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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: blanning on November 29, 2009, 12:06:42 AM

Title: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: blanning on November 29, 2009, 12:06:42 AM: http://www.arstech.com/item-SSI2-PCI-3-connector-card-ssi2_pci_x3.html

http://www.arstech.com/item-SSI2-ISA-3-connector-card-ssi2_isa_x3.html

http://www.arstech.com/item-SSI2-PCMCIA-card-ssi2_pcmcia.html

http://www.arstech.com/cat--ssi2.html

All we need is a driver and a deneb?

brian
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: SamuraiCrow on November 29, 2009, 12:19:37 AM: That's not what I was thinking. :-)
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: Matt_H on November 29, 2009, 12:35:55 AM: I don't really see what use we'd have for ISA and PCMCIA when we have USB. PCI might be nifty, but PCI over USB is not going to be much fun speedwise...
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: Darrin on November 29, 2009, 12:39:35 AM: Nice thought, but it isn't that cheap. To connect a single PCI card you would need the host card ($89), the PCI daughter card (149 - only 3 slot available now)... and then you would need Chris to write the Deneb driver and then somebody to write each driver for each PCI card you want to connect.

Meanwhile Mediator cards start at $240 including a selection of drivers.
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: persia on November 29, 2009, 02:34:03 AM: No, what I'm thinking would get me banned from this site...
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: B00tDisk on November 29, 2009, 02:37:53 AM: "I think so Brain, but how are we going to get the chimpanzee to wear the rubber pants?"
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: Tension on November 29, 2009, 03:47:59 AM: Oh bugger, it's Michael Howard.
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: blanning on November 29, 2009, 05:52:58 AM: Quote from: Darrin;531669
Nice thought, but it isn't that cheap. To connect a single PCI card you would need the host card ($89), the PCI daughter card (149 - only 3 slot available now)... and then you would need Chris to write the Deneb driver and then somebody to write each driver for each PCI card you want to connect.

Meanwhile Mediator cards start at $240 including a selection of drivers.

Great! I'll just run out and get that mediator for my 2000...

brian
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: Darrin on November 30, 2009, 12:00:44 AM: Quote from: blanning;531683
Great! I'll just run out and get that mediator for my 2000...

brian

Fair one.

Heck, I didn't realise until now that the A2000 didn't have a Mediator model available.
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: Karlos on November 30, 2009, 12:19:11 AM: If you're thinking "Crap, it's 20 past midnight and I have work tomorrow" then yes.
Title: Re: Are you thinking what i'm thinking?
Post by: Trev on November 30, 2009, 12:44:24 AM: I suspect that most of the actual USB <=> ISA/PCI bus logic is in an FPGA on their host bus adapters.