ZorRAM vs. Busters

[Ratte]

A4000D(Buster11) + Blizzard 4030/50MHz + IndivisonAGA + Mediator4000Di (WinSize 512MB) + Radeon 256MB (with automatic Monitorswitch) + Realtek8139C + Deneb (FirmwareV9) + ZorRam 256MB = working

... but now i am running out of ZIII-ConfigSpace ... $4000.0000 - $7fff.ffff :-P

[Ratte]

You need a beefier CPU in there  Otherwise you are good.  how did you do the automatic monitor switch for the Radeon?

I send my defective CyberstormPPC to Vesa... in 2001 and it never returned.

http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19230
(my selfmade monitorswitch based on the stmav340-referencedesign)

[Ratte]

Your monitor switch looks awesome Does it fit in normal A4000 case if that radeon is connected to the Mediator?  I have what it looks like exact same Radeon card...

By the way, yesterday I put a Sapphire PCI Radeon 9250 256MB into my A4000 Mediator system and it worked! Much to my surprise

Switch to Page 3 (Seite 3) on that thread and you will see the Radeon inside the A4000D-housing.
Alternativ ... http://www.a1k.org/forum/showpost.php?p=360634&postcount=79

( The free PCI-Slot between Radeon and Network/USB is reserved for a PCI-Soundcard. But I need a card with OpenPCI-Support .. FM801 or is the SB128 fully supported by OpenPCI? )

[Ratte]

Just so you guys know we have  1 Buster 11 chip left in stock fresh system pull for sale if you are interested pm me. Its a good idea in General to have a Buster 11 in your a3k or a4k as it improves many things on the bus... with a lot less bugs and more speed. As shown in this thread many of the high end zorro 3 cards need buster 11 to run correctly!

For all the google-translaters .. on a1k exist a thread about the deneb and technical details about diferences between buster 9 and buster 11.
It seems to be, that ONLY buster 9 is able to handle TWO ZIII-cards in DMA-mode.
But it needs some workarounds to fix some timing problems, Deneb firmware can handle ist.
Buster11 is fixed in some issues but is only able to handle ONE ZIII-card in DMA-mode.