Buffered IDE interface

[Framiga]

there no gain at all.

The 4Way active adapter (the so called "buffered") its a simple IC/circuit that squares (trigger) only the data lines (nothing related to a real buffer).

You can use longer cables sometimes required in an towerized A1200 (not always anyway).

@keropi

the little gain you noticed, is due the IdeFix scsi.device

[Framiga]

@Piru

mhhh . . just noticed that keropi own a VOB 4Way adapter.

I have no direct experience about those strange/rare adapter. (theres a special setting in IDEFix).

Could it be "really" buffered? (intended with a real small buffer memory chip)

The difference in his benchmarks is huge.

[Framiga]

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=828=10

erm . . "looking" at the picture, seems a TTL IC.

Keropi . . . whats on the chip? serial-code etc?