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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: lassie on October 08, 2012, 02:16:13 AM

Title: CF hard drive in Amiga 4000
Post by: lassie on October 08, 2012, 02:16:13 AM

Hi i have a Amiga 4000/030 with 18 MB RAM now, and i was thinking to get it faster some time in the near future :) what is my best option and cheapest, as i do not have so much to spend on it. should i go for more RAM or an 040, and are there some 040 there are better than others?

Title: Re: CF hard drive in Amiga 4000
Post by: smerf on October 08, 2012, 03:10:36 AM

Hi,

18 meg of ram should be plenty, I would go for an o40 card, OK, the 3640 is the cheapest and most plentiful card found today. It is also probably the worst. Just about any other card made by a third party vendor is better, but finding one and affording it when you find it is two different stories. Watch what you buy!!!  A lot of these third party cards are sold as working but have faults, I bought one that works (for about 15 minutes) then you have to turn it off for about 50 minutes, heat, capacitor, cold solder joint acting under heat, who knows I have given up looking, won't sell this card because I just can't let a bunch of silicon rocks beat me. When I have spare time I play with it.

smerf

Title: Re: CF hard drive in Amiga 4000
Post by: lassie on October 08, 2012, 03:18:25 AM

Quote from: smerf;710723

Hi,

18 meg of ram should be plenty, I would go for an o40 card, OK, the 3640 is the cheapest and most plentiful card found today. It is also probably the worst. Just about any other card made by a third party vendor is better, but finding one and affording it when you find it is two different stories. Watch what you buy!!!  A lot of these third party cards are sold as working but have faults, I bought one that works (for about 15 minutes) then you have to turn it off for about 50 minutes, heat, capacitor, cold solder joint acting under heat, who knows I have give up looking, won't sell this card because I just can't a bunch of rocks beat me. When I have spare time I play with it.

smerf

Okay i will look out for a 3640 Card and see if i can get one cheap :)
Caveat emptor

Title: Re: CF hard drive in Amiga 4000
Post by: CritAnime on October 08, 2012, 03:21:22 AM

I saw CF card in the title and then your talking about RAM and that threw me right off lol.

Title: Re: CF hard drive in Amiga 4000
Post by: lassie on October 08, 2012, 03:26:45 AM

Quote from: CritAnime;710728

I saw CF card in the title and then your talking about RAM and that threw me right off lol.

Yes i made a mistake there :)