Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: FastATA 1200 and Indivision - how to?  (Read 5559 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: FastATA 1200 and Indivision - how to?
« on: June 10, 2016, 01:07:01 AM »
Quote from: kreciu;809768
Did anybody tried this with Mediator on top of it? I'm not sure how much space will be left... between FastAta and Mediator.

If you're going to be installing a Mediator anyway... why not try the A3000/A4000 version of the FastATA?  I don't have any experience with that hardware but off-hand I assume it would work?
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: FastATA 1200 and Indivision - how to?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2016, 01:17:53 AM »
Quote from: kreciu;809773
?

This:

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/fastata4000

Instead of trying to cram stuff onto your A1200 motherboard, use one designed for a Zorro slot to begin with.  I don't know if it will work in a Mediator though, is what I'm saying.  Maybe someone with a little more experience in these cards will chime in.  :)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: FastATA 1200 and Indivision - how to?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2016, 03:34:27 AM »
Quote from: Rob;809779
Because the Mediator 1200 doesn't have any PCI slots.

OMFG.  The card I linked to is a Zorro card, not a PCI card.  The suggestion I posed, and question at the same time, is "Would a Zorro slot FastATA board designed for A3000/A4000 work in a Mediator?"  IF SO, it would eliminate OP's problem of having to cram an A1200-version FastATA card in-between their Mediator, Indivision, and other expansions.  But I don't know if the Zorro-based version of the FastATA will work in the Mediator 1200.  Not because It's PCI, but because it was designed for A3000/A4000.

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/fastata4000

For chrissake, I give up.  Too many facepalms in this forum, today. :(

Edit:  Nevermind.  The Mediator 1200 doesn't have any Zorro slots?  Just googled a picture.  What a piece of crap.  I just assumed that every Amiga expansion busboard included at least a few Zorro slots. Meh.  :(
« Last Edit: June 10, 2016, 04:00:52 AM by Oldsmobile_Mike »
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos