single/seven slot zorro busboard or mediator which do you think

[lambrettadave]

has anybody got/used/had one of these

a single slot zorro busboard if so was it anygood?

what cards did you use in it?

also i remember eyetech sold a seven zorro busboard has anyone used one of those.

the point of this is how much do either sell for if ever they do and that my current tower is a ez eyetech tower which both of these cards busboards go in or would i be beter of starting with a new tower and going for a mediator.

I am looking to improve quake visually with such a device

any help/advise would be good cheers dave

[Jope]

Don't buy the RBM busboard, they are not very reliable due to them being only two-layer.

[fitzsteve]

Hi Dave,

I have the same Tower (I think) EZ Z4 Tower that I got from Amigakit. The first busboard I tried in this setup was a Micronik Z3i Zorro Busboard and I tried to run a CyberVision 64/3D off of one of the Zorro slots.

I didn't get very far becuase the slots did not line up (I would have had to modify the case) and it did not like my Apollo 1240 (Fast Ram disn't show up)

However I soldiered on and used my Typhoon 1230 which did work with the Z3i however when it came to setting up the RTG card nothing I tried worked, could not get any picture from a known working card, I tried for many many hours and evenyually gave up.

I sold that lot LOL and got myself a Mediator PCI and honestly, best decision I ever made! After a little trouble (mostly noob stuff) I got the the Voodoo 5 5500 card setup and looking awesome in workbench and games

Plus there was no problem fitting it in the case and the slots all line up as they should.

With this setup you should be able to run the GL version of Quake (although I didn't get that working yet) amoungst other Warp3D apps/games.

There's also access to cheap Sound/Networking options (SoundBlaster 128/Realtek LAN) and Elbox are in the process of releasing new drivers so you even have support!

As I said I am so pleased I ditched the Zorro busbard and went PCI

Steve.

[lambrettadave]

@steve i wil post a photo of my tower, as it is different from the Z4 type but here is a rough idea

http://amr.abime.net/issue_255_pages

or have a look on http://www.amiga-hardware.com/ and look at tower kits mine is a mk VI but look at the PC one as well as this shows how me motherboard is mounted in

[lambrettadave]

@jope

what do you mean by the trem 2 layer

i know these are Zorro2 only

is this what you mean

Dave

[fitzsteve]

Originally Posted by lambrettadave

@steve i wil post a photo of my tower, as it is different from the Z4 type but here is a rough idea

http://amr.abime.net/issue_255_pages

or have a look on http://www.amiga-hardware.com/ and look at tower kits mine is a mk VI but look at the PC one as well as this shows how me motherboard is mounted in

Wow, thats huge Tower, mine is the EZ Tower Z4 so it is different.

If you deceide to get a mediator it might only be that you have to move the slots, or else you could get a EZ Z4 or Zetr0 was posted somewhere that the D-Box is the Daddy of Amiga Tower/Cases

Steve.

[lambrettadave]

i think the Mediator board would make the cards point the wrong way due to the Pcmica port being at the top of the tower

[lambrettadave]

I was reading about the RBM boards and it apears that they dont like apollo acceloraters

anyone else have one that works

[Jope]

Originally Posted by lambrettadave

what do you mean by the trem 2 layer

i know these are Zorro2 only

Ah, so you're talking about A1200 busboards? (you never specified)

In that case the RBM is probably as good as any other.

By layers I mean how many layers of copper traces are on the board. A two layer board has traces on top and on the bottom. A four layer board (as is required by the Zorro III spec) has two additional layers inside the circuit board.

[lambrettadave]

OK so the Zorro3 standard is of cause higher quality and better speed because of the newer technology that was designed in it

Dave