Hello everybody!
After I ordered a X-Surf 100 NIC from Individual Computers I spotted
After I ordered a X-Surf 100 NIC from Individual Computers IOooh, I would so like to get one of those for my Amiga 2000. Is it
spotted
good?
Hello Joacim!
03 Oct 17 21:46, you wrote to me:
After I ordered a X-Surf 100 NIC from Individual Computers I
spotted
Oooh, I would so like to get one of those for my Amiga 2000. Is it
good?
Well, at least it is working. You would need to set the ZII jumper to
on in an A2000, of course.
The benefit is that you can add an USB module as well to the card and
habe 2x USB 2.0 ports, I think.
It's not that cheap, of course, but an improvement to the old Hydra
NIC I was using...
I think it will be not the last X-Surf 100 I will buy from icomp.de
as I have some more Amigas that might benefit from an upgrade from
Ariadne to X-Surf...
Ingo
I am extremely happy with my X-surf 100. Stable, slick, simple installation. Nothing to complain about! Highly recommended.
Great feedback - thanks Ingo. Gonna buy one for my A2000.
Well, at least it is working. You would need to set the ZII jumper to
on in an A2000, of course.
Hello Joacim!
04 Oct 17 21:33, you wrote to me:
Great feedback - thanks Ingo. Gonna buy one for my A2000.
Well, I enjoy my X-Surf 100 as well, especially as it is faster than
the Hydra, but when I would have an Ariadne inside of an A2000 I
don't think I would consider using an X-Surf 100, except for the
reason of having the USB stuff working as well.
OTOH I already have a broken Ariadne that looses it's MAC address for
some unknown reason.
So, in an A2000 you won't get much speed improvements over an
Ariadne, because of ZorroII bus. If you're looking for attaching USB stuff, than I would say: go for it!
It's not that you'll get full 100 Mbit/s in ZorroIII mode either. It
will silghtly faster than a 10 Mbit/s card, but it's new hardware, it
has USB connectivity and it supports one of the few still existing
Amiga hardware vendors. :-)
PS: last week I enjoyed a visit to Stockholm, mostly walking around Gamlastan. Only bad thing was that we didn't had enough time to visit
Hard Rock Cafe, before we needed to get back onto our cruise ship.
What can I use the USB port for?
A license of the USB stack "Poseidon" and corresponding drivers are
included with the card. Product support is only done by individual
Computers and our resellers.
Hard Rock Cafe... it's overrated. You didn't miss a thing. :D
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