5 Dec
2005
5 Dec
'05
9:14 p.m.
Rumor has it that Adrian Graham may have mentioned these words:
Although they *can* because CF can emulate IDE and (at least) the 4000T has
IDE on board, it's not hot-swappable, and you'd have to tear into the case
to [un]hook the adapter to the IDE bus. I was rather hoping for something a
little easier... ;-)
Unless you're talking something later than the 4KT -- that I wouldn't know
about.
.....I've never seen an ISA bridgeboard :)
Would one of the '286 or '386 emulator cards also include said bridgeboard?
It seems those are more readily available -- it kinda sucks to power a
whole 2nd computer (that I'd not plan on using) just to get ISA
compatibility, but like I always say: If it's stupid but works, it ain't
stupid. ;-)
(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.
And that was my hope as well... if I could get PCMCIA working on a 4KT,
then *maybe* that would open the door to expansion without trying to find
Zorro-based schtuff.
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
Hrm... Interesting. I'll have to keep that in mind...
Thanks!
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????