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- From: optimus@wwa.com (optimus@wwa.com)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: SCSI on a 4000
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 05:29:22 GMT
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- Mike Williams (mikew@net-link.net) wrote:
- : I want to add reliable SCSI to my stock 4000. Does anybody know of a good Zorro II
- : card that isn't cursed with the dismally slow access problems? I know why it's a
- : problem (DMA controllers don't work because there's no 16 bit memory to DMA to) but
- : this shouldn't completely cripple the card. I'm leaning toward a DKB RapidFire, but
- : I'd appreciate any input you have. Has anybody had experience with a card that can
- : get 1 to 1.5 Meg/s sec transfer on a 4000? Also, how much is a Fastlane? Is it still
- : somewhere in the $400's US?
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- I would also like an opinion on this subject. I recently picked up a
- second-hand A4000 with a 486 bridgeboard and I would like to add a SCSI
- interface to it to connect my ZipDrive and a CD-ROM. Would something
- like the RapidFire be the better choice since I would like it to work
- with the bridgeboard as well? Or would I be just as well off if I were
- to get a DataFlyer, which ties into the IDE connectors? There is a big
- cost difference, but if one will definately give me the performance I
- want, I'll pay the money for it
-
- Again, keep in mind I have a Vortex 486 bridgeboard in the system and I
- would like the SCSI devices I connect to be able to be accessed by the PC
- side of the system as well.
-
- Thanks for any advise. :)
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