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Offline amigakitTopic starter

A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« on: March 08, 2020, 07:26:15 PM »


4xIDE Buffered IDE interface for the Commodore-Amiga 1200 or 600.
 
This high quality adapter permits up to a maxium of four IDE devices to be connected to the motherboard's IDE header with full buffering.
 
Features 2x 40-pin boxed IDE connectors (primary/secondary) and 1x boxed 44-pin IDE connector (primary).
 
Coming soon: For Amiga 1200 users, an optional Gayle adapter board can be purchased separately to speed up IDE transfers. It simply plugs onto the top of the Gayle chip and connects to the buffered IDE interface with the supplied ribbon cable.
 
To use the secondary port on ROM 2.0, 3.0 or 3.1, the IDEFIX software package should be installed.
 
Large hard drives with capacity over 4GB supported on OS 3.5, 3.9 and 4.1.
 
This interface is fully buffered. Features insulation on underside of PCB to protect the adapter. Supplied with 44-pin IDE cable and printed manual.
 
This adapter can be used in both a desktop or tower case.
 
Unlike some hobbyist IDE adapters, this advanced, modern design inhibits read errors and false IRQ's.
 
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2020, 09:37:26 PM »
We need to put it through production in China this month.

We have another release this week to get out of the way first.

Thanks for your patience.
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2020, 09:46:59 PM »
Here is the screen grab of the forthcoming 4xIDE Prefs software to configure the adapter:

« Last Edit: March 08, 2020, 09:48:18 PM by amigakit »
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2020, 12:27:18 PM »
Yes getting that way- we have a large consignment arriving tomorrow which will be exciting !  A new A1200 product with some nice features at a low price.
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2020, 01:09:54 PM »
@giZmo350

The FastATA will be faster due to it having 32-bit transfer rates so will remain the fastest IDE interface on the market for the Amiga. 

This new interface is designed to be a mid-performance solution for a low price.
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2020, 01:43:42 PM »
Hi

I think we are expecting 2 to 4 Mb/sec - this depends on the file system you are using, buffers allocated to the drive and speed of CPU.
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2020, 02:04:37 PM »
Thanks so much!  We hope to put it into production soon.
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Offline amigakitTopic starter

Re: A1200/A600 4xIDE Buffered IDE Interface
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2020, 01:53:32 PM »
Here is the pic of the Gayle Adapter:

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