Help with PCMCIA on 1200

12 September 2001, 20:34

Sorry if this question has been asked before but which PCMCIA cards available will work on a 1200.

I have a 68820 (?) processor upgrade and 8Mb of Fast mem

The cards I am hoping to work are

3com Etherlink III network card
an ATA 8MB Flash Card
or maybe an IBM 1GB Microdrive....

I would like an easy non timeconsuming way of getting data from a pc to my miggy

Thanks in advance

Walker · 12 September 2001, 21:29

I'm afraid that 3Com cards do NOT work in your A1200. You have to find an NE2000 compatible card. I use a card called "Repotec" myself, and I know that the "SureCom" cards work as well.

I do not know anything about the other two cards.

Amiga1992 · 12 September 2001, 23:23

I'd say they'd work as long as they are of the PCMCIA II standard, and drivers are available for the cards.

I am afraid those two last cards yuo mention have no drivers for the Amiga. Take a look on teh Aminet, if you find them, I was wrong

13 September 2001, 01:38

Quote:

I'm afraid that 3Com cards do NOT work in your A1200

That pisses me off since my laptop's network card is a 3Com

RetroMan · 13 September 2001, 10:05

Just if anyones interested, XIRCOM Ethernet Cards also won´t work

Walker · 13 September 2001, 10:14

If there are people using PCMCIA cards in an A1200, I would like to know what TCP/IP networking tools you are using.

I'm using Miami with AmFTP at the moment, but I keep getting "RAM Disk is full" when both of them are running. Does Miami really need that much memory?

RetroMan · 13 September 2001, 10:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Walker
.... Does Miami really need that much memory?

Well ....... YES ! I tried to start MIAMI on a barebone A1200 with only 2 MB Chip and ended up with 180KB free after starting it

now I got 40 MB Fast-Mem, so no more probs

Walker · 13 September 2001, 10:32

The strange thing is that it worked without problems at first. I transfered files to and from the A1200 and never got that error message.

Anyway, I guess I have to upgrade!

Amiga1992 · 13 September 2001, 18:09

Yep, Miami is a hog! With my serial cable TCP/IP connection, I remember I was left with ~200KB free on my 2MB Chip A600HD...

However Im not going to try AmiTCP IP.. i just cant get it to work, it's a mess :P I better upgrade

13 September 2001, 18:18

hehe

AmiTCP works fine for me

So does Miami
So does Genesis (AmiTCP upgraded)

This was back in my 2mb A600 days

I used AmiTCP for a while, but I moved to Miami cause I liked it more (no idea why)

Genesis is very good though. If a 2mb Amiga can run it, then use it. It's not as good as Miami, but still cool

12 September 2001, 20:34	#1
mrburns Posts: n/a	Help with PCMCIA on 1200 Sorry if this question has been asked before but which PCMCIA cards available will work on a 1200. I have a 68820 (?) processor upgrade and 8Mb of Fast mem The cards I am hoping to work are 3com Etherlink III network card an ATA 8MB Flash Card or maybe an IBM 1GB Microdrive.... I would like an easy non timeconsuming way of getting data from a pc to my miggy Thanks in advance

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12 September 2001, 21:29	#2
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	I'm afraid that 3Com cards do NOT work in your A1200. You have to find an NE2000 compatible card. I use a card called "Repotec" myself, and I know that the "SureCom" cards work as well. I do not know anything about the other two cards.

12 September 2001, 23:23	#3
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I'd say they'd work as long as they are of the PCMCIA II standard, and drivers are available for the cards. I am afraid those two last cards yuo mention have no drivers for the Amiga. Take a look on teh Aminet, if you find them, I was wrong

13 September 2001, 10:05	#5
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Just if anyones interested, XIRCOM Ethernet Cards also won´t work

13 September 2001, 10:14	#6
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	If there are people using PCMCIA cards in an A1200, I would like to know what TCP/IP networking tools you are using. I'm using Miami with AmFTP at the moment, but I keep getting "RAM Disk is full" when both of them are running. Does Miami really need that much memory?

13 September 2001, 10:32	#8
Walker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 595	The strange thing is that it worked without problems at first. I transfered files to and from the A1200 and never got that error message. Anyway, I guess I have to upgrade!

13 September 2001, 18:09	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Yep, Miami is a hog! With my serial cable TCP/IP connection, I remember I was left with ~200KB free on my 2MB Chip A600HD... However Im not going to try AmiTCP IP.. i just cant get it to work, it's a mess :P I better upgrade

13 September 2001, 18:18	#10
Amigaboy Posts: n/a	hehe AmiTCP works fine for me So does Miami So does Genesis (AmiTCP upgraded) This was back in my 2mb A600 days I used AmiTCP for a while, but I moved to Miami cause I liked it more (no idea why) Genesis is very good though. If a 2mb Amiga can run it, then use it. It's not as good as Miami, but still cool

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