Catweasel MK3 and Tabor

[Pat the Cat]

Depends on how the software running on the Tabor talks to the PCI-E slot. That's very iffy, they usually use Intel chipsets and drivers and typically don't like third party expansions.

Potentially, maybe, but bearing in mind you need a real C64 SID chip to make it work - why not just run a C64 emulator?

Unless maybe you are going for a world record. "Biggest electronic music box".

EDIT: Software support for Catweasel looks a bit thin on the ground for Windows, I'm not even sure this is a Windows driver for it...

http://ip-50-62-141-105.ip.secureserver.net/driver/floppy-on-catweasel-189525.html

[Pat the Cat]

By your logic let's just bin all old hardware and emulate it. Why didn't I think of that? :laughing:

Well... if the main use is just playing SID only sound... it is a very involved solution.

I have no hidden agenda on people using hardware of their choice, and Catweasel can sometimes be very handy if you comes across old floppies from old non-Amiga machines that you want to access.

It's very optimistic asking if a given PC motherboard will be compatible with a given PCI card - it SHOULD be, but that doesn't mean a PC OS will like it.

Windows might, Linux and Mac OSX should, but there just are no guarantees with compatibility.

"If you want a guarantee, buy a kettle".

[Pat the Cat]

Is there actually a SID player for OS4 that uses the Catweasel with SID.  The other thing is that even if it does work then you've only got the really weak video processor built into the P1022.  I don't even know if Hyperion will waste their resources making a driver for it since it's little more than a frame buffer and would probably see less use than the SM502 on the Sam460.

I detect some confusion over the term "Tabor motherboard".

First, what I was thinking of, is a P2/P3 era  Intel motherboard. ATX dimension. Has PCI slots.

http://www.sysopt.com/showthread.php?108305-Intel(Tabor3)-BX-Motherboard-R3

What most people talk about "Tabor motherboard" as regards to Amiga is the A1222 PowerPC derivative ITX sized motherboard. Which has a single PCI slot, but so far as I know, was never available for sale.

http://a-eon.biz/news/News_Release_A1222.pdf

Chances are, EITHER will run Debian and get the old SID chips chirping away... with a Catweasel 3.