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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: mbueler on September 18, 2005, 01:53:59 PM

Title: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: mbueler on September 18, 2005, 01:53:59 PM

I`m getting an A1200 very soon, today i bought a pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for $20 ,
what i wanted to know was if the A1200 had a driver for it ?whats it called and where can i get it?

the card didnt come with a box or driver,all i know about it is whats writen on it.which is:
CardBus Ethernet
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card
10 Base T/100 Base TX

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: orange on September 18, 2005, 01:59:06 PM

CardBus, that sounds bad  :-(

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: jj on September 18, 2005, 02:12:54 PM

cardbs will ot work

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: rayt on September 18, 2005, 02:13:45 PM

yeah the amiga 1200 only has a 16bit pcmcia bus and is unable to use 32bit cardbus cards.. you should look for cnet.device on aminet(recently a new version appeared iirc) and buy a card thats compatible, none of them should cost you more than a few euros nowadays..

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: Zac67 on September 18, 2005, 04:29:47 PM

Even though the form factor is (nearly) identical there are two different 'PCMCIA' card types around:
real (=old) PCMCIA: 16 bit ISA style = compatible w/ A1200/600
CardBus: 32 bit PCI style = not compatible

Usually you're not even be able to insert a CardBus card into a PCMCIA slot all the way (to protect the 3.3V card from the 5V in the slot).

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: mbueler on September 19, 2005, 09:19:32 AM

thanks guys,im gonna take it back to the shop tomorrow.
dont know about my changes of finding a 16bit card,but i`ll try.

thanks

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: amigakit on September 19, 2005, 10:51:48 AM

Try for tha A1200/A600:

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=netpcm003

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: tomazkid on September 19, 2005, 11:09:59 AM

You look  here  (http://www.g-mb.de/cnet/index_e.html) for a list of tested cards with the CNet.device.  :-)

Title: Re: pcmcia 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PC Card for A1200?
Post by: leofoe on September 19, 2005, 12:14:26 PM

Or you can use the 3c589.device with these cards. (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17065)
Alos want to mention that you can use certain wireless PCMCIA-cards in your A1200, like the Orinoco.