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this will only configure as a Hard disk, and not as fast ram i am afraid. you need a card that is SRAM, and these come in primarly 2 flavours (2MB and 4MB respectively) There are larger SRAM modules, but these wont work with you Amiga ![]() unfortunately 2MB PCMCIA SRAM card are becomming expensive and 4MB one are some what rare so for the price of these it would only be a little bit more to actualy buy a memory board for your amiga. wich will drastically improve performance, to give you an idea, Fast memory configured through the PCMCIA is arround 220ns speed where as on a memory or accelreator it is arround 60ns (the lower the better!) Personally To really add fast ram I would consider buying a Memory adapter or an Accellerator for your 1200, Then you could use the PCMCIA port in conjunction with a Compact flash or SD device and take it to and fro from your PC ![]() you should be able to get a memory card for your amiga for arround £40 These come up from time to time on ebay but if you save up a bit you can get something like this for arround £80 - 100 (depending on how crazy ebay gets) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amiga-1200-Bli...QQcmdZViewItem hope it helps. Last edited by Zetr0; 03 July 2007 at 16:17. |
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Zetro what do you mean by memory adapter? Do you mean I can connect other types of memory cards to use as fastram?
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He means a Trap-Door Memory card such as the DKB1202 or the Amitek Hawk etc.
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you look a little strange to be a Zetr0 ![]() for one, wheres the Hat got to?! LOL great find on that 4mb sram card btw! shame about its postage... @vikingx if you can hold out for a bit, I am getting a proto-board from LDV, once this happens i will be selling my 4MB Sram Card on Amibay for around £25 so keep an eye out ![]() |
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You mentioned DRAM before, did you ever find some compatible ones?
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Alas not on ebay,
as 99.99% DRAM uses 5volts not the 3.5 volt standard of SRAM cards. thats not to say a converter could not be built cheaply, its just getting the specifications of the toshiba type 3 pcmcia hybrid port. ..... next to bloody impossible.. i have even email and phone contacted toshiba. |
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Your offer sounds interesting, I will hopefully get my CF card today and install everything. Then see how things run.
I read that pcmcia ram slows everything down though? How does it affect your A600 with games etc? |
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PCMCIA ram will slow down an 020 equipped Amiga, i.e. an A1200 but less that 10% on an A600 (68000 cpu) however it will drastically improve the speed by around 30%
so on an A600 its worth having the pcmcia sram card, on an a1200 its better to go with trapdoor memory. |
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i bought one of the hybid cards with the staggered pins too
![]() must remember that the pcmcia sram cards are 16 bit...and therefore a lot slower than accelerator ram as thats 32 bit. saying that..i would like one for my a600 ![]() |
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Referring back to the screen flickering when using PCMCIA RAM.
This seems to be a widespread issue.. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...screen+flicker Has anyone succeeded in banishing it? |
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Use RGB output instead of composite / rf.
Get a Rev1.5 A600? |
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Hmm havent had a look under the RF Shield to check the A600 rev.
Gotta go ahuntin' for SCART lead now.... |
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