Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “HK-Computer”
12 expansions in database
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface floppy port |
- allows attaching external floppy drives without daisy chaining them
- three DB23 floppy ports
- selector switches for every port
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Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- four ZIP sockets with 2 MB RAM
- 1M×4, 70 - 80 ns ZIPs
- can be configured as 512 kB Chip + 2 MB Fast RAM or as 1 MB Chip and 1.5 MB Fast RAM
- battery backed up clock
- the main board connects to the trapdoor slot, the adaptor board connects to the Gary's socket
Advert (DE)
1992-02
Advert (DE)
1992-06
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A500 |
- 2 MB Fast RAM expansion
- connects to the 40 pin expansion header of the Commodore A570
- four 1M×4 chips soldered on board
- nothing else is required to be on the board as the multiplexing circuit is already in the A570
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Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- four DIP sockets with 512 kB RAM
- 256k×4 (514256), 70 - 80 ns DIPs
- battery backed up clock
- clock write protection
- clock disable jumper
- memory disable jumper
- connects to the trapdoor slot
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Advert (DE)
1992-02
Advert (DE)
1992-06
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface 68000 socket |
- 16 ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 and 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 6.5, 8 MB configurations
- connects to the 68000 socket - the 68000 is replaced onto the board
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Advert (DE)
1992-02
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A1200 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- optional PLCC or PGA FPU up to 68882 @ 50 MHz
- one 72 pin SIMM socket accepts 8 MB RAM
- supports 1, 2, 4, 8 MB SIMMs
- does not conflict with the PCMCIA address space
- battery backed up clock
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 6148 / 0 |
- 64 DIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations with autoconfig
- the 6 MB configuration works only with autoconfig disabled - the memory has to be added by software
- accepts 1M×1, 70 - 120 ns DIPs
- running a 6 MB card together with a BridgeBoard requires replacing a PAL
- not compatible with A2000-A motherboards
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Advert (DE)
1992-02
Advert (DE)
1992-06
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2113 / 227 |
- serial and parallel interface
- up to two bidirectional parallel ports
- up to four serial ports - one 25 pin and three 9 pin ports
- revision below 2.7
- max 57600 bps transfer speed
- each two ports must be used at the same transfer speed when using rates above 19200 bps (below mixing is possible)
- guaranteed transfer rates: 38400 bps on 68000, 57600 on 68020
- hardware bug: lines for DSR and CD are switched on port SER3 - this is corrected by software
- revision 2.7 or above
- max 115200 bps transfer speed (replacing an oscillator is necessary)
- each two ports must be used at the same transfer speed when using rates above 57600 bps (below mixing is possible)
- needs at least driver software v1.3
- notes
- serial drivers / buffers are socketed
- if a serial driver is destroyed by overcharge replacing the appropriate 1488 and 1489 chip solves the problem
- driver software v2.0 or above requires Kickstart 2.04
- MIDI compatible
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- VectorConnection-german.pdf
user manual (german)
248 kB
- VectorConnection_install_v13a.dms
software disk v1.3 (hkduart.device v1.73, pio.device v1.8)
for Kickstart 1.3
241 kB - VectorConnection_install_v13b.lha
software disk v1.3 (device drivers v1.8)
for Kickstart 1.3
241 kB - VectorConnection_install_v20.lha
software disk v2.0 (device drivers v2.2)
for Kickstart 2.04
217 kB - VectorConnection_v23_beta.lha
device drivers v2.3 and additional tools
38 kB - VectorConnection_v24.lha
device drivers (vectorpar.device v2.4, vectorser.device v2.11)
10 kB
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A500 |
- SCSI controller
- connects to the A570 rear expansion port
- DB25 external SCSI connector
- uses DMA transfers - the DMA circuit is already built in the CD controller of the A570
- disable jumper
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- Falcon570.pdf
user manual (german)
346 kB
- Falcon570-14.dms
install disk v1.4
327 kB
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 41233 / 156 / 3 |
- SCSI 2 controller
- uses polled I/O, not DMA transfer
- place for a 3.5" hard disk on the card but no power connector is mounted on the board
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- hard disk activity LED connector
- RDB compatible
- driver software is written by Jürgen Kommos
- memory
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4, 70 or 80 ns ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6, 8 MB configurations
- memory is not continuous but autoconfigured into 2 MB chunks
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- VectorFalcon8000.pdf
User Manual (german)
683 kB
- VectorFalcon-71.dms
install disk (vector.device v7.1)
378 kB
Advert (DE)
1992-11
Advert (DE)
1992-11
Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 512 kB RAM
- four 256k×4 DRAM chips
- connects to the trapdoor slot
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Manufacturer HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1990 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 41233 / 1 |
- SCSI 2 controller
- place for a 3.5" hard disk on the card
- 50 pin internal header
- autobootROM (vector.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- Vector SCSI is RDB compatible, Professional SCSI is not
- disable jumper
- does not work with some Seagate and Fujitsu hard disks
- developed by W. Heinen and Jürgen Kommos
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