Hrm... Weird Amiga Idea...

[Adrian Graham]

On 5/12/05 19:56, "Roger Merchberger" <zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:

> It looks like there's 1 slot on the 4000T motherboard that might be an ISA
> slot - is it? If so, will a plain-jane NE2000 compatible network card work
> on the thing? (I would think there's drivers for something like that... but
> who knows at this point.)

It IS an ISA slot but you also need a Zorro bridgeboard to activate the
pins, on a stock motherboard there's only power and ground lines available
to let you run passive things like fans.....I've never seen an ISA
bridgeboard :) As for the drivers I guess google is your friend.
 
> Here's the *even* weirder idea: I have access to an ISA-based PCMCIA kit,
> which gives you to front-accessible PCMCIA slots. Are there Amiga drivers
> for any PCMCIA ethernet kit? (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.
 
> it up (beyond floppy, and I ain't doin' that), and no easy way (other than
> burning CDs) to get stuff on it, I've not really been "motivated" enough to
> diddle with it as of yet.

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

(no relation to them, etc)

Cheers

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