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Title: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: Kees on June 13, 2003, 08:33:23 PM

Elbox just announced two new Amiga products:

• eFlash 4000 Zorro III card
• eFlash 1200 PCMCIA card

Read more at the Elbox Homepage (http://www.elbox.com/news_03_06_13a.html) ...

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: xeron on June 13, 2003, 09:00:23 PM

Flash ROMs are a good thing to have. With my Algor, the OS3.9 ROM modules are available from a cold boot; no more reboots at all! :-D

Nice to see elbox with a similar solution, although the algor saves me a slot. If you already have a spider, though, the eFlash looks ideal.

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: KennyR on June 13, 2003, 09:23:30 PM

Ok, since nobody's asked this question yet...

Will OS4 boot from it?

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: rawveeda on June 13, 2003, 09:49:28 PM

@KennyR

From reading the elbox press release
 
" The users of the new Amiga operating system--AmigaOS4.x--will have an additional benefit: the eFlash 4000 card will give them a possibility of definite shortening of the system's start time by executing the AmigaOS code from the FlashROM memory."

In a round about way I think that means yes.

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: rawveeda on June 13, 2003, 10:03:05 PM

that was a feature listed under the e4000 card.  There is no mention of it under the e1200 description.

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: PMC on June 13, 2003, 10:15:39 PM

What a brilliant idea.  I used to show off the booting speed of my A1200 to my mates, but since getting the Mediator/OS3.9 etc, the boot time is on a par with my PC at work.

Nice bit of lateral thinking there.... I'm imnpressed and may well fork out for one myself!

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: amigamad on June 13, 2003, 11:41:42 PM

Looks like a top product. :-)

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: Ponos2D on June 14, 2003, 10:27:42 AM

Weeeeeeee!

I'll order it right now!

Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy!
:-D

Title: Re: eFlash Memory for Amiga
Post by: ikir on June 14, 2003, 11:33:02 AM

Nice!