Hi everyone. I'm looking for an isa VGA card, a sound card, and an
ne2000 network board. I have 1 16-bit slot and 2 8-bit slots to play
with. This is for an amiga with a 286 bridge board. If anyone has
any they'd be willing to part with, please let me know.
I have a sound blaster and an ne2000 board, but they're both 16-bit.
The amiga 2000 motherboard is setup for 16 bit slots in place of the 2
8-bit slots. The sockets just aren't there. (Not sure why commodore
thought this was a good idea) I could find a donor board and solder
in the extra connectors I guess.
A more interesting solution though would be a 16-bit isa extender and
an expansion chassis. I could put a passive backplane in another
amiga 2000 case and have more 16-bit isa slots than I could fill.
Alas, these extender cards are ridiculously expensive. If you know
where to get these bus extenders new/used at a reasonable price,
please let me know.
So I guess the best solution for now would be a 16-bit vga card and an
8-bit ne2000 board. I'm not sure if the bridgeboard can emulate a
sound blaster through the amiga's sound system, so maybe that's not
needed at all.
brian