchased for 115 EUR 2 years ago) than, IIRC dropped to 85 EUR somewhere.

EDIT- so 134.95$= 103.998 EUR

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: lillPiP on April 14, 2005, 12:33:17 AM

Vesalia sells the X-surf 3 card now on their site.
EUR 99.90.

Too bad that zorro-cards are so expensive!

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: beller on April 14, 2005, 02:03:30 AM

These X-Surf boards were, I believe, built for Software Hut on a special order.  I have one in front of me...it was delivered last week.  It's label is X-surf 3cc and has a 2005 date on it.  I have an X-surf 2 in my 4000 but haven't compared the two boards.

I'm putting the X-surf 3 in my A3000 this weekend....

Bob

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: yogisumo on April 14, 2005, 03:24:43 AM

Does it still have the clockport for plugging in Delfinas, etc...?

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Framiga on April 14, 2005, 08:59:27 AM

Hi beller

could you take a picture of it . . . please? :-)

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Effy on April 14, 2005, 10:05:08 AM

Like lillPiP said, they also sell it at Vesalia at this link (http://www.vesalia.de/?V02b0f155954441278575e56520a514e01101f0954414752050140090a1e31115579633a223c6373744e03263f2a2a7661053962696c2965622e3c396d3f62677245410952585e5d6e6) but no close up of the card itself  :-)

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: Effy on April 15, 2005, 04:13:51 AM

Wasn´t the old Xsurf 10 Mbit and the new one "20 MBit transfer rate (full duplex, twisted-pair only)"  :-?

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: beller on April 15, 2005, 08:18:19 PM

Yep...all the ports are there but only 1 IDE socket on the 3.  Pictures wouldn't look much different than a X-surf 2.   :-D


Bob

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: adonay on April 15, 2005, 10:08:23 PM

so whats new then?

adonay :-D

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: billchase on April 15, 2005, 10:19:36 PM

I have the original X-Surf, and to the best of my knowledge,
it supports 10mbit Full-Duplex (supposedly fixed in a later
driver release).

C Snyder

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: spavatch on April 17, 2005, 09:19:49 PM

It sure is one of the ugliest looking expansion cards ever made for Amiga :-P.

Title: Re: X-surf 3
Post by: billchase on April 17, 2005, 09:27:55 PM

Yes, I will agree to statement.  I remember when I first saw
my X-Surf card after ordering it.  I was not impressed, but
it works and works well.  As they say, you can't judge a book
by its cover.

C Snyder