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AlfaPower
Manufacturer
Alfa Data / BSC
, Taiwan
Date
1992
Amiga
A500
Interface
side expansion port
Autoconfig ID
2092 / 6,8
IDE controller
uses polled I/O, not DMA transfer
RDB compatible
40 and 44 pin internal IDE headers
place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
uses the same autoboot ROMs as the
BSC AT-Bus 508 / 2008
can use the same partitioning software as the AT-Bus series (HDInstTools)
memory
sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
supports either static column or page mode ZIPs
accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
notes
connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
RAM and HD can be disabled by switches on the top of the case
connector for the optional external power supply, though it can use power from the A500
Photos
front side
back side
Manual
BSC-HD.pdf
Controller Hardware and Software Installation Manual (english/german)
443 kB
Driver / Installation Disk
AlfaPower-24.dms
install disk (HDInstTools v2.4)
227 kB
AlfaPower_AT-Bus_ROM-610.zip
ROM v6.10
13 kB
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106 kB
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