Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Protar, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 4149 / 51,52 |
- SCSI controller
- uses polled I/O instead of DMA transfer
- autoboot ROM - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- not RDB compatible
- supports SCSI Direct
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- hard disk activity LED
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- memory
- one 72 pin SIMM socket accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 1, 2, 4 and 8 MB configurations
- supports only special Protar SIMMs
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port, has no passthrough connector
- stylish design matches the A500
- disable switch - turns off both RAM and hard disk
- the connector of the optional external power supply has the same pinout as that of the A500
- when a power supply is connected to the Protar, the A500 does not need its supply any longer, it gets its power from the Protar
Board, front side
Board, back side
Case, front side
Case, rear side
Case, front side
inside side
- Protar_A500_HD.pdf
Benutzerhandbuch (german user manual)
47 kB
- Protar500HD-14.dms
install disk v1.4
Protar Manager v1.31, protarscsi.device v1.193 (9 Nov 1991)
378 kB - Protar500HD-22.dms
install disk v2.2
Protar Manager v1.128, protarscsi.device 2.17 (28 Jun 1992)
367 kB - Protar500HD_ROM.bin
ROM image
32 kB
Advert (DE)
1991-05
Advert (DE)
1991-06
Advert (GB)
1991-09