4xEIDE'99 ?

[Lurch]

I find when I was using one it would slowly fall over and loose the connection. Two little blobs of hot glue and it was fine.

[Lurch]

Are these buffered interfaces worth getting with regards to a cheap and dirty ide speed up on the 1200? In real life use is it any faster than unbuffered on an 030?

No real difference in speed with this one, same speed as connecting straight to the onboard IDE.

It is really just for being able to have a DVD and HDD at the same time and the support for large HDDs. But there are otherwise to get 120GB+ working.

For a speed up you need a FastATA or the IDE fix express. FastATA being kick ass in transfer speed.

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[Lurch]

Not entirely true, since buffered IDE adapters allows for a higher MaxTransfer value to be used on the partitions (0x1FFFE instead of 0x1FE00). This should give a slight increase in speed.

Are you running one in your A1200? I am, no real speed gain between using one and the onboard.

FastATA and my 060 on the other hand is a massive increase.

[Lurch]

I have a IDEfix Express in my main A1200, and one of those cheap 4-way adapters that AmigaKit sold a few years ago in my other A1200.

The speed gain mainly goes for when large files are being copied, under normal use the difference isn't really that big. If the MaxTransfer value is set to 0x1FE00 or lower on the partitions, the speed will of course not be any faster.

The IDE fix express gives some gains, not sure about the cheap 4 way adapters. But this Elbox product doesn't produce much difference in transfers.

It is a good product for cheaply adding a DVD and HDD though.