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A2065 |
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Company Commodore, USA | | Date 1990 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 514 / 90,112
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Ethernet interface
- based on the Ameristar Ethernet Controller
- AMD Am7990 Ethernet controller
- 10 Mbit/s transfer speed
- 32 kB buffer shared between the Am7990 and the Amiga
- uses DMA transfers for the onboard buffer
- BNC and DB15 (AUI) connectors
- Thick Ethernet 10Base5
- segment length: 500 meters without repeaters
- network length: 2500 meters without repeaters
- 100 nodes per segment
- min. node spacing: 2.5 meters
- requires transceiver cable
- Thin Ethernet 10Base2
- segment length: 185 meters without repeaters
- network length: 925 meters without repeaters
- 30 nodes per segment
- min. node spacing: 0.5 meters
- no direct support for 10BaseT
- SANA II and MNI drivers
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
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A4066 |
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Company Ameristar Technologies, USA | | Date 1993 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 1053 / 10
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Ethernet interface
- SMSC Ethernet chip
- supports 10BaseT, Thick AUI, 10Base2 connections
- 10 Mbit/s transfer speed
- 64 kB packet buffer
- diagnostic LED for link and collision status
- ROM socket for network boot application
- SANA II compatible
- supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
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AmigaNet |
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Company Hydra Systems, UK | | Date 1990 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2121 / 1
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Ethernet interface
- National Semiconductor DP8390 Ethernet controller
- 16 kB SRAM buffer using DMA to and from the DP8390
- AmigaNet v1.0 & 1.1:
- DB15 AUI port (10Base5)
- one or two BNC (10Base2) connectors - in case of two BNCs there is no need for T connectors, Hydras can be simply daisychained
- AmigaNet v1.2:
- one BNC (10Base2) connector
- one RJ45 (10BaseT) connector mounted on the card or one DB15 AUI connector mounted on a separate card plate
- status LEDs
- SANA II compatible driver (hydra.device)
- 30% slower than the Commodore A2065
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
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Ethernet interface
- ANet is basically a Hydra AmigaNet distributed by GVP
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Ariadne |
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Company Village Tronic, Germany | | Date 1994 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2167 / 201
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Ethernet interface
- AMD Am7990 Ethernet controller
- 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors
- the two protocols are selectable by software
- 32 kB buffer
- supports multicast / broadcast (multicast is only supported by ariadne.device v1.26 or later)
- socket for optional boot EPROM
- four LEDs display connection information
- LED1 (left) shows Twisted Pair MAU Link Status (only 10BaseT)
- LED2 Transmit Status
- LED3 Collision
- LED4 (right) Receive Status
- internal LED header for connecting external control LEDs - this header is connected to the LEDs on the board
- SANA II compatible driver
- support for up to ten Ariadne boards in one machine
- 20% faster in receiving than the Commodore A2065
- two additional DB25 parallel ports
- 26 pin internal header provides connection for the second DB25 parallel port
- SANA II compatible PLIP driver
- ParNet driver
- the integrated parallel port is ariadnepar.device unit 0, the optional second port is unit 1
- parallel ports on additional Ariadne cards are unit 2, unit 3, etc.
- supports the A-Max IV Macintosh emulator (from ariadne.device v1.28)
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
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Ariadne II |
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Company Village Tronic, Germany | | Date 1998 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2167 / 202
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Ethernet interface
- Realtek RTL8019AS Ethernet controller
- a cost reduced version of the original Ariadne (it costs half as much)
- 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors
- supports full-duplex on 10BaseT
- the two protocols are selectable by software
- 32 kB buffer
- early versions need PGA upgrade to work reliably
- socket for optional boot EPROM
- 10% slower than the original Ariadne
- AmiTCP Genesis included
- SANA II compatible driver
- supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD
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ConneXion |
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Company Zeus Electronic Development, Germany | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2189 / 1 514 / 112
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Ethernet interface
- AMD Am7990 or Am79C90 Ethernet controller chip
- 32 kB buffer
- 10Base2 (BNC) and 10Base5 (AUI) connectors
- socket for optional boot EPROM
- A2065 emulation mode - selectable by jumper
- uses the drivers of the A2065
- even the autoconfig IDs are set to the A2065's
- the 79C90 IC may cause compatibilty problems, it is advisable replace it with a 7990, which is also on the A2065
- the native mode uses a slightly different memory layout which allows an additional ROM on the board (though there is no empty socket for it)
- SANA II compatible
- slightly faster than the Commodore A2065
- the BNC port is sometimes unreliable, the card works best with the AUI port
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Ethernet Controller |
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Company Ameristar Technologies, USA | | Date 1988 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 1053 / 1
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Ethernet interface
- AMD Am7990 Ethernet controller
- 10 Mbit/s transfer speed
- 32 kB buffer shared between the Am7990 and the Amiga
- uses DMA transfers for the onboard buffer
- 10Base2 (BNC) and 10Base5 (DB15 AUI) connectors
- no direct support for 10BaseT
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Highway |
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Company E3B, Germany | | Date 2002 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2145 / 200
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USB interface
- four USB connectors
- compatible with USB 1.1 and 2.0 specifications (but supports only USB 1.1 transfer speeds)
- all ports are protected against overvoltage and short circuit
- integrated power management on port by port base
- 38 pin expansion header for the ethernet module or for serial/parallel port expansions (HyperCom 3i)
- high speed clock port
optional FlashROM module - ROMulus
- 512 kB flash ROM (256k×16)
- reprogrammable up to 10.000 times - easy reprogramming by included software
- software modules are automatically inserted by bootloader
- can be deactivated at boot time
- connects to the 38 pin expansion connector
- passthrough connector for the Norway Ethernet module
optional 10 Mbit Ethernet module - Norway
- connects to the 38 pin expansion connector
- NE2000 compatible chip with integrated 16 kB buffer
- RJ45 (10BaseT) internal connector
- DB9 external connector - a DB9 to RJ45 adaptor is supplied
- network status display by four LEDs
- SANA II driver
notes
- requires at least 68030 @ 25 MHz
- has problems with RBM Onboard Zorro busboards
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IOBlix |
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Company RBM Digitaltechnik, Germany | | Date 1998 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 4711 / 1
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serial and parallel interface
- ST16C654 interface chip
- four serial ports with up to 460800 bps transfer speed (9 pin)
- one 500 kB/s buffered EPP/ECP uni/bidirectional parallel port (25 pin)
- 64 byte FIFO buffer for the serial ports
- 16 byte FIFO buffer for the parallel port(s)
- can be upgraded up to 8 kB FIFO memory which can be related to each module
- modular interface
- optional second parallel port (ST78C36 chip + cable)
- optional Ethernet module
- planned modules: AHI sound card, IDE ports, two-way infrared controller (IrDA)
- driver for parallel ZIP drives and scanners (ioblixepp.device)
- up to five IOBlix cards are supported in one Amiga
- the IOBlix end plate is blank, reserved for connectors of the planned optional modules
- all the serial and parallel ports are on separate plates
optional Ethernet interface
- 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors (some revisions lack the 10Base2 connector)
- automatic detection of the used connector
- full duplex
- SANA 2 driver
- requires IOBlix firmware 2.0
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LAN Rover (EB920) |
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Company ASDG, USA | | Date 1990 / 1992 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 1023 / 254
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Ethernet interface
- DP8390 controller IC
- LAN Rover:
- 10Base2 and 10Base5 connectors
- two 8 kB SRAM buffers
- EB920:
- 10Base2 connector only
- two 32 kB SRAM buffers but uses only 16 kB of each
- buffers are accessed with DMA
- adjustable interrupt settings
- network address ROM - some boards shipped without it and needed manual hardware address configuration
- SANA II compatible
- supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
- 10-20% slower than the Commodore A2065
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Norway |
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Company E3B, Germany | | Date 2002 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Highway
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Ethernet interface
- connects to the 38 pin expansion connector of the Highway USB interface
- NE2000 compatible chip with integrated 16 kB buffer
- RJ45 (10BaseT) internal connector
- DB9 external connector - a DB9 to RJ45 adaptor is supplied
- network status display by four LEDs
- SANA II driver
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QuickNet 500 & 2000 |
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Company Resource Management Force, Australia | | Date 1994 | | Amiga A500 A2000, A3000, A4000
| - - | Interface side expansion port Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2011 / 2
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Ethernet interface
- A500: either 10BaseT or 10Base2 connectors, connects to the side expansion port
- Zorro: AUI (Thick Ethernet) and either 10Base2 (Thin Ethernet) or 10BaseT (Twisted Pair) connectors
- Fujitsu MB86950 controller
- 64 kB buffer
- EPROM contains both a SANA II compatible driver and the QuickNet networking software
- the server machine has to run a disk based software too
- the software does not detect the addresses of the boards itself, it has to be entered manually
- supported by NetBSD
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Unity |
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Company Kato Development, Germany | | Date 1999 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
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clock port and PCMCIA interface
- allows using expansions initially done for the A1200
- onboard high speed serial interface - the same as Twister 1200
- the card is prepared for an onboard parallel interface
- two clock ports, one PCMCIA port and one external serial port
- variable bus speed - it makes possible to run expansions nearly as slow as in the A1200 but it's even possible to go up to twice that speed
- optional PCMCIA Ethernet modules
Unity-Net 10
- 10Base-T and 10Base-2 connectors
- 16 kB databuffer
- auto detection of TwistedPair / BNC connection
Unity-Net 100
- 100Base-TX connector
- 64 kB databuffer
- auto negotiation of 10Base-T and 100Base-TX
Notes
- the Unity never left prototype status
- standard version was too expensive
- the cost reduced version was easily destroyable due to lacking buffers
Ethernet interface
- Realtek 8019AS chipset
- 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors
- automatic detection of the used connector
- 10 Mbit transfer rate (20 Mbit fullduplex on twisted-pair)
- 16 kB databuffer
- autoprefetch
- automatic polarity correction for 10BaseT
- Noise Filter Bus Interface ensures proper function in heavy-loaded Zorro systems
- SANA 2 driver (MNI driver is in development)
- supported by NetBSD
expansion ports
- 26 pin expansion port compatible with the one on the Buddha/Catweasel controllers
- two clock ports for A1200 expansions
- two IDE ports: 3,5" and 2,5" - as free add-ons to the X-Surf
- can be activated by the IDE-fix software package
- autobooting is not possible with these ports
- the timing is not configurable
- preemptive use of IDE devices - necessary for CD-writers - is impossible
- all expansion ports are independent from each other and can be used at the same time
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Ethernet interface
- Realtek 8019AS chipset
- 10BaseT connector
- 10 Mbit transfer rate
- fullduplex and supports auto-negotiation
- 16 kB databuffer
- autoprefetch
- automatic polarity correction
- Noise Filter Bus Interface ensures proper function in heavy-loaded Zorro systems
- SANA 2 and PPPoE drivers (MNI driver is in development)
- supported by NetBSD
expansion ports
- 26 pin expansion port compatible with the one on the Buddha/Catweasel controllers
- two clock ports for A1200 expansions
- two IDE ports: 3,5" and 2,5"
- can be activated by the IDE-fix software package
- autobooting is not possible with these ports
- the timing is not configurable
- preemptive use of IDE devices - necessary for CD-writers - is impossible
- all expansion ports are independent from each other and can be used at the same time
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