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Protar A500 HD
Manufacturer
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
Photos
Board, front side
Case, front side
Case, rear side
Case, front side
inside side
Board, back side
Manual
Protar_A500_HD.pdf
Benutzerhandbuch (german user manual)
47 kB
Driver / Installation Disk
Protar500HD-22.dms
install disk v2.2
Protar Manager v1.128, protarscsi.device 2.17 (28 Jun 1992)
367 kB
Protar500HD-14.dms
install disk v1.4
Protar Manager v1.31, protarscsi.device v1.193 (9 Nov 1991)
378 kB
Protar500HD_ROM.bin
ROM image
32 kB
Vintage Advert
Advert (DE)
1991-05
Advert (DE)
1991-06
Advert (GB)
1991-09