Subj : Re: X-Surf 100
To   : Ingo Juergensmann
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Sat Oct 07 2017 19:21:57

 IJ>    Hello Joacim!

 IJ> 04 Oct 17 21:33, you wrote to me:

 JM>> Great feedback - thanks Ingo.  Gonna buy one for my A2000.

 IJ> Well, I enjoy my X-Surf 100 as well, especially as it is faster than
 IJ> the Hydra, but when I would have an Ariadne inside of an A2000 I
 IJ> don't think I would consider using an X-Surf 100, except for the
 IJ> reason of having the USB stuff working as well.
 IJ> OTOH I already have a broken Ariadne that looses it's MAC address for
 IJ> some unknown reason.

 IJ> So, in an A2000 you won't get much speed improvements over an
 IJ> Ariadne, because of ZorroII bus. If you're looking for attaching USB
 IJ> stuff, than I would say: go for it!

 IJ> It's not that you'll get full 100 Mbit/s in ZorroIII mode either. It
 IJ> will silghtly faster than a 10 Mbit/s card, but it's new hardware, it
 IJ> has USB connectivity and it supports one of the few still existing
 IJ> Amiga hardware vendors. :-)

 IJ> PS: last week I enjoyed a visit to Stockholm, mostly walking around
 IJ> Gamlastan. Only bad thing was that we didn't had enough time to visit
 IJ> Hard Rock Cafe, before we needed to get back onto our cruise ship.

What can I use the USB port for? 

Hard Rock Cafe... it's overrated. You didn't miss a thing.  :D



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