A4000 Upgrade - Mediator VS Deneb

[LordSpunky]

It has been awhile, but here goes.

I've off and on thought about upgrading my Amiga 4000D.
Current setup: 3.1 ROM's / Workbench 3.1 / 2MB ChipRAM / Cyberstorm2 68040 @40MHz, 32MB FastRAM / Picasso MKIV / 4GB CF-IDE HDD / CD-ROM

I've thought about buying an X-Surf at some point - but that just gets me on the net, then I thought of a Deneb, but that just gives me USB, so I've been thinking of a Mediator that gives me PCI and then I can get a network card, a Spider and I have all those things. (A great cost and if I can find them).

And do I still 3.1 or go 3.5 / 3.9

Thoughts would be great.

Tris

[LordSpunky]

The museum has changed a bit. It is now called The Silicon Vault.

[LordSpunky]

Hm I guess I could get a Mediator and keep the Picasso for awhile. It seems more flexible than just a Deneb. But the price us putting me off.

[LordSpunky]

I've had a look around, and I am toying with the idea of an X-Surf 100 and a Rapid Road.
That would give me ethernet and USB, two major things. The Picasso is a great card and Zorro which would be nice to keep to be honest. Maybe the Mediator is in the future.

AmigaKit don't have any X-Surf 100's in stock and turns out I can order the whole lot from Spain for £1 cheaper! That includes buying EasyNet Pro from Amigakit aswell. £180 all in is alot better than spending £260+ for a Mediator and then adding the cards.

Attending Amiga30UK has renewed my passion.

[LordSpunky]

hah! mine is the opposite, the x-surf crashes the machine in z3, i tried it with many different stacks and all the latest drivers for it. forced to z2 it works,but of course the whole point of buying it was i wanted to use z3 mode.
why did you have to drop to z2 in the stock 4000?

Mechy is that using a the original Commodore daughterboard? I'm a bit concerned if the X-surf 100 is that unstable? Or any possible fixes?

[LordSpunky]

Ah, well I have a Buster 11 so I hopefully I should be okay.

[LordSpunky]

Anyone from Amigakit about?
Sent a question  a week or so ago with no reply.

Ah, well I have a Buster 11 so I hopefully I should be okay.