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Zone Friend
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Belgium
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Any uses network cards Ami-PC?
I was wondering what options (still) exist to connect my A4000 to my PC. That way I can transfer big files in a swift way from one to the other.
Wasn't there an Ariadne card or something which gave Ami's a 10Mbit Ethernet connection or something? 100MBit PC PCI network cards cost these days $15, but what is still out there for the Ami? Thanks for sharing any info and eventual sellers of such Ami based network cards! |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Germany
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The only Network card available these days (NEW I mean) is the X-Surf, provides 10MBit and also 2 IDE Ports on the Card (not bootable) .... Price is 99€
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2001
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yeah i got the XSurf for my 4000 and it works really great, hehe crazy card , a pci card modded to a zorro slot .. wohoo
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Germany
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You can also buy the Highway USB controller with the Norway addon (10MBit Ethernet).
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Wannabe asm coder ;)
Join Date: May 2002
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Are these still for sale? I'm kinda looking for a way to get my A4000 system onto the net.
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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useful URLs
FOUND IT!
X-Surf 2: 90 EURO, fair price I think http://www.kdh-amiga-shop.com/catalo...roducts_id=149 Or USB+NIC= Algor+Norway: 159 EURO (also fair) http://www.kdh-amiga-shop.com/catalo...roducts_id=687 More info on: http://www.e3b.de/usb/ Guess I'll give the USB+NIC bundle a go, if it doesn't work, oh well, too bad ![]() |
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Fantasy Man!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
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It's actually REALLY expensive when you consider the card is actually an old realtek 10Mb ISA card stuck to a Zorro adapter...
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Considering anything you buy will be a hack they can charge whatever they want.
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Well you can also buy a replacement doughter board with PCI slots on it. Then you can use cheap PCI 100MBit ethernet cards. There are drivers for Voodoo graphics cards, Soundblaster cards, a special USB card called Spider, some TV cards and others.
But I think doughter board + nic will be much more expensive than the X-Surf. http://www.elbox.com/mediator_driver_guide.html |
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Fantasy Man!
Join Date: Apr 2002
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You could also buy a Prometheus which is quite a bit cheaper and just plugs in to an existing zorro slot.
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Music lord
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Liverpool, UK
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I use a GG2+ board with a PC ISA NE2000 compatible network card.
I don't know where you'd get the GG2+ from these day, but the network card can be ripped out of any extremely old PC, such as ones you find binned outside any office. |
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You can also use a "normal" Bridgeboard for this, you do not need to use a GG2+ which is quite rare these days
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Now got GSX750F :))
Join Date: Jun 2002
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How about an A2386sx ?? got an ISA NIC lying around the place... and I just bought this on ebay....
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I have a 286 processorboard in my A2000 plus I can dig up a 16 bit ne2000 compatible isa network card. How hard is it to get the thing connected to my network?
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Well, in theory you can do this with ANY Bridgeboard and ANY 10MBit PC ISA Network Card
![]() Basically you must setup a MS-DOS Enviorment with Networking Drivers and then install a software on Amiga side that allows connection between MS-DOS and AmigaOS on the same machine .... I have a tutorial but it´s in german, if anyone wants to try with a translation website, have a go -> http://home.arcor.de/kickstart/TKA/T...ard/index.html |
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Music lord
Join Date: Jun 2003
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GG2+ board works as if the ISA cards are effectively Amiga boards. I'm using it with Miami. It's a normal TCP network. None of this DOS nonsense.
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Fantasy Man!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
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Ever considering selling your GG2?
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I have a GG2+ and it's a cheap way to get my A2000 on the ethernet.. I'd like a real Zorro talking network card, however - the GG2+ requires cyberguard/enforcer to run with the 040/060.. Also, the transfer speeds don't exactly blow me away. :-) |
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Now got GSX750F :))
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"setup a MS-DOS Enviorment with Networking Drivers"
Rather you than me mate! an' I still support DOS installations.... Just added a file with the translated pages to the zone for everyone it's 'bridgeboard-network.zip' Don't forget, you have to joine the zone to view it.... me stooopid ![]() Last edited by Syko; 22 April 2004 at 22:08. |
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