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Offline stanlongTopic starter

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IDE A500
« on: November 22, 2008, 03:33:37 AM »
anybody used the finnish  internal ide HD controller?
will it conflict with 4mg elstat mega ram?
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2008, 04:49:08 AM »
 The IDE500 will only conflict with A500 accelerators, not memory expansions.
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2008, 09:53:02 AM »
are they still manufactured
do they need soft ware or drivers
willa cf card work
or is it beter to use a real hard drive
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2008, 11:47:34 AM »
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stanlong wrote:
are they still manufactured
do they need soft ware or drivers
willa cf card work
or is it beter to use a real hard drive


1) yes
2) no, only kickstart 2.x ROMs
3) yes, latest version have CF slot directly onboard
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2008, 01:14:57 PM »
Anyone know where they can be ordered from? And for how much?
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2008, 01:30:20 PM »
Probably this is in question.
I had a for-sale posting in the marketplace forum area. (price 50 euros)
But I have now more pieces left for sale. (no PCBs, I could order more, if there is interest.)

I think I got an email from the original poster,
I can reply here, that the ram board uses the autoconfig(tm) configuration method, it most likely won't conflict.
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2008, 01:51:09 PM »
Who is the manufacturer?.
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2008, 02:26:21 PM »
They're home-made. (blank PCB:s from factory.)
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2008, 01:26:42 AM »
just for the first time saw the big picture of the board V1.88 MKL 2008 with cf card slot very impressive when will they be ready  
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2008, 02:56:19 PM »
If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2008, 03:09:33 PM »
If the board supported M-Tec 520i accelerators or included 8MB of fast ram I would probably buy one
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2008, 06:39:10 PM »
If you read his page, he doesnt state that its incompatable with all accelerators. Just accelerators that use the adress space that is normally allotted to the A600 IDE interface..

Heres another concern though.. All the A500 accelerators Ive ever seen that go inside the machine BARELY fit.. By the time you stick the IDE board in, and plug the accellerator on top of it, your not gonna get the upper case half to go back on... If your A500 is towerized, then this is probably not an issue..

What would be interesting is whether or not it works with GVP sidecar mounted accelerators (eg. the A530)...  The A530 already has a hardisk controller, but it is an autoconfig device on the zorro bus, and shouldnt conflict with the A600 style IDE interface adress range. Many A530 owners who currently use SCSI hardisks may be interested in the IDE interface to use with CF cards to swap data with their PC..
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2008, 08:57:39 PM »
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motrucker wrote:
If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!


Good point, but have you seen what AdIde interfaces are going for on this side of the pond?
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2008, 04:25:17 AM »
pray do tell us
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Re: IDE A500
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2008, 04:27:10 AM »
If this interface will NOT work with any real accelerators, what good is it?!


what is the obsession with speed

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