Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Microbotics, USA | Date 1986 | Amiga A1000 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1010 / 0 |
- memory
- 512 kB, 1 or 2 MB zero-wait state RAM
- 32 256k×1, 150 ns DIPs for 1 MB RAM (on "Main Deck")
- optional "Upper Deck" module with 32 DIPs for the other 1 MB
- both decks have four sockets for parity chips which can be utilized with the Multifunction module
- two StarBoards can be connected together for 4 MB RAM total
- optional Multifunction module
- 68881 @ 14 MHz
- StickyDisk - rebootable ram disk with hardware write protection
- allows parity checking of memory in the host StarBoard when extra parity RAM is installed - if a parity error is detected, the Amiga crashes with a GURU message
- battery backed up clock
- optional SCSI controller - StarDrive
- AMD 5380 controller IC
- pseudo-DMA
- DB25 external SCSI connector
- battery backed up clock
- notes
- one StarBoard can hold either a Multifunction or a SCSI module, as they connect to the same headers
- connects to the A1000 side expansion port
- removing the StarBoard's case, it can be installed in the A2000 using the SB2000 Zorro II adaptor card
- passthrough connector
front side
back side
Upper Deck, front side
Upper Deck, back side
MultiFunction module, front side
MultiFunction module, back side
StarDrive module, front side
StarDrive module, back side
- Starboard2.pdf
user manual
2.3 MB - Starboard2_SB2000.pdf
user manual for SB2000 Zorro Adaptor
359 kB
- 8Up_StarBoard2.dms
Memory Test disk v3.11
296 kB
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