Hello Dark
On 11-Dec-99, you wrote:
> 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?
No, I have a 1A A1200 and a 1B A1200. The 1A is dead. (A1200's don't like
coffee... :( ), the 1B is in a tower and running well. I don't have a
hi-speed serial port, since I have an Ateo Bus and I would prefer to make
use of the spare ISA slots (I have only used one so far!!), 1A's and 1B's
have a full 40pin clock/chip RAM expansion header, the Clock port side is
the rightmost pins, I believe...
> 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.
Yes, some A1200's don't have clock ports at all. The 1D4 and 2B *do *have
timing problems. It's fixed by soldering a resistor on the A1200 M/board I
believe...
> 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.
> :-(
Slow internal port, use 8n1.device it does get that little bit more out, I
can use (wait for it), the internal serial port on my 040/40MHz at 57,600
baud, oh yes! :) How much for the HyperCom anyway, just out of interest...
:) (It's �45 for a Ateo IO card, but you do get 2 serial ports and EPP
parallel port...)
Regards
Nick.
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