FastATA 1200 MK-IV Question

mistermsk · 25 April 2014, 15:43

Hi All,

I have an Amiga 1200. Recently, I picked up an ACA 1232/40 Mhz 128MB Accelerator card for it. I am very happy with it. Actually, it is faster then the 030 card I had in there. I picked it up solely for the memory, thou. Anyway, I still see pausing on opening folders which seems to be waiting for the hard-drive. I saw the FastATA 1200 MK-IV IDE CF/SATA adapter that make for faster load times.

I was just curious if anyone owns this and if they saw a big difference or not?

Thank you.

roy bates · 25 April 2014, 15:54

loading times are massively sped up,you dont need the sata part though it wont make any difference.

alexh · 25 April 2014, 16:43

Using a file system such as PFS3 or SFS should be the first thing to try. This can greatly accelerate the "feel" of Workbench without increasing I/O speed.

If you need more... then look for FastATA 1200 MK-IV (Powerflyer) or IDEFix Express

daxb · 25 April 2014, 17:53

Notice that FastATA use nearly 100% CPU time while operating. So the faster CPU the faster data transfer. If you like doing multitask things like copy some stuff and working with another programs then you will notice lags.

mistermsk · 25 April 2014, 18:58

Wow! Thanks guys! Looking frothier at what you guys said. The first thing is looking at the file system and changing that around. I am concern about the CPU usage only because when I did a search about it, it seems to be a pet peeve of many.

I then read about people switching over to SCSI without the CPU overhead and can see see 8 to 10Mb/s DMA. Hmmm... I just want the fastest way possible so the workbench is not too laggy. Not sure if they make an 'over a chip' SCSI adapter (similar how the IDEFix Express works). I have ACA 1232/40 Mhz 128MB Accelerator card and do not want to interfere with that adapter.

Ugh. So many possibilities.

roy bates · 25 April 2014, 19:48

workbench wont be laggy,whatever solution you try.

its only loading speeds.

the down side to scsi is the expense,everything scsi is more expensive than ide,cables ,drives and bridges.

25 April 2014, 15:43	#1
mistermsk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Baltimore Posts: 71	FastATA 1200 MK-IV Question Hi All, I have an Amiga 1200. Recently, I picked up an ACA 1232/40 Mhz 128MB Accelerator card for it. I am very happy with it. Actually, it is faster then the 030 card I had in there. I picked it up solely for the memory, thou. Anyway, I still see pausing on opening folders which seems to be waiting for the hard-drive. I saw the FastATA 1200 MK-IV IDE CF/SATA adapter that make for faster load times. I was just curious if anyone owns this and if they saw a big difference or not? Thank you.

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25 April 2014, 15:54	#2
roy bates Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: birmingham Age: 55 Posts: 2,827	loading times are massively sped up,you dont need the sata part though it wont make any difference.

25 April 2014, 16:43	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	Using a file system such as PFS3 or SFS should be the first thing to try. This can greatly accelerate the "feel" of Workbench without increasing I/O speed. If you need more... then look for FastATA 1200 MK-IV (Powerflyer) or IDEFix Express

25 April 2014, 17:53	#4
daxb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 3,303	Notice that FastATA use nearly 100% CPU time while operating. So the faster CPU the faster data transfer. If you like doing multitask things like copy some stuff and working with another programs then you will notice lags.

25 April 2014, 18:58	#5
mistermsk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Baltimore Posts: 71	Wow! Thanks guys! Looking frothier at what you guys said. The first thing is looking at the file system and changing that around. I am concern about the CPU usage only because when I did a search about it, it seems to be a pet peeve of many. I then read about people switching over to SCSI without the CPU overhead and can see see 8 to 10Mb/s DMA. Hmmm... I just want the fastest way possible so the workbench is not too laggy. Not sure if they make an 'over a chip' SCSI adapter (similar how the IDEFix Express works). I have ACA 1232/40 Mhz 128MB Accelerator card and do not want to interfere with that adapter. Ugh. So many possibilities.

25 April 2014, 19:48	#6
roy bates Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: birmingham Age: 55 Posts: 2,827	workbench wont be laggy,whatever solution you try. its only loading speeds. the down side to scsi is the expense,everything scsi is more expensive than ide,cables ,drives and bridges.

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