Goodness, A4000 couldn't help myself

[Robert17]

Hehe oh dear, looks like I've seen what to buy myself for christmas, couldn't help it  :-o  Expect many questions to come, I sure hope I did the right thing  :-?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3543&item=8150430479&rd=1

Robert

[X-ray]

@ Anybody who knows

Is that Zorro daughter board (in the pics) a replacement for the A4000D Zorro riser or is it in fact a Zorro add-on for an A1200 mobo?

@ Robert

I have a Wizard mouse just like that, and it is great. If you don't get the disk that comes with it (some programs can use the middle button) let me know and I'll email you the DMS.

[Robert17]

Dya think the riser is the wrong part X-ray? I have the same mouse on my A1200 at the moment, only the one I have is white, I often wondered if the middle button could be made to work. Apparently the battery has leaked a little bit but because it's mounted on the side in a tower it hasn't affected the PCB, anyway I'm going to Bristol to collect to I can see it in the flesh  :-D

Robert

[X-ray]

@ Robert

I'm just curious, haven't seen any 4000 tower other than my AT model.

[doctorq]

@X-Ray

The daughterboard is a replacement for the A400D daughterboard, so it will not fit an A1200.

@Robert

It's a nice setup you bought there, but if you want to do something nice for yourself get a faster CPU card (at best a 060 but a 040 will also do) and a graphics card for it. It will greatly enhance the usability of your Amiga.

I have the same tower at my parents house fitted with a WarpEngine 040 card and a Retina GFX card. Just a shame I don't use it that much anymore

First thing to check when you get the computer is to check if the battery has leaked. If it has you must remove it immediately.

AHA, just read the description more carefully, so get that battery out as soon as possible!

[Framiga]

its the original risercard, bundled with the Mikronik 4000Tower kit.

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/micro4000isabusb.html

even if it seems a different revision/design.



 

[Brian]

@Framiga

You are wrong.. it's not the original Commodore reiserboard but a Microniks own that's made so that zorro cards installed will fit the backplane of the tower (horizontaly).

[adolescent]

@Brian

I think that's what Framiga meant (not original C= but original Micronik)

I have the same tower with Micronik 7 Zorro slot daughter card but for the A3000.  It's huge!!!

[Robert17]

Yeah I'd like an accelerator too, after christmas though and for the right price, Cyberstorm mk3 060 would be great! and perhaps a prometheus with ethernet and a voodoo3 would work for the RTG and internet, for £120 buy it now I couldn't leave it, seeing as I needed something to buy myself for christmas  :-D  I've been told the Octagon SCSI controller is rather basic, what speeds can I expect from it?

Robert

Edit: DocotrQ, the seller has said the battery has leaked a little, but not onto the PCB as it's in a tower and presumeably just went to the bottom of the tower, but anyway that's why I'm driving 350 ish miles to see it  :-)

[Framiga]

Brian . . .please . . .

"its the original risercard, bundled with the Mikronik 4000Tower kit"

i have an A4000 since 1992!!!

[patrik]

@Robert17:

You are probably better of using the builtin A4000 IDE-controller than the Oktagon. This because the Oktagon is a Zorro2-card which uses DMA to transfer data and in a Zorro3-machine it will do its transfers to/from chip-mem resulting in rather poor performance. Though if you put in an A2000 it will perform very well.


/Patrik

[Robert17]

Cheers for the advice Patrik, I have a question about memory actually, what kind of memory do the motherboard slots take? I have a load of old type ram around from old 386 systems, maybe this will work?

Robert

[patrik]

@Robert17:

The motherboard accepts four single-sided 4MB 72-pin SIMMS for a total of 16MB fastmem. I think the access-time should be atleast 70ns.

Btw, dont forget to check the clock-battery for leakage when you get it.


/Patrik

[Robert17]

I thought the A4000 motherboard took Zips or something, or am I thinking of The A3000?  :-?

Robert

[nex4060]

Robert17 wrote:
I thought the A4000 motherboard took Zips or something, or am I thinking of The A3000?  :-?

Robert

That would be the A3000. A4000D/T takes Simm memory modules