A600 8Mb fast expansion

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Say.. how about a similar RAM upgrade for CD32?

No PCMCIA disturbing there, and a slot ready :-)

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1NOM155 wrote:
In the A500 and A600 uses a MC68K, on ACD32 uses an MC68EC020, the connections points aren't the same.

I know that, I'm just saying that a fast RAM expansion for the CD32 would be very welcome.  :-)

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Floppy drive emulator with buildt in memory card reader is something I'd buy a handfull of if available :-)

Just curious, what limits the size of a floppy in AmigaOS? Would perhaps trackdisk.device get very confused if it found a 2GB df0: for example? I have earlier pondered on why there never was a CD-drive solution for the external floppy ports, the speed would ofcourse be bad, but I would assume no worse than floppies.

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Maybe some info about this A600 RAM expansion could also be added to http://amiga-hardware.com ? :-)

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alexh wrote:

kolla wrote:
Floppy drive emulator with built in memory card reader is something I'd buy a handful of if available :-)

While very interesting, they are of little added value for the Amiga platform due to cheap hard drive support and the excellent WHDload software.

Well, my old floppy drives are all almost dead and for many of the machines there are no network solutions - the main point of such a device is to offer an easy way of transporting data to and from amiga (very much how floppies were used).

kolla wrote:
I have earlier pondered on why there never was a CD-drive solution for the external floppy ports

Such devices (albeit flash based) existed earlier on other systems (C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC etc.) because of their lack of hard drive support.[/quote]

And? I have heaploads of amiga CDs, but hardly any of my Amigas have CD-drive, and most of them have no easy way to attach one. All of them (except from CD32) have the external floppy port. If there was a CD-drive one could plug into the floppy port, it would not be a problem. :-)

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Using serial port and PPP/SLiP is not being networked, it is being helped online using crutches. It also requires another machine... heck, I dont even have a PC with RS232, so I'd have to buy USB-dongles!

Seriously, I did that 15 years ago, then moved on to ethernet, I do not want to go back :-)

As for what amigas I have, I have them all.. almost, and yes, I can use pcmcia cards, I have loads of them. But many of the machines I have only have a RAM expansion and nothing more.

My initial question, which remains unanswered, is:
what limits the size of a floppy in AmigaOS? Would perhaps trackdisk.device get very confused if it found a 2GB df0:?
Is it at all technical achievable to build a CD-drive adapter that plugs into the external floppy drive port?

And if anyone have link to SCSI memory card reader (to replace hard drive), I'd be greatfull ;-)