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MultiFaceCard III
« on: September 08, 2012, 05:23:41 PM »
Well, I finally got around to installing my Multifacecard III.  I haven't done much testing, but so far, testing at 19200 with AE, it has done well.  This was running 16 color ClassicWB 3.5.  With the onboard serial, I had to set my screenmode prefs to 4 color or lower, and for some reason, could only have a successful transfer to the ram drive.  Transfers to the HD directly would always fail.  I tried a transfer at 115200, with the new card, but it failed.  That is running 16 color, however.  I haven't tried at that rate set to say, 4 color, but will.  I don't even know if the screenmode prefs make any difference with this card, or not.  I do know, that it works fine at 115200, 16 color, just browsing the Amiga, and the switches to different partitions/folders was instant and smooth.  I will keep testing it.  It may not be any better, but so far, seems promising, and worth the $40 I paid for it.  I would eventually like to experiment with Parnet.
 

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Re: MultiFaceCard III
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2012, 05:49:51 PM »
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/multiface3 says it uses MC68681P
http://www.nswwrecks.info/Information/DUART_Manual.pdf says the FIFO is 3 characters long

HOW it fails may be of use to determine why it fails. But I suspect DMA collision or similar.

Misc information:
http://wonkity.com/~wblock/a4000hard/mf3ref.html - pinout/jumpers
http://www.soundtracker.org/raw/stuff.html - programming docs
« Last Edit: September 08, 2012, 05:52:08 PM by freqmax »