New IDE hardware for the A2000

[kirk_m]

Ordered one of these yesterday.  No way I'm paying what ebay gougers want for a Buddah flash IDE.   It has 4 ide ports and a CF adapter built in.  It's called the IDE4 Zorro II, and is made by the same guy developing the HC508 accelerator.

[kirk_m]

It can be found on Amedia computer in France.  It cost about $90 USD.  However, shipping from France via UPS was ridiculously high...$50!  
Even still, it was much less than what the last Buddha sold for on Fleabay (almost $400!)

More info:

Friday, May 19, 2017
IDE4 Z2 - A 4 unit IDE controller for Amiga 2000
IDE4 Z2 is a Gayle compatible 4 unit IDE controller, designed for Amiga 2000. It supports 4 IDE devices on two ports (primary and secondary). Without any additional driver the primary port is active (Kickstart 2.05+ is required with scsi.device). IDEfix driver is required to enable the second port or to use a CD / DVD device (as the default scsi.device in ROM doesn't support it).

CF master / slave mode is selectable via a jumper. Connector for IDE activity LED is also available. The controller is RDB compatible: HDToolBox and HDInstTools can be used for disk partitioning.

Compatibility list, tested hardware in an Amiga 2000:
   
Accelerator cards
Blizzard 2040   ok
Blizzard 2060   ok
GVP G-Force 030 (Impact A2000-030 Combo Series II)   ok
GVP TekMagic 2060   ok
Commodore A2620   ok
Commodore A2630   ok
Apollo 2030   conflict


Graphics cards
Village Tronic Picasso II   ok
MNT VA2000   ok


Sound cards
Sunrize Indrusties AD516 sound card   ok


HDD controllers
GVP Impact A2000HC SCSI controller   ok
Commodore A2090A SCSI controller   conflict
BSC Tandem IDE card   ok


Network cards
A2065 - Ethernet interface   ok
X-Surf - Ethernet interface   ok


RAM cards
Commodore A2058 2, 4, 8 MB   ok


Other cards
BSC / Alfa Data MultiFaceCard 3 parallel port    ok
Commodore A2088T PC emulator   ok


This is made by the same person that developed the HC508 accelerator, which is now also for sale.

[kirk_m]

Nice to see. Don't seem to be able to 'add to cart' though. Does that mean it's sold out already?! :/

Possibly.  Write the store owner, he speaks very good English and replies quickly.

[kirk_m]

Saw someone post about them this morning over on the big Amiga Facebook group. Meant to share here but only got as far as saving a screenshot, lol.

It's pretty frustrating how infrequently and haphazardly new product announcements get posted over in this forum.

I agree.  I found out about it by chance only when I asked in Amibay if anyone had a Buddha flash to sell.  A Hungarian guy replied that a friend of his was making an IDE controller that would soon be available, and pointed me towards a Hungarian blog post/review.  I googled the product name and found it available on only one retail site.  The person who devised it has a thread on EAB about his accelerator project (50 MHz 68000 board with CF and IDE header for the a500's side expansioncard edge) which is also for sale on amedia.