Deneb VS Spider II USB Card

[Gulliver]

Hi Gilloo

Yes the Subway is a good solution for the clockport but unfortunately it is slow and i still have power trouble with it even with a powered hub. When someone has used the Deneb, it's hard to only have a Subway in its flagship A1200.

I will have to agree on this: the subway is too slow, even in Amiga terms. The only good part of the subway, is its software...

And I am not mentioning the lack of USB 2.0 highspeed mode and the power issues.

I still think an A1200 deserves a better USB solution than the subway. The Deneb is a great solution and the spider PCI card is still miles faster than a subway anyway.

[Gulliver]

Note that the Subway is especially slowed down by waitstates on the clockport. It could go much faster. It is nearly up to par with the Highway on a Zorro clockport. If somebody would wire the _NET_CS (not on the clockport) to the _SPARE_CS, I guess the transfer would be the same as on a Zorro clockport.

Then again, the speed is amazing in spite of the clockport being only a 4 bit address bus and 8 bit data bus :-D

Hi, could you please elaborate a bit more on the hack/mod for a faster subway? Where can those signals be found? A simple wire between them and that is it?

Thanks in advance