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Offline MotormouthTopic starter

Opinion (prometheus vs native zorro II)
« on: April 04, 2012, 02:21:38 AM »
I have recently been playing with Amiga's again.

which do people think the better a3000 solution is:

Prometheus with Voodoo 3 2000 + rtl 8029
or
native zorro II (Picasso II 2meg + A2065 with 10baseT to AUI transceiver)

Prometheus
advantages:  Zorro III, one slot, Voodoo 3 more memory and faster
disadvantages:  cannot close A3000D case, Voodoo 3 runs very hot

Native zorro II
advantages:  CAN close case, Picasso II has built it monitor switcher, runs cool
disadvantages:  Picasso II limited memory and screen resolution and depth.

As far as I can tell the ethernet performance between the A2065 and the rtl 8029 "seems" the same.

I like idea of the prometheus, but I am sick of having the case open.
 

Offline MotormouthTopic starter

Re: Opinion (prometheus vs native zorro II)
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 04:15:54 AM »
I like seeing all of your opinions....

You all have compelling ideas.

I do have two different height right angle adapters for the the prometheus and can get the voodoo 3 and rtl 8029 to fit into the a3000D case.  

However there is still one nasty problem, the voodoo 3 card gets very hot, as it only has a passive cooler on it.  This is particularly bad when it is stuffed inside the a3000d case.  Do other people have this problem???  where you able to solve it????  fans perhaps.

As for the monitor auto-switching.   I must admit I love the picasso II's auto-switch.

right now I use a manual monitor switch.  perhaps I will make my own auto-sensing switch.  This should not be to hard since the native amiga output goes cold when not in use.  time to get out spice.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2012, 04:19:01 AM by Motormouth »
 

Offline MotormouthTopic starter

Re: Opinion (prometheus vs native zorro II)
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 11:56:57 PM »
Quote from: Zac67;687206
50mm fans usually fit precisely on the V3k's HS. However, you'll need to get rid of the case heat with another fan - if you find the right item you might be able to combine both Voodoo cooling and case exhaust with a slot fan. Esp. with an '040 in the case you'll need to get the airflow going.


Good point!

putting extra exhaust fans would definitely be helpful.  I wish the A3000d case could also pull more air out of the processor/memory side of the case.

Additionally I have a V3.2 a3640 in this a3000 and a ZorRam.