Zorro II or ISA Ethernet card

[J-Golden]

Hmmm, Most of the sound cards from that day had proprietary IDE/SCSI connections on them that only allowed them to connect a CD-ROM so I don't know if using that for the primary PC-HD would work as a solution.

[J-Golden]

With a 286 card you can get 300-400 KB/s transfers using etherbridge.device

Now see I'd go this route because it is cheaper and that lets you free up the Zorro slot for any half length card you may want to get like a USB thingy ma bobber.

Really, since you are dealing with A2000 architecture can you'r miggy really take advantage of more bandwidth?

[J-Golden]

I have that board. It's by Elite Micro Systems and it has a 486Slc at 33MHz.[/QUOTE]
AWESOME!!!:elvis:

I paid good money for it in 1995 and it never worked, try as I might, alas.

Bogus!!!! :angry:

Was it faulty Hardware or were you having a software compatibility issue?  Maybe try the newer stuff on Aminet and cross fingers?

[J-Golden]

@spirantho:

The chip in the bottom right corner looks severely lifted on one side.  Is there  a problem with it?

[J-Golden]

Would be fabulous if I can get this baby running after all this time, but I'm not going to hold my breath. If anyone can help though that'd be fantastic, but I don't think there's much anyone can do over the net (unless someone has the schematics PLEASE )

Good Luck man!  We are all rooting for ya!:banana::banana::banana:

[J-Golden]

Incidentally, how many of these boards have ever been seen? I never came across another.... I guess they're pretty rare!

Man, If  Ihad known I could use cheap PC ISA cards with them I'd have grabbed one up in a second!  It's like the poor man's Mediator!:lol:
 
And trust men, I'm a POOR MAN!!!!

[J-Golden]

A while indeed!  But if you can finally get it working after all this time... well, we MAY have to throw you a Youtube party of something:lol:

[J-Golden]

@Amigapixel
 
What they are saying is that the only way to use the ISA slots in a big box Amiga for anything other then power, you need exta hardware called Bridge boards.
 
When Commodore layed out the slots, they did not connect the ISA slots to the Amiga data-wise.  Never understood this, but that is the way it is.  That is why this thread is mainly talking about Bridgeboards and their uses for networking.
 
These bridge boards not only allow you to access Early PC software, but they also connect the ISA slots to the Amiga, bridging between them and the Amiga.
 
If you install a bridge baord, you will have access to ISA video cards, network cards and several other cheap items.

[J-Golden]

Incidentally, for those who are interested.... About an hour ago I got RAM access on my 486 BB! Every time since, though, it's gone back to crashing before initialising when running Binddrivers (i.e. no memory access). GARGH.

That great!  I know it's not fully functional yet, but your are getting closer and closer.  KEEP IT UP!!!:)

[J-Golden]

Update:
I was able to get amicdex to work with the GVP scsi card/Fusion Forty.   before I condemn the trumpcard it could be the Fusion Forty/trumpcard PIO that could be the issue.

Could very well be it, but how will you resolve it if it is?  It's whole lot cheaper to get a SCSI card than an Accelerator these days.  I'd talk to your friend and see if he would be willing to swap for the GVP SCSI card...