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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Vanzzig on June 15, 2003, 03:39:46 PM
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Good morning all folks.
I have a question about what kind of networking software I need for ISA Ethernet card (3Com) to my A4000. Can I use Miami or do I need a drivers for it?
I bought it cheap and haven't had time to try it yet.
/Hans Kettilstein
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Um, as far as I know an A4000 has no ISA slots.
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The A4000 has ISA slots. I don't think they're active tho.
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Um, as far as I know an A4000 has no ISA slots.
yes A4000 has ISA slots but they carry only the power lines.
To activate it, you must install a BridgeBoard card.
The problem is that there aren't drivers for ISA cards.
CORRECTION:
so . . .yes MiamiDX has a MNI driver for GoldenGate2 card (ISA bridgeboard card) with Ethernet 3COM support.
The problen now, is to find a GoldenGate2 card :-)
Ciao
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So, who produced these GoldenGate2 card? Or what does it cost in the second hand?
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I would estimate the price at about 3 gazillion kg of gold.
Why not go for a Mediator instead? PCI kicks those dead rats asses (you know, the ones ISA suck through garden hoses?) so hard you'll never look back :-)
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So, who produced these GoldenGate2 card? Or what does it cost in the second hand?
quite impossible to find it! and very expensive too.
I suggest you, to buy a XSurf2 Zorro card (115,00 EUR) perfect for LAN and DSL connection.
Ciao
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To be honest, if you really fancy keeoing the A4000 going, get some PCI board and use cheap PCI network card (and a PCI Sound card and a PCI Gfx card).
Your Amiga will thank you, by being much better. :-D
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I bought it cheap and haven't had time to try it yet.
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OooPs,..I meant to say a little black boxBB SOHO Gateway solves many old problemos'
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To be honest, if you really fancy keeoing the A4000 going, get some PCI board and use cheap PCI network card (and a PCI Sound card and a PCI Gfx card).
Your Amiga will thank you, by being much better.
yes ofcourse but . . . .you must before buy a Mediator card for A4000D (bad idea IMHO) or a PowerTower/Mirage4000 with Mediator card in bundle . . . not sure the cheepest way :-)
If the user need only an Ethernet card fot its A4000, the best choise, is a XSurf2.
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Hi,
what does it cost in the second hand?
£69.99 from Eyetech (www.eyetech.co.uk (http://www.eyetech.co.uk/search.php?SearchStr=&SearchCat=ALSO)
As for everyone saying go for a PCI bus, ermm well its a great option and if you are going to buy lots of upgrades for your A4K then do, otherwise go for an IOBlix with the ethernet option like me. :-D
You get more serial and par ports than you will ever need as well as ethernet.
Otherwise go for the X-Surf 2 (Or the original second hand)
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If I had one of those pretty original commodore A4000T's (not the crappy AT reissue) I would get a meditator in a flash...
But I don't :-(
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OK sounds great... I think...
Were do I get this stuff? IOBlix and X-Surf 2.
And what do it cost?
If someone knows a reseller in sweden I would
be glad.
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Vanzzig wrote:
OK sounds great... I think...
Were do I get this stuff? IOBlix and X-Surf 2.
And what do it cost?
If someone knows a reseller in sweden I would
be glad.
You might consider a USB solution with a USB to Ethernet media converter...opens up a whole new world of expansion possibilities!
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Vanzzig wrote:
OK sounds great... I think...
Were do I get this stuff? IOBlix and X-Surf 2.
And what do it cost?
If someone knows a reseller in sweden I would
be glad.
Try to visit Individual Computer's site at:
http://www.jschoenfeld.de/indexe.htm (XSurf2)
Ciao
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I'm using a cbm 286 bridgeboard to activate the isa slots of my 4000T with an NE2000 without problems...
You can use your 3com too if you find a cbm bridgeboard... a 286 or 386 would be a good idea, 8086 ones use 8 bit isas and you may have problems, I don't know...
download etherbridge.lha from Aminet.
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Bridgeboards can be picked up cheaply on Ebay... I see them on there all the time. Usually they're 286's... I've been waiting to find a 386 or 486 one before I pick one up.
You know, I'm kinda suprized Elbox hasn't taken the Mediator to the bridgeboard level yet... Hmm...
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I don't think they ever made 486 and higher boards.
386, maybe.
AmigaOne! Sans x86, msos, bs!!!
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Vanzzig wrote:
OK sounds great... I think...
Were do I get this stuff? IOBlix and X-Surf 2.
And what do it cost?
If someone knows a reseller in sweden I would
be glad.
GGS-Data (http://www.ggsdata.se/) (Swedish) may have it...
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Atheist wrote:
I don't think they ever made 486 and higher boards.
386, maybe.
AmigaOne! Sans x86, msos, bs!!!
Actually, they did... Goldengate boards come in 486SLC/50MHz...
For those who aren't up to speed on old PCs, the 486SLC is a 486SX designed to work in 386 sockets... No FPU onboard. One of the cooler chips made by Texas Instruments (sometimes rebadged by Cyrix).
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Crumb wrote:
I'm using a cbm 286 bridgeboard to activate the isa slots of my 4000T with an NE2000 without problems....
3COM cards are not NE2000 compatible, but you can use every card which has a dos packet driver...
--
Bluefunk
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Hi,
Were do I get this stuff? IOBlix and X-Surf 2.
I got mine from vesalia.de (http://www.vesalia.de) , the ethernet card at the moment is £35 but you have to e-mail for a price on the IOBlix.
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I don't remember if they made 486's but some company made a pentium one ... I think it was called pentilater or something along those lines. I'd like to get my hands on one of those with a voltage adapter to allow a 450 k63. :-D
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Crumb wrote:
I'm using a cbm 286 bridgeboard to activate the isa slots of my 4000T with an NE2000 without problems...
You can use your 3com too if you find a cbm bridgeboard... a 286 or 386 would be a good idea, 8086 ones use 8 bit isas and you may have problems, I don't know...
download etherbridge.lha from Aminet.
This *is* doable??? Aigh, I wish I'd known this when my accellerated 2000 was sitting next to me!
Care to elaborate on the minimum/maximum requirements?
I had a 2286 I'd popped a 286-to-486(SLC?) 'chip' into, but never fabricated a good solution to extend the daughtercard the extra inch above the riser.