Amiga 3000 or Amiga 4000

[Darrin]

I'd go for the A3000.  The lack of  an AGA chipset is a pain if you want a good looking workbench, but considering that this graphics card is due out next month I wouldn't worry too much:

http://www.computercity.biz/product_info.php?products_id=2452

I use my A3000 with a stock PC monitor and it gives me a high res interlaced picture with next to no flicker visible (just the very top line on the screen).

I wasn't too impressed with the onboard SCSI so I fitted a Buddha Gold IDE card which also adds an A1200 clock port for further expansion.

The lack of a bay to fit a CD ROM drive is a major pain.  Right now I have the lid off and the CD drive sits ontop of the floppy drives until I either cut the casing and fit a laptop CD drive or tower the thing.

Don't forget to buy some 3.1 ROMS!

[Darrin]

Framiga wrote:
@Darrin

interesting GFX card! 16MB VRam.

Pratically, should be a sort of Prom/Zorro interface (ala XSurf or so) . . . nice idea indeed :-)
Any news about?

I emailed the company manufacturing the card last week to see if it was still on schedule.  I got two replies (!!!) from different people within the company saying that it is still on track for a May release and that the protype production run had been initiated.  There is a chance that due to the Zorro II slots causing a bottleneck problem with data transfer that the card may only be available for Amigas with Zorro III slots (I guess this is something they'll be testing with the prototype cards).

Either way, it looks like an exciting product and I certainly want one.  If anyone is thinking of selling a PIV card on eBay then they had better do it now before this card becomes available.  :-)

[Darrin]

Crumb wrote:
I doubt you can watch AGA demos with a 120Hz refresh with that Voodoo3-Zorro. And you can't have a TV Card, Sound card etc... I think I'll keep my Picasso4 and my Prometheus ;-)

Ah, but I have my trusty A1200T for that ;-)

I want one of these cards because they're cheap and I'd like a workbench that doesn't look like it's still stuck in the '80s.  :-)

[Darrin]

Framiga wrote:
@ Darrin

thanks for the info :-)

I'm just curious, to see how they will manage the thing.

From a economical/practical point of view, the card should be a sort of Zorrro>PromLOGIC (1 slot or even no slot-i.e soldered as the XSurf solution)> PCI GFX card thing. . . right?

Seen that AHT has aquired the rights for Matay technology, it should be a great project, don't you?

Have you a rough idea, of which PCI GFX card they will use?

AmiVD
149.00EUR

WOW even the price seems right :-)

It looks like a fantastic project and, at the price advertised, it is something we all could have done with years ago.

As for the specs of the card, I'm afraid that I know no more than you do.  You could always try emailing the company as they replied to me in a couple of hours.  If you do and you find out anything else then please let me know :-)

Now I just need a good 10/100 ethernet card for my A3000.  I've got Zorro slots or the A1200 clock port to attach it to... any recommendations?