Quoting Paul Tansom <paul@???>:
> ** Steve Kirk <steve@???> [2007-11-04 19:01]:
> > On 4 Nov 2007, at 12:25, Rob Malpass wrote:
> > >I find it difficult to part with old (and arguably classic) hardware.
> >
> > There's no arguably about it. It IS an absolute classic in every sense.
> >
> > A lot of old Amiga stuff still gets bought and sold on eBay too.
> >
> > I ditched my A500 back in the early 90's to buy a 486sx25 with DOS 6.2
> > (which I still have!) and still regret it to a certain extent.
> > I've currently still got an Amiga A600, with a mighty 2MB ram and an
> > 880MB hard disk from an old laptop! Works a treat. If you're ever
> > chucking out Amiga stuff, I might be interested! :-)
> >
> > And I'd certainly be interested in tracking down a PCMCIA network card
> > for the A600. I'm pretty sure I've seen them on eBay.
> ** end quote [Steve Kirk]
>
> The ones advertised in eBay as Amiga PCMCIA network cards are generally
> standard cards with an Amiga logo stuck over the card. If you take a
> look at Aminet [1] you'll find a couple of drivers for PCMCIA cards[2].
> One for 3com cards [3] and another ne2000(cnet) one [4]. You just need
> to take a look at the compatibility list and find an old card that
> matches. I've got an old Netgear FA410TX, but haven't yet had the time
> to get it up and running.
>
> Both my A600 and A1200 are lacking and HD and bracket (although the A600
> was an HD verion originally). I have the parts, I just need to fit them.
> The A1200 FD is possibly faulty (although when I investigated it had the
> metal cover from a floppy jammed in it, so it may work now) and the A600
> lacks a FD. I also need to install my 3.1 ROMs in the A1200 so I can in
> stall OS 3.9 on the HD. All I need is the time!
>
> Oh, and if you want some real fun you can pick up an old Prism based
> 11Mbps NIC and go wireless [5]! Oh, and interestingly the Cnet driver
> was updated in August this year!
If you want o make sure the pcmcia network card works you could get a tested
with an amiga NIC from amigakit.com. Also supports amiga dealers as well :)
I have a zorro NIC in my a4000 connnected to my modem/router.
Martin N
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