Buddha Flash Phoenix Edition...Worth it?

[Darrin]

mchaggis wrote:
Hi all,

I've just bought an A2000 with TWO A2091 SCSI cards, and both seem defective. The RAM works fine on both of them, but given the availability of SCSI-I drives and the annoying natuure of SCSI adapters (read SCSI in general) I'm considering a Buddha Flash Phoenix from AmigaKit.

They are expensive, especially given the AUD to GPB exchange rate at the moment.

So, has anyone got one, vouch for it, or otherwise?

My intended set up would be a 4GB Flash RAM card and do away with the mechanical drives completely. I'll be keeping to the two A2091's with the 2Mb on each.

I suppose one advantage is that the old machine would run nice and quiet without the buzz of a HDD.

I had a Buddha Gold which I used in my A3000 and A2000 and (while it worked) I loved it.  Connection is plig and play and it comes with a nice utility disk with some extra software/drivers/etc.  The ability to use common old IDE devices which are probably littering the shelves in your room is a real plus.

I'm not sure what the problem is with my card (perhaps static got to it when I was swapping it between machines).  The early startup detects the card as working, but any device attached to it has the description/name corrupted and Hard Drive Toolbox is unable to mount and format it.  As I use an A4000 for my main machine I bought an Elbox Flyer instead (costs more and is Zorro III only).

I'd recommend getting one and just use the SCSI cards for RAM.