Zorro III USB - Deneb

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arnljot wrote:

motorollin wrote:
No, I wasn't kidding. I want to secure one of these cards and support the developers with the money a pre-order would provide.

E3B and Platon has a proven track record. I would also trust them if they offered preorders through AmigaKit.

I want to be sure that I get one, I'd kick myself if I was order 101, on a batch of 100 cards...

I would also want to pre-order a Deneb. Any chance e3B will be doing it though AmigaKit? I'm there.

-Nyle

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HyAmi wrote:
How many Denebs have been produced? (I want to be sure I can buy one when the money's there)

That's a great question. Unfortunately, I'm a little tight right now but I definitely want to order one. I don't want to miss out but I'd rather not charge it.

Any idea of how many are being made in this run?

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Never mind, I don't want to miss out - I just pre-ordered mine.

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alexh wrote:
What is the status of ZIII DMA for an A4000D?

What is the better buster to have? -11 or -09?

Hi Alex,

Well from what I read with -11 you can only have one DMA device on the bus. So for the A4000T it'll have to use PIO mode since the built on SCSI uses that. If you have any other DMA cards on the Zorro bus with Buster -11 the Deneb will have to use PIO mode but it's still a useful card in PIO mode.

Now with -09, I guess there are some bugs to work around but it will handle more than one DMA card. So you could have the Deneb and another DMA device. If you find the old thread on the Deneb there is a more detailed discussion on it. There is also information on e3b's FAQ page.

I have an A4000D with -11 but I have no other DMA Zorro cards so I should be all set. I can't wait.

As for the person complaining about price. This isn't like a cheap PCI USB card made in bulk. Think about the money you can save by using this card. This card will quite litterally allow me to expand my A4000D for less money than it costs.

I am happy and amazed that we still have people dedicated enough to develop hardware for the Amiga platform. Thank you.

You can buy it now or wait until it's a collectors item on eBay for 2-3 times as much.  :-D

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Jose wrote:
Hi.

"Well from what I read with -11 you can only have one DMA device on the bus. So for the A4000T it'll have to use PIO mode since the built on SCSI uses that. "

NO! If you have an A4000T chances are you already have an accelerator with a scsi2 controler (3 if the CyberstormPPC) so you can just disable the onboard scsi2 controler for ZIIIDMA with the Deneb.

YES! You're assuming that someone has turned off the onboard SCSI which of course negates that it is doing DMA on the zorro bus. But that's assuming and my statement was "with the onboard SCSI you have to use PIO with the Deneb" which still holds true.

You could just as easily have said - "NO! I have an A4000D with SuperBuster 9 so I can have two DMA cards." :lol:

...either way it doesn't negate what I said.  :roll:

-Nyle