Buddha IDE 20th Anniversary Edition in Amiga 4000

yelworC · 23 February 2021, 23:58

Need an advice.

I want/need/have to buy something to expand my Amiga 4000.

Looked a bit around and stumbled across the Buddha IDE 20th Anniversary Edition.

Does this make sense in an A4k? Is it somewhat faster than onboard IDE? I have currently two harddisks built in, so there is no ide port left.

I did not find a good info about large harddisks/partitons with this device. Will large partitions connected to the Buddha be available directly at startup before any patching through the OS?

klx300r · 24 February 2021, 01:59

I’ve got one in my A4000 that’s working fine. There is no speed difference from onboard IDE. I’ve got a CD and DOM on mine. I’m running OS3.1.4 and OS3.9 BB 1&2.

TheMrKocour · 19 June 2021, 15:41

Go for FASTATA 4000 if you have 040/060 (not 3640 :-)). Or if you have Cyberstorm go for SCSI with IDE/SATA adapter

stevelord · 19 June 2021, 21:50

If all you want are more IDE ports then the IDE expansion from amiga68k[1] should be sufficient. You'll need to use AtapiMagic (under driver/media on aminet) for the extra IDE interfaces to appear.

I believe the later Buddhas have a clock port which could hypothetically open up something like a Rapid Road USB interface. From what I've read the Buddhas are slower than FastATAs. I'm happy with my FastATA IV, but I don't have a Buddha to compare.

[1] - http://amiga68k.com/?product=amiga-4000-ide-expansion

23 February 2021, 23:58	#1
yelworC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Germany Posts: 69	Buddha IDE 20th Anniversary Edition in Amiga 4000 Need an advice. I want/need/have to buy something to expand my Amiga 4000. Looked a bit around and stumbled across the Buddha IDE 20th Anniversary Edition. Does this make sense in an A4k? Is it somewhat faster than onboard IDE? I have currently two harddisks built in, so there is no ide port left. I did not find a good info about large harddisks/partitons with this device. Will large partitions connected to the Buddha be available directly at startup before any patching through the OS?

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24 February 2021, 01:59	#2
klx300r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,593	I’ve got one in my A4000 that’s working fine. There is no speed difference from onboard IDE. I’ve got a CD and DOM on mine. I’m running OS3.1.4 and OS3.9 BB 1&2.

19 June 2021, 15:41	#3
TheMrKocour Registered User Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 34	Go for FASTATA 4000 if you have 040/060 (not 3640 :-)). Or if you have Cyberstorm go for SCSI with IDE/SATA adapter

19 June 2021, 21:50	#4
stevelord Registered User Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: UK Posts: 540	If all you want are more IDE ports then the IDE expansion from amiga68k[1] should be sufficient. You'll need to use AtapiMagic (under driver/media on aminet) for the extra IDE interfaces to appear. I believe the later Buddhas have a clock port which could hypothetically open up something like a Rapid Road USB interface. From what I've read the Buddhas are slower than FastATAs. I'm happy with my FastATA IV, but I don't have a Buddha to compare. [1] - http://amiga68k.com/?product=amiga-4000-ide-expansion

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