Impact A2000-HC+8 Series II

Impact A2000-HC+8 Series II

Company

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

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