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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Miked on September 27, 2006, 03:22:56 AM

Title: Amazing- Wildfire for A2000
Post by: Miked on September 27, 2006, 03:22:56 AM

I just happened to catch the tail end of this item.  Amazing what this hardware still sells for.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-2000-68060-50-Wildfire-w-SCSI_W0QQitemZ110035396711QQihZ001QQcategoryZ4598QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: Amazing- Wildfire for A2000
Post by: LoadWB on September 27, 2006, 03:37:34 AM

QUITE interesting.  I like the on-board ethernet.  Is the DKB PCI bus accessible through an expansion header (thinking back to the thread on a 2000 PCI bus... :-))

I'm assuming the ethernet will work with Miami et al via a sana driver.  Is there a Miami MNI driver available?

I've never seen the Wildfire, but it looks very clean.  Anyone know how it stacks up against my Blizzard 2060?

Title: Re: Amazing- Wildfire for A2000
Post by: Amiduffer on September 27, 2006, 03:40:03 AM

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Miked wrote:
I just happened to catch the tail end of this item.  Amazing what this hardware still sells for.

These days, don't be surprised. :lol:  :crazy:

That guy is going to really regret breaking up his Toaster system.

Title: Re: Amazing- Wildfire for A2000
Post by: Matt_H on September 27, 2006, 04:06:55 AM

I think the Wildfire is considered the best A2000 accelerator. It has everything the Blizzard has, plus a built-in network card and an expansion port for a graphics card (if you can ever find one).

Don't know how they'd compare in terms of benchmarks, but DKB has a good reputation for reliability, like phase 5.

Title: Re: Amazing- Wildfire for A2000
Post by: x56h34 on September 27, 2006, 04:26:29 AM

The only cons over B2060 are the more fragile plastic simm sockets and no maprom feature (e.g. no BlizKick compatibility). Other than that, the card is really great. I'd love to have one.