Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!sbcs!eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!dtiberio From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: More A500 HD questions Message-ID: <1991Apr9.210135.17082@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 9 Apr 91 21:01:35 GMT References: Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 53 In article pk1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul A. Karlin) writes: >I have lots of information to sort through, and I'd like to thank all >of you who responded so far, but I definitely do not have all I'm >looking for just yet. > >First of all, I have NO information on the Dataflyer 500. Has ANYONE >seen or heard of this controller?? I have yet to see it, but I know that it is supposed to match the height of the a500 case, so it will probably look like the supra drive. It has an 8 megabyte expansion board, and a power supply. It is also one of the least expensive. It is made by Expansion Systems. > >Also, a lot of people have been giving me very vague information about >the Trumpcard's reliability. I either get "I have no problems with >mine," or "I heard they have some problems." I'd like to know of any >SPECIFIC difficulties that anyone has had with a Trumpcard/Quantum >setup. There is a new IVS controller called the Grand Slam, which has 8 megs instead of 4. One nice thing about the Trumpcard/Meta4 is that they work in a2000 slots too. > >Finally, someone (whose name escapes me at the moment -- sorry) >mentioned a new, not-yet-released controller called the Starblazer >500. Does anyone have any info on it? From what I have heard, it >sounds very nice. It is very small, and stands vertically next to the a500. It is a little taller than the 25 pin interface cable you would use for a printer or modem. It is about one inch thick. It also has some sort of expansion port for an accelerator chip (68020 or 68030). Last of all, it is supposed to get 450k or 900k data transfers, depending on what model you get. It is made by M.A.S.T. > >Thanks again in advance, and extra thanks to all of you who have >helped me so far. > >--Paul Karlin > pk1s@andrew.cmu.edu > >******************************************************************************* >Carnegie Mellon University -- Pittsburgh, PA -- Undergraduate Class of 1994 -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN Tomas Arce Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :) Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.