IDE-Fix Express Buffered IDE (A1200)
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IDEFIX Express: Speed up IDE on your Amiga 1200 up to 5.1MB/sec
Package Contents
4x Way IDE Buffered Interface + IDE Cable (see below for length options) IDE-Fix Express Adapter + loop cable (15cm) IDE-Fix '97 Licenced Floppy Disk Instructions in English and German4-drive buffered and terminated IDE interface for the A1200
The IDE-fix adapter doubles the internal IDE port of your A1200. At the same time it's an adapter from the rather uncommon 2.5 inch standard to the less expensive 3.5 inch standard connections. The first of the two IDE outputs is available as 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch connector, to you can use existing cables. The IDE-fix adapter is buffered and terminated. That means that your Amiga is shielded from noise that is caused by long cables, so it continues working reliably without crashing. There are adapters by other vendors that are not buffered or terminated.
This IDE-fix adapter is shipped together with an original IDE-fix 97 license by Elaborate Bytes
IDE-fix 97 Key features:
use cheap Atapi CD-Rom drives use removable IDE/Atapi devices (Syquest, IDE-ZIP, LS120) supports TD64-commands - harddisk capacities larger than 4 GBytes possible! IDE harddisk autopark Atapi CD-changers (NEC, Sanyo, Torisan) are perfectly supported (CD-change
can be done either by a program, or by a separate icon for each inserted
CD) Cache CD filesystem included! CD-32 emulator included!IDE-fix Express adapter - your controller switches to turbo!
It is installed over top of the Gayle chip of the A1200, and a small cable connects express-adapter and IDE-fix adapter.
Transfer rates of more than 5.1 MBytes per second are reached with the
express adapter. The two IDE-ports are now handled as if they were two
separate IDE controllers, that means that two actions can be handled at
a time - this is perfect for IDE-CD writers, because writing a CD requires
reading from harddisk and writing to CD simultaneously. The writer-software
"MakeCD" supports all common IDE/Atapi CD writers.
Not every IDE/Atapi device can handle the high speed of the IDE-fix Express.
Older harddisks or single speed CD-Roms would not benefit from the higher
controller speed, and some models even refuse to work with express-timing.
In such a case, each port can be configured to be non-express separately,
so you don't have to make backups of your harddisk when upgrading to a
new harddisk.
A special gadget is the diagnosis-software that checks for the correct
connection between the IDE-fix adapter and the express-adapter. If the
cable has been plugged the wrong way round, the computer will start normally,
and nothing will break. Only the diagnosis-software will nag.
New revision 2 board features expansion connector for optional clockport expander.
IDEFIX Express adapter boards
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