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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: XDelusion on August 20, 2013, 09:16:43 PM

Title: FastATA 1200 MK-IV IDE CF/SATA and Apollor RAM
Post by: XDelusion on August 20, 2013, 09:16:43 PM
So I would REALLY REALLY like to order a FastATA 1200 MK-IV IDE CF/SATA.

Though I hear that your memory type can prevent the FastATA from working right.

 Well currently my 80Mhz 060 Apollo board only has 32Mb, I lost my 64Mb stick.

 So I would like to order a 64Mb stick that would fit in the 1200 case, with the trap door off if I have to, I just don't want to tower it.

 That being said, can someone point me to a good affordable stick that will not cause issues with the FastATA? Thankx in advance!
Title: Re: FastATA 1200 MK-IV IDE CF/SATA and Apollor RAM
Post by: XDelusion on August 21, 2013, 09:41:01 PM
Gotta do it. Bump. :)
Title: Re: FastATA 1200 MK-IV IDE CF/SATA and Apollor RAM
Post by: NovaCoder on August 21, 2013, 10:08:22 PM
Hiya,

I've never heard of this conflict, try asking over on EAB.

There are a couple of things you need to know about the FastATA, first of all it's a bit of a bitch to install, secondly you cannot use SATA for your boot drive, thirdly it's really difficult to install them with an Indivision AGA.

I brought one myself and it's still sitting in the box :)

An IdeFixExpress is a much easier solution but they are hard to find.    

The Apollo's IDE transfer rate isn't too bad anyway, with a RemApollo + patched scsi.device + SpeedyIDE + PFS3 you should get a reasonable speed without any new hardware.

BTW the Apollo can only take 32MB per slot.