My A500+ Project

[kolla]

sim085 wrote:
Hi again,

Was just wondering .. is there maybe a wireless adapter for the A500+ rather than connecting the Amiga with PC with a cable?

Actually, there is  :-D

Get one of these http://www.gridconnect.com/bluetooth-rs232.html or similar from different vendor, plug one into a PC and one into the amiga. You can ofcourse also use the  http://www.gridconnect.com/bluetooth-rs232-usb.html (or similar) that is the same only with USB for the PC-side, a better choice these days when PCs often dont have serial ports.

The really nice thing with this compared to cables, from the amigas point of view, is that there is no electrical connection between the two computers, so there is a lot less chance to blow up the oh so precious and fragile 8520-chips that control the serial port.

Cheers!  :-)

[kolla]

It doesnt really matter if you use the bluetooth option or the http://www.gridconnect.com/wi232.html (which btw also needs special software on the PC side), they would both plug into the slow serial port of the A500.

I dont know what Lockon thinks he is talking about, but the only way to get the speed that he mentions is to get a proper ethernet device for the A500 - these are very rare (and I would guess them to occupy the expansion slot).

If you get a better CPU (68020 and up) you can get a clockport adapter and a Subway USB controller and use a USB-ethernet dongle. The CPU requirements is due to the USB-stack (Poseidon) not supporting 68000 (and it also needs more RAM).