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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: yorgle on October 10, 2008, 07:39:42 PM
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Hey all.
I've got an A1000, with a DataFlyer 1000 Ram/SCSI hard disk. The DataFlyer is two piggie-backed Zorro 2 cards which plug into the expansion port on the A1000 via a small Zorro 1 - Zorro 2 adapter.
I've recently been using CF cards and CF-IDE adapters for various other projects, and I'd like to do so on this.
One idea I'm contemplating is to make a small adapter to bring the expansion port to be an internal. Sort of U-shaped. Then, I would use the Data Flyer Ram, along with the "Buddha Flash Phoenix" IDE board.
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The idea is that I would essentially use the Buddha instead of the SCSI controller on the DataFlyer. The thing is that I'm not sure what kind of circuit I will need to fabricate to allow for two zorro cards on there. I know it can be done, since the DF-1000 is two Zorro cards piggybacked...
The question is - would it be straightforward to make an adapter such that I could use the Buddha off of the piggyback connector on the RAM? (or split the Zorro2 bus to handle both cards?) I assume some sort of fast buffering will be required, but I haven't touched expansion busses since ISA cards years ago.
Thoughts?