#PCMCIA specs, etc.
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I'd like to get information on the following two subjects:
1) Specs on the PCMCIA slot in the Amiga 600 and 1200: specifically,
whether or not it uses Card Services and if so what the processor bindings
are; if not, how the card is accessed – via device driver or other method;
what would be required in the driver.
2) What types of PCMCIA devices are currently available and usable in
these slots (meaning, I can plug it in, install the proper driver and go.
Any information on these topics will be greatly appreciated. It could
maybe possibly have a chance of getting a major PC hardware vendor
involved in the Amiga market (no promises!). I have the RKM devices manual
but it doesn't cover PCMCIA. Thanks!
Harry
The 1993 DevCon notes contain information on card.resource, a standard
Amiga resource with functions to parse tuples, get memory areas to access,
set interupt handlers for I/O status changes/Card Insterted/CardRemoved,
and etc.. "Card Services" is an IBM PC-clone-centric standard and was
not, as I recall, fully specified before the release of the A600 (and
maybe not the A1200).
Dale Larson
– An Amiga Software Engineer with some time on his hands.
Dale –
Thanks for the info. I assume I'd have to be a certified developer
before I could get my hamds on those notes? Is there sufficient
information in those notes to write the software needed to drive a PCMCIA
device? If not, what else would I need?
Harry
You probably want the PCMCIA specs proper. CATS will, I believe, sell
you those as well, but they ain't cheap.
Dale –
Thanks. We already have those, but I just wanted to make sure that
the DevCon notes and the PCMCIA spec were together sufficient
information to get a device driver working. There are some other
possible complications (which we could probably discuss in EMail if
you're curious) but this gives me more info to see if there's an
interest. Thanks again …