IDE4Zorro2 with GVP 030 Combo board

[giZmo350]

The IDE4ZORRO card is pure garbage.  I have one, and it doesn't work with several different cards I have in my two A2000s -- one even being an X-surf-100 card.  It doesn't comply to autoconfiguration guidelines, so, it essentially breaks autoconfig.  It emulates the GAYLE chip on an A600, and, from what I have been told by Matze on A1K, it works by sheer luck only.  Keep the SCSI and ditch the IDE card.  I feel like I wasted $120 on a POS card.

Same here.... it won't even work with a Zorro2 adapter hanging off an A500. And I really dislike those 3.5" IDE ports.

I should mention that the only way I've gotten it work in my A2K with Blizz 2060 inserted is to build an AmigaOS on a CF separately then plug the IDE4 Zorro 2 card into the A2K w/o SCSI HDD connected to the Blizz 2060. If a bootable CF card is plugged into my PCD-50B, the IDE4 Zorro 2 Card won't even show up in the early startup menu. Weird. I can't set up a boot priority. I haven't really went IN DEPTH with the whole thing though. Just did a lot of swapping the card around in a couple of Amigas.

[giZmo350]

I just picked up an IDE4Zorro2.  Good to know about the Blizzard 2060 as that is where I plan to use it.

@LoadWB
Well, your mileage may vary greatly... I didn't pull any of the other cards (in my sig - thx for the heads up kirk_m) out when trying to see the IDE4Zorro2 with HDToolBox or HDInstllTools - tried both. I had the A500 and the A2K setup at the same time as I was also trying to get my very finicky Buddha Phoenix edition tested to do ANYTHING on either setup. The Buddha works great with the Zorro2 adapter on the A500 (thank Ipthar 'cause I was ready to chuck it!) - no go on the A2K. The IDE4Zorro2 will work with a preinstalled OS in the A2K but refuses to work on the A500 at all.

I think I also tried an old 3.5" IDE HDD on the IDE4Zorro2 but don't remember how that went - gonna need some adapters so I can try some 2.5" IDE laptop drives.

I REALLY need a 3.1 ROM for my A500 & I really wish I had another bare-bones A2K! (anyone have either to sell?) Anyhoo, give it whirl & let us know how you make out with testing.

@Curtis
Did you try your IDE4Zorro2 with a preinstalled OS on the CF or do you not have that ability?

BTW, nice price on the new Buddha though! Also, it still has a clock port on it!

Wait till you guys see my new experiment with the Buddha card utilizing the clock port, TruIDE, a Subway USB controller, a Realtek USB ethernet dongle and a Netgear ethernet SAN box hanging off the Zorro2 adapter on my A500! :eek: