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From: root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Root)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ameristar A1000 boards, ASDG A2000 and 1 plus/ the Future
Message-ID: <919@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 88 02:09:09 GMT
References: <6400@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <1064@hao.ucar.edu> <913@sbcs.UUCP> <1069@hao.ucar.edu>
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Summary: Ameristar A1000 Ethernet card

In article <1069@hao.ucar.edu>, hull@hao.ucar.edu (Howard Hull) writes:
> think is necessary to do that.  I was sort of hoping that some bright
> soul would pop up an article that said something to the effect of (To me:)
> "Ok, you nerd.  You could have called Ameristar, and they would have
> told you that SuchnSucha Distribution Company has 150 of 'em in stock,
> Thanks for the info you've contributed so far, Rick...  [But I want MORE :-)]

	Noone has stock on the card.  T'aint sold through distributors.

> Did someone ask - "Is there a Zorro-II Ameristar card for the Amiga side?"

	Huh?  Ameristar sells a Zorro-II Ethernet card for the [AB]2000.
	Do you mean a Zorro-II form factor card that plugs into an
	adaptor which plugs (somehow) into the A1000 card edge connector?
	Such a beastie could be done, as the card is setup to fake enough
	of the expansion architecture to run in such a mode.

> 		  "What's its part number and list price?"

	xyzzy-1 :-).

> 		  "Is there an IBM compatible Ameristar card for the IBM side?"

	No, you can buy IBM Ethernet card from about 10 different 
	manufacturers.  That market is well covered.

> 		  "Is it 8088, XT, or AT compatible, or all three?"

	All three.  There are PC Ethernet cards for the XT bus (buys you AT
	automatically), and even ones for the PS/2 bus.

> 		  "What's its part number and list price?"

	The one I've used in my PC/AT is the 3Com 3C501.

> 
> "Anything worth doing right with an IBM PC...
> 				is not worth doing at all with anything else."
> 
> 						Howard Hull
> 						hull@hao.ucar.edu

Anyways, enough of this.  Howard, if you *really* want an A1000 card, I think
we can dredge up one of the cards we use in the lab and sell it to you. Me
thinks this is a dead issue.

					Rick Spanbauer