A500 Ide

Loedown · 16 January 2010, 10:43

Greetings,
A friend of mine is considering the sidecar --> CF card option, but are there any that are IDE instead of SCSI?

Jope · 16 January 2010, 12:39

Plenty.. http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showcat.cgi?CATID=18

Some M-Tec ones are even for sale on this board's marketplace.

zipper · 16 January 2010, 13:53

RocHard had both (with updated Roms).

alexh · 16 January 2010, 15:11

Not the cheapest option but you could forgo the sidecar and get an internal V293 IDE68k at €80.

Integrated CF + separate IDE + clock port

http://www.students.tut.fi/~leinone3/ide/ide68k.html

Just a shame that his next board (IDE + 8Mbytes RAM) is not functional yet.

Cammy · 16 January 2010, 23:08

I'm really hanging out for that 8MB + IDE card he's working on! I wonder if he got the Clockport to work with any Clockport hardware. I think the built-on CF slot is an awesome idea too.

Photon · 16 January 2010, 23:48

Yup. And there are more boards, but at least for the moment it seems demand is fine and number of physical boards available for purchase is in the negatives?

CF+IDE is a a good solution, but I recommend buying one of the SCSI side expansions, a SCSI-IDE adapter, IDE-CF adapter, and a CF card. Expect to pay about... 120€? But at least you will have a solution fairly quick and not be in inanimate suspension in the limbo of uncertainty.

Same as with all projects on private/small business budgets I guess, just wish I could aim a blow torch at the excellent devs' buns to get some boards out there!! Cos I want one.

rkauer · 17 January 2010, 23:05

I think there is no much use in SCSI for plain 68000 Amigas. They are slow by nature.

Jonathan Drain · 18 January 2010, 09:13

It'd be cheaper to buy an A600

As a bonus, you could play multiplayer Populous!

mihcael · 18 January 2010, 09:24

By sidecar.. do you mean like an A590?

I have one with ram and SCSI HD im not getting much use out of!

edit- i miss read i believe!

Loedown · 18 January 2010, 12:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by mihcael

By sidecar.. do you mean like an A590?

I have one with ram and SCSI HD im not getting much use out of!

edit- i miss read i believe!

How much would said Sidecar be worth?

Paul

alexh · 18 January 2010, 12:22

$70 AUD is the average price.

Loedown · 18 January 2010, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

$70 AUD is the average price.

I actually wondered if Mihcael wanted to sell it and if so, what he wanted for it, but thanks for your estimate, Alexh.

Paul

mihcael · 18 January 2010, 12:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loedown

How much would said Sidecar be worth?

Paul

hmmmm

I'll confirm the specs if your interested, but roughly

I think HD is around 1GB (was working fine till i started trying to fill it up with mods, now it has checksums)

The A500 + A590 combined have 1MB chip and 1.5 FAST so i would think the A590 contains 1MB Fast (not sure where that extra chip ram is coming from

)

Ill look for the rom version because that may effect future upgrade plans!

16 January 2010, 10:43	#1
Loedown Precious & fragile things Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,946	A500 Ide Greetings, A friend of mine is considering the sidecar --> CF card option, but are there any that are IDE instead of SCSI?

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16 January 2010, 12:39	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Plenty.. http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showcat.cgi?CATID=18 Some M-Tec ones are even for sale on this board's marketplace.

16 January 2010, 13:53	#3
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,837	RocHard had both (with updated Roms).

16 January 2010, 15:11	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	Not the cheapest option but you could forgo the sidecar and get an internal V293 IDE68k at €80. Integrated CF + separate IDE + clock port http://www.students.tut.fi/~leinone3/ide/ide68k.html Just a shame that his next board (IDE + 8Mbytes RAM) is not functional yet.

16 January 2010, 23:08	#5
Cammy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tasmania, Australia Age: 39 Posts: 1,189	I'm really hanging out for that 8MB + IDE card he's working on! I wonder if he got the Clockport to work with any Clockport hardware. I think the built-on CF slot is an awesome idea too.

16 January 2010, 23:48	#6
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Yup. And there are more boards, but at least for the moment it seems demand is fine and number of physical boards available for purchase is in the negatives? CF+IDE is a a good solution, but I recommend buying one of the SCSI side expansions, a SCSI-IDE adapter, IDE-CF adapter, and a CF card. Expect to pay about... 120€? But at least you will have a solution fairly quick and not be in inanimate suspension in the limbo of uncertainty. Same as with all projects on private/small business budgets I guess, just wish I could aim a blow torch at the excellent devs' buns to get some boards out there!! Cos I want one.

17 January 2010, 23:05	#7
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	I think there is no much use in SCSI for plain 68000 Amigas. They are slow by nature.

18 January 2010, 09:13	#8
Jonathan Drain Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sector K240 Posts: 338	It'd be cheaper to buy an A600 As a bonus, you could play multiplayer Populous!

18 January 2010, 09:24	#9
mihcael Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aussie Posts: 1,144	By sidecar.. do you mean like an A590? I have one with ram and SCSI HD im not getting much use out of! edit- i miss read i believe!

18 January 2010, 12:22	#11
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,331	$70 AUD is the average price.

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