Why would you have bought an A560?

[sim085]

Hi,

While browsing about Amiga stuff I came across the A560. The A560 is a network card which connects to the side expansion slot of the A500 and A1000. Now why would someone have bought an A560 back in those days?

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

Yes, but was there really any software which made use of this technology? Also the A560 connected to the side of the A500 which meant that a hard disk could not be connected; in other words the software to use this device would have had to be loaded from disks ... or!?

[sim085]

... but does anyone have screen shots (or can explain) what one would have seen when starting his A500 with such a device connected?

[sim085]

and with a server to boot the machine remotely? You would get a workbench installed on that machine? Something like a Terminal? Did workbench already support networking back then!?

[sim085]

Sorry to bring this up again, but does anyone know what a user would have seen when booting from a server? Did anyone ever try this?