Subj : Re: VXL 30
To   : Ingo Juergensmann
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Tue Jan 02 2018 09:19:45

 IJ>    Hello Joacim!

 IJ> 01 Jan 18 19:24, you wrote to me:

 IJ>>> Well, I still have a spare Hydra NIC (AUI needed) that I want to
 IJ>>> put on Ebay in the next weeks with some other cards (like A2088
 IJ>>> bridge board). If you're interested in it, drop me a NM and we
 IJ>>> can talk about the pricing...
 JM>> Thanks but I will go for the X-Surf-100 when I can find the funds for

 IJ> Ah. good decision! :)
 IJ> For that one reason that I can try to sell it on Ebay for a high(er)
 IJ> price than I would have sold it to you, for the other reason that I
 IJ> believe you will get more performance out of the X-Surf running in
 IJ> ZII mode than from the NE2000 via the ISA bus.

 JM>> it. Turns out the GG2+ is not very stable in my system, probably
 JM>> because of the VXL 30. I tried re-mapping the memory and doing all
 JM>> sorts of stuff and I got it working but the entire system hangs after
 JM>> a couple of seconds of trying to do network transfers.

 IJ> I would have surprised anyway if that setup would have worked in a
 IJ> good way. :)

 IJ> PS: I think I will order the USB module for the X-Surf in February...
 IJ> ;)

 IJ> Ingo

Actually, with my old A2000 and the GVP G-Force 030-card and the 12MB RAM I had 
on that one (the card broke, of course), GG2+ and a NE2000 card worked 
flawlessly. 


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