For Sale : Deneb USB

[Cosmos Amiga]

For sale this very rare Deneb like new

With CD (Poseidon), manual, one USB cable and original box


Specifications

    Zorro II/III card with flexible FPGA businterface
    Full featured Zorro III busmaster (depending on system configuration)
    Zorro II and Zorro III PIO operation possible (AOS4)
    Supports Fast-Zorro II on Winner / ZIV busboards
    Real USB 2.0 with full support of highspeed mode (480 MBps)
    Integrated 3 port hub (one internal, two external USB ports)
    All ports are protected against overvoltage and short circuit
    Integrated power management on port by port base
    Power saving 1.8v/2.5v/3.3v technology
    Compatible with all 68030/040/060 and PPC turbo cards
    Integrated FlashROM (4 MB) for Poseidon USB stack
    Aditional FlashROM (2 MB) for firmware and installation software
    22pin expansion port, compatible with clockport (optional, firmware dependent)
    Businterface logic can be upgraded via software

Software support

    Compatible with AmigaOS 3.1, 3.5, 3.9 and 4.0 (PIO mode)
    Integration into Amiga OS via system conform drivers
    Comfortable control of USB stack by GUI (MUI)
    Driver for USB mouse and keyboard (HID devices), parallel interface (printers) and flash
    Card readers (SCSI emulation) are included

Included in delivery

    1 DENEB USB controller card
    1 holding plates with one USB connector
    1 detailed English installation manual
    Poseidon v4.0 OEM version (no keyfile necessary)

Requirements

    Amiga OS 3.1 or higher
    Processor 68030 (25MHz) or higher
    100% compatible Zorro II / III bus
    Buster 9 or 11 for Zorro III DMA operation
    Power supply with 1.5 Ampere minimum on 5v (each used USB port will use a maximum of 500mA, depending on connected device)


390 euros + 12.15 euros shipping registred/tracking for EU (or +23.70 euros for WW)

[Gulliver]

Why is it called rare? there are plenty of Deneb´s out there.

Are they made of pure gold that they cost so much nowadays?

Isn´t Rapidroad USB much faster and still for sale as new?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Isn´t Rapidroad USB much faster and still for sale as new?

RapidRoad requires an X-Surf 100 to be used in big box systems.  Maybe not everyone likes that solution?  Maybe because Deneb has the FlashROM?  I dunno, just hypothesizing.  I'd never looked at a picture of a Deneb up-close before.  I like those jumpers "don't play".  :lol:

[Cosmos Amiga]

I sell ordinary items cheap and rare items expensive...

It's the law of the market, it's like that !

[Darrin]

@ Gulliver

There may be a lot of Deneb cards out there, but it will be a cold day in hell before I sell mine and most owners probably feel the same.  Thus not many ever make it to AmiBay or eBay which makes them kind of rare.

I can't remember what I paid for mine when they came out.  Now I can't imagine using an Amiga without USB.

[kickstart]

I sell ordinary items cheap and rare items expensive...

It's the law of the market, it's like that !

Law of the market or law of speculation... pure ethics.

[Cosmos Amiga]

Law of the market or law of speculation... pure ethics.

Come living in France, with ethics completly destroyed by our politics... They have made us poor...

[mechy]

@ Gulliver

There may be a lot of Deneb cards out there, but it will be a cold day in hell before I sell mine and most owners probably feel the same.  Thus not many ever make it to AmiBay or eBay which makes them kind of rare.

I can't remember what I paid for mine when they came out.  Now I can't imagine using an Amiga without USB.

I will never sell my Deneb,one of the best cards out there. I only wish i could of afforded them for all my machines.

[LoadWB]

Come living in France, with ethics completly destroyed by our politics... They have made us poor...

Yet, here we are, trying to follow in the very same foot steps -- or rather our leaders dragging us that way.  Sad how Bastiat still applies today, perhaps more so than his own time.  Sorry... don't mean to derail.

I will never sell my Deneb,one of the best cards out there. I only wish i could of afforded them for all my machines.

Same here.  I would like another, but I'm hanging onto my money for other things.  I actually have an X-Surf 3cc going unused right now as I have USB networking with my Deneb.  I have considered selling my 3cc and my Ariadne in order to pick up an X-Surf 100 with the USB option.

[Jose]

Call it speculation if you want but they normally sell above 300€ on Amibay from what I have seen. People pay that kind of money for it because it's a rare item.

Does the USB option of the XSurf 100 have DMA ? I don't think it does...

[hishamk]

How does Thylacine compare to Deneb or RapidRoad? I have one for my A3k but am yet to install it.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

How does Thylacine compare to Deneb or RapidRoad? I have one for my A3k but am yet to install it.

This is only one person's experience, but I had the "original" Thylacine (one of the single-port models, from the production run by genny_flick on Amibay before he started making the four-port models), and it was dog-slow on my A2000.  Plugging in almost anything would grind the system to a halt.  After some research, most of what I found said the Thylacine only works well on a Z3-bus computer (A3k or A4k).  For your A3k it should be fine, for example.

I sold that and switched to an X-Surf 100/RapidRoad combo when they became available, and haven't looked back.  I have successfully used, mice, keyboards, flash drives, external hard drives (including NTFS), plugged in digital cameras...  I even plugged in my phone and the Amiga recognized it, LOL.  No issues, much better hardware IMHO and in my particular system.

*disclaimer - your mileage may vary.  

[mechy]

How does Thylacine compare to Deneb or RapidRoad? I have one for my A3k but am yet to install it.

its not even in the same league, the deneb is a superior card, especially when zorro3 use is concerned. I havent compared it to the rapid road since the x-surf100 i got only works in z2 mode ;/

[Cosmos Amiga]

New price : 390 € + shipping

[QuikSanz]

Anyone know how they compare with Algore cards. Watch for global warming ;-)