Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Elbox, Poland | Date 1998 | Amiga A1200 | Interface Kickstart socket, Gayle | Autoconfig ID 2206 / 8,16,182206 / 19,24,53 |
- Fast EIDE Controller
- supports PIO0, PIO3 and PIO4 devices
- meets the ATA 3 and Fast ATA 2 specifications
- up to 16.6 MB/s transfer speed
- totally replaces the A1200's IDE controller by attaching to the Gayle and the ROMs
- the ROMs have to be plugged onto the FastATA main board
- a small fly has to be attached to pin 39 of the old IDE header
- small cutout on the board allows access to the clock port for Catweasel users
- three IDE headers:
- two 40 pin, 3.5" (primary and secondary)
- one 44 pin, 2.5" (primary)
- the primary and secondary buses can be accessed at different speeds
- up to four IDE or ATAPI devices can be connected at once
- buffered and cached interface
- reset switch connector
- unconventional handling of >4 GB devices - they are simply split into separate logical 4 GB blocks
- supported by Linux
- Variations
- FastATA 1200 Lite
- supports 16 bit ATA transfers only
- can be upgraded to full 32 bit FastATA by simply plugging in the upgrade chip
- FastATA 1200 Mk2
- improved firmware in the PLD chips
- newer autoboot ROM
- FastATA 1200 Mk3/Mk4
- 48-bit LBA capability to support hard drives beyond the 137GB (up to 2TB)
- Notes
- expansion was sold as Winner High Speed IDE by Vesalia and as PowerFlyer / PowerFlyer Junior by Power Computing
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