1 Dec
2000
1 Dec
'00
6:17 a.m.
--- Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
At 03:06 PM 11/30/00 -0800, you wrote:
It's been around for a long time. My first ISA bridge for the Amiga was
"The Wedge" - IIRC, about $200-something in 1987 - 8-bit only with drivers
for only the WesternDigital WX-1 and clones. I got an ST-225 w/Everex WX-1
card (larger than the real thing, unfortunately, because it was hanging off
the side of the Amiga and blocked the mouse port - I had to make an extension
cable). It was about 200kb/sec because the 8Mhz 68K was wheezing along
doing 8-bit PIO. I put together a 20Mb disk solution for $500 out-of-pocket
when a CLtd. SCSI system was ~$1000. Think about that compared to today - $50
per meg!
After that came the Golden Gate II Bridge Card by David Salomon. When he
graduated in 1994, he put up the designs and manufacturing rights for sale;
I bought them. The part that keeps this on topic is that while the card
is <10 years old, it goes in Amiga 2000s, Amiga 3000s, etc., from 1990 and
before.
I still have new, in-the-box GG2 Bus+ bridge cards
w/original warranty.
They come with NE2000 drivers (along with other, non-NIC
drivers) but there
are also SMC/WesternDigital drivers on the web page
Hi Ethan,
That's pretty cool...I don't remember seeing anything on those before. How much do they generally go for?
$99.95, MSRP. I'll throw in free ground shipping as a bonus to anyone on
the list (and an ISA NIC while my limited supplies last). Blank boards
and a parts list are $10 plus shipping (got more than I'll ever make).
I was referring to some of the shareware stuff on
Aminet that had a driver
actually running on the Bridgeboard CPU, passing stuff from it to the Amiga
side. The extra layer seemed to slow it down a little but it was a viable
alternative for those that had the Bridgeboards and a cheap ISA NIC card.
Right. I knew about that but I never tried it either. I have a couple of
A2088 bridge cards but not enough time to fiddle with it.
...I already had full slots with my GVP Spectrum, DKB
SCSI board and Emplant
Deluxe.
That's been the problem lately - most Amiga power users who want networking
have already filled their machines. A two-slot Ethernet solution isn't
viable for someone willing to drop the money for networking in the first
place.
I always like my various Amiga's....it's too
bad that even the A4000
would no longer meet my needs for an 'everyday' machine.
Browsing and watching mpegs are why my A4000 is no longer my everyday
machine. I used to read news, write code, do e-mail, etc., all from
my A1000 (then A3000, then A4000) from 1986 through about 1997 or so.
I am ashamed to admit that I just don't use my Amiga much anymore. I
suppose Linux hacking has displaced that sector of my time. It's a pity;
they were *fun* machines. I spent a lot of time writing code and
fiddling with the hardware (my A1000 has a Rejuvinator, a Spirit Inboard,
a Starboard and a ROM switcher - OS1.3 and OS2.x, 5Mb RAM, SCSI - about
as far as you can take it without adding slots).
-ethan
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