5 Dec
2005
5 Dec
'05
8:32 p.m.
On 5/12/05 19:56, "Roger Merchberger" <zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:
It looks like there's 1 slot on the 4000T
motherboard that might be an ISA
slot - is it? If so, will a plain-jane NE2000 compatible network card work
on the thing? (I would think there's drivers for something like that... but
who knows at this point.)
It IS an ISA slot but you also need a Zorro bridgeboard to activate the
pins, on a stock motherboard there's only power and ground lines available
to let you run passive things like fans.....I've never seen an ISA
bridgeboard :) As for the drivers I guess google is your friend.
Here's the *even* weirder idea: I have access to
an ISA-based PCMCIA kit,
which gives you to front-accessible PCMCIA slots. Are there Amiga drivers
for any PCMCIA ethernet kit? (I'm also thinking of using it to access
Compact Flash drives... ;-)
Don't the later amiga clones use compact flash etc as storage? Also, the
A1200 has a PCMCIA slot that likes 16 bit cards....I was told here last week
that certain PCMCIA network cards will work so at least there's some hope.
it up (beyond floppy, and I ain't doin' that),
and no easy way (other than
burning CDs) to get stuff on it, I've not really been "motivated" enough
to
diddle with it as of yet.
Get yourself a copy of Cloanto's Amiga Explorer. It's about $20, runs over a
standard serial cable and puts your Amiga into the winduhs Explorer window
so you can have instant access to drives and folders etc. I use it to
transfer stuff all the time.
Www.cloanto.com
(no relation to them, etc)
Cheers
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?