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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: locutus on January 05, 2004, 04:31:47 PM

Title: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: locutus on January 05, 2004, 04:31:47 PM

Vesalia doesn't have them on their site, any other idea's ?

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: MrZammler on January 05, 2004, 04:44:54 PM

Hmm, I've seen some floating on ebay, but they generally are pretty expensive.

I got mine cheap though amibench, and I think it was from the people they were originally build them. Might want to try posting a wanted ad there. (Sorry I cant find his contact info).

But, you'd be better of getting a cyberstorm for your miggy, anyway.

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: Orjan on January 05, 2004, 04:46:20 PM

www.katodev.de

I got one directly from Torsten Gruner, probably the owner, and perhaps he can help you too.

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: locutus on January 07, 2004, 04:23:58 PM

just one thing, Cyberstorm == _EXPENSIVE_ ;-)

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: MrZammler on January 07, 2004, 04:52:46 PM

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just one thing, Cyberstorm == _EXPENSIVE_

Yeah, I know ;-)

But, you could always find a MK2 040 for about 100 euros, which is not that bad (in terms of amiga hardware prices, that is). ;-)

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: adolescent on January 07, 2004, 05:29:52 PM

@Orjan

Is the one pictured the A3000D model?  If so, it will not be compatible with accellerator cards (not sure how the memory and fast slot sit on the A3000T).  I wish the AmiSIMMFast was still available.  It was a really nice product.

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: Castellen on January 07, 2004, 07:02:33 PM

Are there any details (schematic level) about for the AmiSIMMfast?  Is it another SIMM to ZIP converter?

If there is enough interest/demand I could possibly looking at building a short run of them if it's something simple like SIMM to ZIP.

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: locutus on January 08, 2004, 06:54:25 PM

I did some searching and found this:

http://aminet.net/hard/hack/PS2_adapter.readme (and the file http://aminet.net/hard/hack/PS2_adapter.lha ofcourse)

it seems to be more or less just a mechanical adapter from the ZIP package connectors to the SIMM edge connectors.

Could you give an estimate at how much it would cost to build such a thing ?

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: Lemmink on January 08, 2004, 08:19:44 PM

Well what is the point in useing such a pice of hardware today ? If you were ever to find such a thing it will cost half of an entry level turboboard since it is quite rare.

Title: Re: ZIP to SIMM convertor for in A3000 where to get.
Post by: Orjan on January 08, 2004, 08:38:03 PM

@Adolescent

Yes, it is the 3000D version pictured, and yes, an accellerator card will not fit on top of it. But if you just want 16Mb RAM, then it´s the perfect choice... :)