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5 expansions found
Manufacturer Ashcom Design & Developments, UK | Date 1993 | Amiga A1200 | Interface trapdoor slot | Autoconfig ID 32768 / 8 |
- Memory Expansion
- expands the Amiga 1200 with up to 8 MB FastRAM
- 16 ZIP sockets for up to 8 MB RAM
- accepts 1M×4 ZIPs in groups of eight, giving 4 or 8 MB configurations
- expansion utilizes the DP8421 programmable RAM controller chip
- battery backed up real time clock
- connects to the trapdoor slot
battery removed, front side
battery removed, back side
Advert (GB)
1993-04
Manufacturer Ashcom Design & Developments, UK | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 32768 / 8 |
- Memory Expansion
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept up to 8 MB FastRAM
- accepts 1M×4 ZIPs in groups of four, giving 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations
- sandwich board construction results in a slimline case
- connects to the side expansion port, with passthrough connector
- supports autoconfiguration
- no battery backed realtime clock
- unit is marked AX508 with different RAM options on the bottom side, however the unit was marketed depending on the RAM configuration as AX502 (2MB), AX504 (4MB), AX508 (8MB) and AX508U (no RAM installed)
top side
left side
Circuit Boards, front side
Circuit Boards, back side
Advert (GB)
1992-01
Advert (GB)
1992-02
Manufacturer Ashcom Design & Developments, UK | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- No description available.
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Advert (GB)
1990-06
Advert (GB)
1991-07
Manufacturer Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2017 / 10,11 |
- SCSI 2 DMA controller
- WD 33C93A @ 14 MHz
- 3.58 MB/s transfer speed
- FaaastROM SCSI driver (gvpscsi.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- autoboot disable jumper
- RDB compatible
- place for a 3.5" hard disk on the card
- 50 pin internal SCSI header
- DB25 external connector
- hard disk activity LED connector
- no termination power
- A-Max II driver (gvpscsi.amhd)
- supported by Linux and NetBSD
- memory
- eight 30 pin SIMM sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- accepts SIMMs in groups of two, giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
- this memory is technically not Zorro II memory - data is DMA-d from the HD as normal, but not via the Zorro bus for added speed
- jumper settings
| J5 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF |
J6 OFF ON OFF OFF ON |
J7 ON OFF OFF ON OFF |
J8 OFF OFF OFF ON ON |
J9 ON ON ON OFF OFF |
- memory - 0 MB - 2 MB, CN10-CN11 - 4 MB, CN10-CN13 - 6 MB, CN10-CN15 - 8 MB, CN10-CN17 |
| J3 - | autoboot ROM |
| J4 - | SCSI drive |
| J10-J12 - | SCSI ID |
Rev II with RAM and Guru-ROM installed, front side
Rev II with RAM, front side
Rev 4, front side
Rev 4, back side
Rev II with RAM and Guru-ROM installed, back side
- Impact2000_SeriesII.pdf
user manual
555 kB
- amiga.html#gvp
Ralph Babel
SCSI ROM image
gvpscsi.device v4.15
16 kB - gvp.impact.seriesii.DMS
Installer's Heaven
install disk
372 kB
Advert (DE)
1990-10
Advert (US)
1990-09
Advert (FR)
1990-10
Advert (US)
1990-11
Advert (US)
1991-04
Advert (FR)
1991-04
Advert (US)
1991-11
Advert (FR)
1991-11
Advert (US)
1992-11
Manufacturer Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2017 / 10,11 |
- SCSI 2 DMA controller
- the GVP A4008 is a name variation of the Impact A2000 Series II HC+8
- Impact2000_SeriesII.pdf
user manual
555 kB
- amiga.html#gvp
Ralph Babel
SCSI ROM image
gvpscsi.device v4.15
16 kB - a4008.dms
GVP-M
install disk
385 kB
Advert (US)
1993-11
Advert (US)
1994-04