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Title: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: Crom00 on March 10, 2010, 05:09:04 PM

Will these work on the A1200 or A600 if so can they be configured as fast ram?

http://www.synchrotech.com/products/ata-flash-pcmcia-memory-pc_cards_11-eseries-industrial.html

http://www.synchrotech.com/products/linear-flash-pcmcia-card_04.html

Title: Re: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: Gulliver on March 10, 2010, 05:58:14 PM

I dont know if they could work, but if like they say it is a flashcard, then it will as slow as a snail if possible to use.
My take: you will be better of with a pcmcia 2/4MB sram card, as it will be faster (not as fast as real expansion memory, but it is better than nothing).

Title: Re: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: Cammy on March 10, 2010, 06:03:02 PM

They have SRAM cards on the same site http://www.synchrotech.com/products/sram-pcmcia-pc_cards-01.html

But I'm not sure if those are compatible, but they seem to be. Only up to 4MB will work with the Amiga, so it'd b best to grab one of those. Provided they're compatible, they'll be configured as FastRAM by default, or you can use PrepCard to make sure of it. On an A600 you'll get a very small speed boost, on an A1200 your system will slow down, but have more RAM at least.

Title: Re: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: Matt_H on March 10, 2010, 06:35:06 PM

Quote from: Crom00;547018

Will these work on the A1200 or A600 if so can they be configured as fast ram?

http://www.synchrotech.com/products/ata-flash-pcmcia-memory-pc_cards_11-eseries-industrial.html

http://www.synchrotech.com/products/linear-flash-pcmcia-card_04.html

Nope, but these (http://www.synchrotech.com/products/sram-pcmcia-pc_cards-01.html) (probably) can. It's SRAM that you want. Those prices are absurd, though. I paid $25 for a 4MB card a number of years ago.

Title: Re: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: Crom00 on March 10, 2010, 07:42:37 PM

Quote from: Matt_H;547036

Nope, but these (http://www.synchrotech.com/products/sram-pcmcia-pc_cards-01.html) (probably) can. It's SRAM that you want. Those prices are absurd, though. I paid $25 for a 4MB card a number of years ago.

They're smoking crack through a pipe if they think I'm gonna pay what they ask..

Well it's offically cheaper to send my Minimig to Amigakit for the 4 meg uprade then is is to upgrade the ram on my real A600.

Why are the trap door epansions only 1 meg?

Thanks  for looking guys!

Title: Re: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: Matt_H on March 10, 2010, 09:27:42 PM

Quote from: Crom00;547051

Why are the trap door expansions only 1 meg?

That's the maximum that those lines can address - same reason the A500 trapdoor can only do 512K. Those multi-meg A500 trapdoor expansions address different lines (Fast RAM, rather than Chip) through a secondary connection to Gary (usually). That wasn't a practical option with the A600's surface-mount design.

Title: Re: Amiga 600/1200 Ram Cards
Post by: scuzzb494 on April 07, 2010, 08:47:59 PM

Quote from: Crom00;547051

They're smoking crack through a pipe if they think I'm gonna pay what they ask..

Well it's offically cheaper to send my Minimig to Amigakit for the 4 meg uprade then is is to upgrade the ram on my real A600.

Why are the trap door epansions only 1 meg?

Thanks  for looking guys!

That made me giggle... My Amitek 4MB PCMCIA card cost £179.99p in 1994. Still works.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/expansion/a409_floppy09.jpg

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com