Who here agrees this is the worst technology...

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How about a cable from the motherboard thorough the plastic chassi to an external 3,5" drive?

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http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz22.htm

What is that adapter for GVP-HD+ for?

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The adaptor is for the Overdrive and not the GVP. The Overdrive takes its power from the diskdrive port on the back of the Amiga.

What is the Overdrive?

That is what the serial port is for.
 
There are pro's and con's to using a PCMCIA hard drive.

Considering the amount of data used for internet, I think serial port on Amiga (max 19 200 bit/s) is simple not good enough. A side effect is higher CPU demand.

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Asfair 19 200 bit/s was max on the A500 (if not 9600 bit/s) and there were modems above that quite soon. Then there were people with university network access via (C)SLIP etc.

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In the Amiga haydays. Hardware in any form was expensive and thus you made the effort to save bucks.

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Worst technology?
Nope, that either has to be the original IBM PC or any CDi player.

Th IBM PC is a prime example of "suits" being unable to proper technical decisions. Beep-beep, monochrome graphics, no hardware acceleration, ISA bus in comparision to the Amiga.. even the C64 would make a dent....

But it had the IBM logo, the most valuable item for people without a clue at the time.