[Forum] Any interest in Zorro cards? | ANN.lu |
Posted on 16-Dec-2001 01:32 GMT by Ian Stedman | 147 comments View flat View list |
I am currently toying with the idea of designing a Zorro card for the Amiga. What would the interest be in a card with the following:
10/100 mbit Ethernet, 2 X High speed serial ports, 1 X ECP/EPP parallel port & IrDa?
There is some preliminary information on my website
I am also looking at the possibility of adding a Zorro to ISA bridge and making the card work in Zorro 2 and Zorro 3 Amigas.
Are there any other features you would like?
If you are interested, please email me. If there is enough interest I will look at making some prototypes and if feasible, a short production run.
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Any interest in Zorro cards? : Comment 102 of 147 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 18-Dec-2001 12:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 100 (Hans-Joerg Frieden): > Just to get a few facts mentioned:
Sure, Hans-Joerg, just keep your hair on. I wasn't being critical this time.
> I want to point out that if we where asked for a licence we
> would grant it. And just because we don't want to specifically
> support it with our software doesn't mean that others won't do.
Sure, but at the moment there is only a bit of a workaround available, and not officially supported by anyone. I'm sure that if a Warp3D license for Amithlon becomes viable it will be discussed.
> You might want to mention that we gave support to Harald for
> getting Warp3D to work, to a certain extend. Others have paid
> us for this, so there are limits.
Absolutely. I repeat, I wasn't criticising this time.
> I beg your pardon? Why should we say "requires Amithlon"?
*Sigh*. I didn't say that you should have said it "requires Amithlon". However, the readme says clearly that FreeSpace MUST have a 3D card if running the 68k version, or a PPC with any card. However, FreeSpace works just fine on Amithlon with no 3D hardware (i.e. software rendering on an emulated 040).
Again, it is a fact that you don't support Amithlon. I didn't say anything about you "preventing" anything from working on it. I simply remarked that the system check program included with the demo is kinda superficial, reading components and ASSUMING resulting performance, rather than actually reflecting real performance levels. Don't you agree that this is true? |
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