FS: PCMCIA ethernet cards for A600 and A1200

[doctorq]

3com ethernet card, PCMCIA type suitable for Amiga 600 and 1200s. Comes with 2 m cable with 3com connector in one end and RJ45 connector in the other end to connect directly to your router. Also included is a gender changer, so you can connect it to a RJ45 cable instead (in case your router is more than 2 m away for instance).

I have 10 of these boards, all tested and working. Software isn't included, but can provide the needed links if necessary.

Even with a stock A1200 you will be able to mount your remote shared devices, download through FTP, etc.

Price: 18 EURO each

Shipping around 7 EURO.

I accept PayPal payments and can ship worldwide.

[doctorq]

One unit sold.

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[Cammy]

I use these cards on my A1200s and they're fantastic for getting your Amiga online! They also work with the A600, and I know lots of people are going to want to try something other than WHDLoad games when they get their new ACA030 accelerators so why not have a go at getting the old girl on the net so you can play some Dynamite with us

[unknown1]

I use these cards on my A1200s and they're fantastic for getting your Amiga online! They also work with the A600, and I know lots of people are going to want to try something other than WHDLoad games when they get their new ACA030 accelerators so why not have a go at getting the old girl on the net so you can play some Dynamite with us

Off topic, but you mentioned 030 Amigas and the web: I have an Amiga 1200HD/40 with a Blizzard (I think) 030/ 50MHz card in it in storage at the moment (been there for several years but will be out shortly !). How well will this setup surf the web? What kind of web browsers are available? I figure it won't do web video (heck, my Mac PowerBook 400MHz won't do web video!) but can it do other modern web stuff like HTML 5, etc?

[Cammy]

An old Amiga is really good at doing all the things you could do on the net back in the 90s when the web browser was still being developed, but that was long before HTML5. It doesn't have Flash or CSS support either, so most modern websites don't display correctly at all. Amiga.org has a proxy set up by Karlos which makes it totally usable in IBrowse and AWeb (the two main classic Amiga browsers). But apart from the web there are heaps of things you can do just fine, like IRC, MSN, FTP, E-mail, MUDs, P2P filesharing, Streaming Internet Radio, and playing some cool online games like Dynamite, which is an online multiplayer Bomberman clone.

Here's an example of some of this software running on my A1200 with my 030/28Mhz card and Workbench 3.1:  http://www.amiga.org/gallery/images/5087/1_1024x768.png

Here's a video of me playing Dynamite and listening to a few streams through AmiNetRadio, unfortunately YouTube cut the audio out so it kind of ruined the video for me, but this was streaming music online with a 030/50: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j72NjheWP-A

[Jiffy]

How well will this setup surf the web? What kind of web browsers are available? I figure it won't do web video (heck, my Mac PowerBook 400MHz won't do web video!) but can it do other modern web stuff like HTML 5, etc?

Using a webbrowser on a classic Amiga is, well, a rather interesting experiencen when you are used to more modern computers and browsers.

In short: browsers for the classic Amiga are completely outdated when it comes to supporting any more or less recent webstandards and even a pretty decent Amiga (68060@50 MHz with 64 MB ram, ethernet, scsi-drives) will not make it an enjoyable  experience. Sites like Aminet work, albeit rather slow, and display correctly but more modern websites (CSS!) either have a completely mangled layout or (partly) refuse to work.

There's more than just browsing the web, though, and when it comes to ftp, irc, e-mail and stuff the situation is entirely different. The best programs available on the Amiga for different tasks range from pretty decent to very good in which case a decent Amiga (68020 and up, several MB of fastram) will provide you with an enjoyable experience on the internet.

[unknown1]

Thanks Cammy and Jiffy, you've told me what I want to know!

[Karlos]

Classic amiga browsers may be out of date, but having a NIC is very useful if you have other machines that are already on a network and want to share data.

[doctorq]

having a NIC is very useful if you have other machines that are already on a network and want to share data.

Precisely. My own ethernet cards these days are mostly being used for mounting shared drives on my miggy, to transfer data or make use of the shared MP3 library :-)

File sharing is even possible on a stock Amiga 1200.

[unknown1]

How much to ship one of your Ethernet cards to US zip code 83617?

[doctorq]

@unknown1

Shipping to the US is 8 EURO.

[carvedeye]

@ Cammy

WOW....that is one sweet multi amiga setup you have in the room i like it