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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
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- Subject: Re: Busted Buster in A4000
- Date: 21 Jan 1996 16:30:15 GMT
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- Jerry Barlow (jabar@aa.net) wrote:
-
- [Dataflyer in A4000]
-
- : I just bought one too, but haven't installed it yet. I was told,
- : how ever, that rev 9 buster should have no effect on Dataflyer
- : because Zorro III is not used.
-
- That's right; the Dataflyer is a hack that plugs into the IDE port.
- Because of this, it won't show in in the expansion card list (no autoconfig).
-
- : There is a number in the manual to call
- : if you have questions. I believe the Fastlane scsi card takes advantage
- : of faster Zorro III graphics capabilities, and is not affected by rev 9
- : buster,
-
- They have a workaround.
-
- : but it costs five times as much as DataFlyer, as it is an
- : accelerator as well.
-
- Fastlane is a Fast SCSI-2 controller and RAM expansion; the Warp and
- Cyberstorm cards are accelerators with Fast SCSI-2 capability, though.
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