What is the best CD-RW drive for an Amiga 2000HD?

[iamaboringperson]

:lol:
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[Damion]

Hmmm....I dunno, from what I've seen there 'ARE"
actually chips with purplish bodies and gold
pins, so what's the difference then?!? Maybe
DoomMaster is on to something here guys...I for
one would like an explanation. And DoomMaster
is right - gold 'does conduct better..

[lorddef]

-D- wrote:
Hmmm....I dunno, from what I've seen there 'ARE"
actually chips with purplish bodies and gold
pins, so what's the difference then?!? Maybe
DoomMaster is on to something here guys...I for
one would like an explanation. And DoomMaster
is right - gold 'does conduct better..

Yeh, they're ceramic packaged chips that have advantages of dissipating heat better.  Although a component is not military grade just because it's in a ceramic package, thats BS.  As DoomMaster says the grade relates to the components ruggedness and expected lifespan.

[iamaboringperson]

Hmmm....I dunno, from what I've seen there 'ARE"
actually chips with purplish bodies and gold
pins, so what's the difference then?!?

They're just ceramic versions, they don't actually last longer.
Many Amiga's are much older than 7 years, heck, some older than 15, they still work. I have a computer from 1979 that still works - no ceramic chips in it.

Maybe
DoomMaster is on to something here guys...I for
one would like an explanation. And DoomMaster
is right - gold 'does conduct better..

Better than what? The main advantage of gold is that it is resistant to corrosion.
Copper conducts better than gold.
Silver conducts better than gold.

People who buy cables with gold connectors thinking conduct better are fooling themselves.
Utimatly cables would be made of silver(or perhaps selenium, which is light dependant), or even better a really cold super-conducter.

[Damion]

Yes but gold conducts HEAT better...which would
make sense for military grade chips

[Karlos]

iamaboringperson wrote:

Maybe
DoomMaster is on to something here guys...I for
one would like an explanation. And DoomMaster
is right - gold 'does conduct better..

Better than what? The main advantage of gold is that it is resistant to corrosion.
Copper conducts better than gold.
Silver conducts better than gold.

People who buy cables with gold connectors thinking conduct better are fooling themselves.
Utimatly cables would be made of silver(or perhaps selenium, which is light dependant), or even better a really cold super-conducter.

I may be wrong, but I seem to recall from physics lessons of old that higher freqency electronic signals (from kHz upwards) tend to flow more at the surface of the material rather than through the body of it. The presence of surface oxides and the like reduce the conductivity there so that too would put gold out in front.

My various audio cables are all oxygen free copper with gold plated jacks supposedly for this reason.

[Cyberus]

I think DoomMaster might make some sweeping comments at times, but I think you ought to stop attacking him whenever he says anything. Life's too short to enjoy being nasty to other people, and I think that just says more about YOUR personality than his.

I am quite prepared to believe that ICs can be known as 'Military Spec' - life and languages in general are full of misnomers, perhaps he should have explained himself better.

BTW
Oh, I have two of those purple and gold 68010s myself, but they're just sitting in my room in antistatic packaging not doing anything.

[Karlos]

Actually, although I had a bit of a tease, the chip issue is actually quite interesting. You may have noticed there have been several serious comments since :-)

-edit-

If the components are indeed 'militarty spec', then he's got the right idea using them, given the age of the A2000 and the part's anticipated lifespan.

[lorddef]

Nothing wrong with taking the piss every so often, no nastiness intended.

[DoomMaster]

To Cyberus:

I would like to buy those 68010 processors from you.  Email me.     :-o

[DoomMaster]

To Lorddef:

That picture is funny dude.  I actually laughed.     :-D

[Linchpin]

So whats the biggy with military IC's anyhows? Probs dosent make a great deal of "wows" on a 10mHz chip anyway.

[lorddef]

I think he is trying to get a system that will last as long as possible with out screwing up rather than a performance increace.

@ DoomMaster, use it as your new avatar :-D

[Linchpin]

But do the CPU's normally cause the issues? I aint never had one. Had problems with custom chips and batteries, thats about all tho. Anyway, im guessin any improvement is worth it.

[Cyberus]

@DoomMaster

There was a guy in the US selling the same thing on eBay, it'd be easier and cheaper to buy from him if he's still selling them....

[Cyberus]

Ah the avatar...  :roflmao: