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Squirrel & Surf Squirrel
Company
HiSoft, UK
Date
1995 & 1996
Amiga
A600, A1200
Interface
PCMCIA
    SCSI 2 controller
  • Surf Squirrel (1996) has an additional RS232 serial port, Squirrel (1995) is SCSI only
  • does not use DMA transfer - no CPU time when accessing SCSI devices
  • may be inserted or removed without rebooting or switching off the Amiga
  • no automount and autoboot capability - requires a boot disk
  • 50 pin Centronics SCSI connector
Driver / Installation Disk
Vintage Advert

Advert (GB)
1994-12

Surf Squirrel
Company
HiSoft, UK
Date
1996
Amiga
A600, A1200
Interface
PCMCIA
    SCSI controller
  • 53C96 controller IC
  • up to 2.5 MB/s transfer speed (2× faster than the original Squirrel)
  • no autoboot ROM - booting requires an initial floppy access for drivers at power-up
  • 50 pin Centronics connector
    serial interface
  • 16C550 controller IC
  • 57600 bps transfer rate on a basic A600
  • 115200 bps on a basic A1200
  • 230400 bps with accelerators
  • DB9 serial port
  • supported by Linux
Photos
HiSoft Surf Squirrel - Exterior with cable top side
Exterior with cable, top side
HiSoft Surf Squirrel - Board back side
Board, back side
HiSoft Surf Squirrel - Board front side
Board, front side
Driver / Installation Disk