Marv ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Wed, 08 Dec 1999 22:21:08 +0100:
> Here's a serious subject I'd like some advise on, to liven up the list
>
> There seems to be varying opinion of the advantages of a serial interface
> over the Amigas built in interface. In particular this is regarding a
> lesser equiped Amiga. All (both) the mags seem to focus (and to an extent
> understandably) on a '060 equipped Amiga saying a new serial interface is a
> must. Unfortunately due to the financial constraints imposed on me by a
> hash British student funding system I am not in a position to hugely
> upgrade. I currently am running a Blizzard-IV with a '030 50Mhz 10Mb Ram,
> no graphics card, and a cheap V.90 56K modem. Is the addition of a Silver
> Surfer or other clock-port serial interface going to make agreat difference
> to this set-up. I'd be particularly interested to hear from anyone with a
> similar setup who've tried or use one.
Be wary of the revision board you have. I speak from experience. I have a
similar setup, and my old revision 1B board refuses to work correctly with
either the Hypercom or the IOBlix serial cards. I don't know about the Silver
Surfer, but I'm not optomistic. Am I the only one on this list with an Amiga
that old?
Apparently, newer revisions don't even have the clock port expansion pins, and
revisions 1D4 and 2B have timing problems which some clock port expansions don't
like without modifications. These modifications cost �30 + P&P, which seems a
bit steep when a 2nd hand A1200 can cost roughly the same.
Incidentally, I now have a new Hypercom which I can't use, and seemingly no way
of contacting Chris Wiles to arrange any alternative. I may need to sell it at
a loss soon and resign myself to the slow internal serial port. :-(
--
Ta
Wayne
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Setup:
Using desktop A1200 (rev 1B, WB3.0) with Blizzard 1230/50
16+2 Mb, 4 Gb, x24 CD via Eyetech EZCD-SE
MagicXpress V90
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