Subj : Re: VXL 30
To   : Ingo Juergensmann
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Tue Dec 26 2017 23:18:40

 IJ>    Hello Joacim!

 IJ> 26 Dec 17 11:56, you wrote to me:

 IJ>>> How much memory did the G-Force 030 have? 4 MB?
 IJ>>> AFAIR there is only a 8 MB window for AutoConfig address space.
 IJ>>> If the 8 MB of the VXL 30 binds into that memory space, this can
 IJ>>> be an issue.
 JM>> Thanks Ingo.  I want to use it with AmigaOS.  I wonder if there is a
 JM>> way to remap the VXL 30 RAM to not occupy this memory space?  My old
 JM>> G-Force 030-card had 12 megs of RAM.

 IJ> Well, when the G-Force 030 maps the memory to a different address
 IJ> space then it might work. Maybe you can check the address spaces
 IJ> against this table:
 IJ> https://amigacoding.com/index.php/Amiga_memory_map or
 IJ> http://amigadev.elowar.com/read/ADCD_2.1/Hardware_Manual_guide/node00D
 IJ> 4.html (or others)

 IJ> Additionally, there might be some special functions the G-Force might
 IJ> use together with the GVP bridgeboard which the VXL cannot use.

 IJ> Anyway, I doubt that you will have a real speed improvement with use
 IJ> the NE2000 NIC on the PC side from AmigaOS. It will be quite slow and
 IJ> maybe it's better to buy a real Amiga NIC instead.

Yes. They are very costly though, and the Zorro II-bus in my A2000 doesn't give 
me more than 10Mbit/s anyway so I think it will be fine. 

Thanks Ingo!



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