alexh wrote:
What is the status of ZIII DMA for an A4000D?
What is the better buster to have? -11 or -09?
Hi Alex,
Well from what I read with -11 you can only have one DMA device on the bus. So for the A4000T it'll have to use PIO mode since the built on SCSI uses that. If you have any other DMA cards on the Zorro bus with Buster -11 the Deneb will have to use PIO mode but it's still a useful card in PIO mode.
Now with -09, I guess there are some bugs to work around but it will handle more than one DMA card. So you could have the Deneb and another DMA device. If you find the old thread on the Deneb there is a more detailed discussion on it. There is also information on e3b's FAQ page.
I have an A4000D with -11 but I have no other DMA Zorro cards so I should be all set. I can't wait.
As for the person complaining about price. This isn't like a cheap PCI USB card made in bulk. Think about the money you can save by using this card. This card will quite litterally allow me to expand my A4000D for less money than it costs.
I am happy and amazed that we still have people dedicated enough to develop hardware for the Amiga platform. Thank you.
You can buy it now or wait until it's a collectors item on eBay for 2-3 times as much. :-D
