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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: stanlong on November 22, 2008, 03:33:37 AM
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anybody used the finnish internal ide HD controller?
will it conflict with 4mg elstat mega ram?
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The IDE500 will only conflict with A500 accelerators, not memory expansions.
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are they still manufactured
do they need soft ware or drivers
willa cf card work
or is it beter to use a real hard drive
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stanlong wrote:
are they still manufactured
do they need soft ware or drivers
willa cf card work
or is it beter to use a real hard drive
1) yes
2) no, only kickstart 2.x ROMs
3) yes, latest version have CF slot directly onboard
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Anyone know where they can be ordered from? And for how much?
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Probably this (http://www.iki.fi/mkl/ide/ide68k.html) is in question.
I had a for-sale posting in the marketplace forum area. (price 50 euros)
But I have now more pieces left for sale. (no PCBs, I could order more, if there is interest.)
I think I got an email from the original poster,
I can reply here, that the ram board uses the autoconfig(tm) configuration method, it most likely won't conflict.
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Who is the manufacturer?.
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They're home-made. (blank PCB:s from factory.)
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just for the first time saw the big picture of the board V1.88 MKL 2008 with cf card slot very impressive when will they be ready
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If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!
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If the board supported M-Tec 520i accelerators or included 8MB of fast ram I would probably buy one
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If you read his page, he doesnt state that its incompatable with all accelerators. Just accelerators that use the adress space that is normally allotted to the A600 IDE interface..
Heres another concern though.. All the A500 accelerators Ive ever seen that go inside the machine BARELY fit.. By the time you stick the IDE board in, and plug the accellerator on top of it, your not gonna get the upper case half to go back on... If your A500 is towerized, then this is probably not an issue..
What would be interesting is whether or not it works with GVP sidecar mounted accelerators (eg. the A530)... The A530 already has a hardisk controller, but it is an autoconfig device on the zorro bus, and shouldnt conflict with the A600 style IDE interface adress range. Many A530 owners who currently use SCSI hardisks may be interested in the IDE interface to use with CF cards to swap data with their PC..
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motrucker wrote:
If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!
Good point, but have you seen what AdIde interfaces are going for on this side of the pond?
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pray do tell us
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If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!
what is the obsession with speed
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Probably this (http://www.iki.fi/mkl/ide/ide68k.html) is in question.
I had a for-sale posting in the marketplace forum area. (price 50 euros)
But I have now more pieces left for sale. (no PCBs, I could order more, if there is interest.)
its been some time 6 month maybe since mrmkl posted the above has any body
heard any more
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If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!
what is the obsession with speed
Just spoiled I guess. I am learning to calm down with a great A1000 however. Remember using a hard drive with 1.3??
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Add 8Mbyte's of Fast RAM to the next version and bump up the price a bit and I'd have one.