drives can be fitted into an A500 in place of the built-in floppy drive using the Shuffle Board
autobooting (adide.device or icddiskide.device) - requires at least Kickstart 1.3
autobooting is problematic with the CDTV - either a boot floppy has to be used (which a bare CDTV lacks), or after a reset by selecting the hard disk in the Early Startup Menu (which require at least Kickstart 2.0)
incompatible with Western Digital and IBM hard disks
AdIDE 44 rules out accelerators that connect to the 68000's socket due to mechanical constraints
AdIDE 40 is compatible with processor expansions if the AdIDE is fitted below the accelerator - reported to be functional in A500 are CSA Derringer and Mega-Midget Racer, as well as Microbotics VXL*30
older software revisions work only with 68000 processor cards
connects to the 68000's socket, the 68000 is replaced onto the board
44 pin IDE header for connecting an internal 2.5" hard disk drive
autoboot ROM - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
autoboot disable jumper
hard disk activity LED connector
feature connector for the optional memory expansion
disable switch
RDB compatible
Notes
fits into the CDTV without problems
autobooting is problematic with the CDTV - either a boot floppy has to be used (which a bare CDTV lacks), or after a reset by selecting the hard disk in the Early Startup Menu (which require at least Kickstart 2.0)
it's also possible to enable autoboot by disabling the CD-ROM drive, which is done by removing jumper 15 (this generally disables the CDTV boot EPROMs)
during transfers the high and low bytes are swapped as the A600/A1200/A4000 and PCs do so the drives formatted with them can be handled by the AT-Bus 508
memory
sixteen ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
supports either static column or page mode ZIPs
accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
notes
connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
RAM and HD can be disabled by switch on the back of the case
connector for the optional external power supply, though it can use power from the A500
special edition of the Buddha Flash IDE controller that is intended to be used with the Phoenix A1000 motherboard, but can also be used with original A1000 as well as A500 and Zorro Amigas
differences to Buddha Flash:
smaller PCB
hardware redesign, 5 chips instead of 8
no 26 pin expansion slot
floppy power connector
the board can be installed in the following places:
Front Slot Phoenix Board
Side Expansion Port (Phoenix board, A1000 board, A500)
Zorro Slot
if the board shall be used at the A500, a special edition with a different mounted 86 pin connector is needed
the board must not be installed in the front slot of the A1000 board
when used at the Phoenix front slot, the INT6 signal has to be provided to the board as this signal is missing - the side expansion ports provide that signal, so the wire is not necessary when installed there
height of the board was chosen so that a laptop CD drive (14mm) can be fitted above the card in the A1000
when installed on the Phoenix board front slot, the L64 jumper has to be removed
2.5" hard disks can not be powered by the board due to thin PCB tracks - making them thick enough for that purpose would have been resulted in a more expensive multilayer board
it is necessary to provide power to the board via floppy power connector
in conjunction with a Phoenix X-Surf a new Mach chip is needed (includes also a fix which prevented the Amiga from booting with Kickstart v1.3)
only one jumper on the board, next to the flash chip: open = flash write protected, closed = flashing possible
small header in the middle of the board with two LED connectors
clock port
allows using expansions initially designed for the A1200 clock port
when installed in Zorro slot, pin 40 of the card's clock port is towards the front side of the computer, pin 19 resp. pin 1 towards the rear side
marked wire of clock port expansions go to pin 19 or pin 40, depending on the manufacturer's definition - e.g. expansions made by Individual Computers are installed with the red stripe on pin 40 (to the left), expansions of E3B mark pin 19 / pin 1 (to the right)
unlike the DataFlyer 500 (not Express), this unit does not use the DataFlyer 2000 and DataFlyer RAM Zorro II cards, but a single custom designed circuit board
40 pin internal IDE header
50 pin internal SCSI header
DB25 external SCSI connector
place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
hard disk activity LED on top of the case
autoboot ROM, autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3, otherwise it has be disabled with a jumper
autobooting can be also disabled by holding down the left mouse button during the boot sequence
RDB compatible
A-Max II driver
memory
eight 30 pin SIMM sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
supports 256 kB and 1 MB SIMMs
possible configurations are 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 MB
SIMM sizes cannot be mixed
notes
connects to the side expansion connector, no passthrough connector
can use power from the A500 or from the optional external power supply