What brand of CF cards currently available are good for an Amiga?
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I simply trust a genuine branded product more than one that I have no idea who made it.
Different unbranded cards or exactly these blue-white cards?
eBay should be the last place to buy cf, sd etc from. Especially the small businesses with a magnitude for sale. I also learned the hard way, and the seller even argued that it was genuine. I had to drag the seller through a case and point out all the reasons why it was fake. Lessen learned.
Blue and white label CF cards are also a good choice in my experience. Never had a failure with these and I always have some to hand in case I run out of branded ones.
If you want something trusted. Then Sandisk are good. Be aware of the so called speed branding they make on their cards. If it’s anything like there SD cards, then these are proprietary to Sandisk SD drives etc… For an Amiga, then these are best you will get from a stock IDE interface is anywhere between 1 and 2/MBs transfer speeds.
I provide purpose built CF, SD & Micro SD cards for Amiga. I had these manufactured specifically for the same reasons. I also offer a range of adapters (mostly cable-less) to avoid buffer and voltage under run issues that often corrupt cards.
I had 2 of each type of card tested when prototyping, doing 20,000 file writes/deletes/rewrites on a continuous loop for 14 days. The cards were pushed way beyond the Nand Read/Write limit i.e. The general expected lifespan and have proved reliable, with only one 'claimed' recognition issue in the last 4 years (which may have been user error as I wasn't given the opportunity to talk it through, the user simple didn't reply to my response/questions - so may have got it working).
For a small extra fee, I can provide these pre-formatted or pre-installed with Workbench etc. That option isn't available on the site (yet), so it's a case of buying the card and then contacting me via the site's Contact Page; to discuss (or the other way around)
There's a page 2 at the bottom of this link, with some more cards on there:
www.retroez.com
I had 2 of each type of card tested when prototyping, doing 20,000 file writes/deletes/rewrites on a continuous loop for 14 days. The cards were pushed way beyond the Nand Read/Write limit i.e. The general expected lifespan and have proved reliable, with only one 'claimed' recognition issue in the last 4 years (which may have been user error as I wasn't given the opportunity to talk it through, the user simple didn't reply to my response/questions - so may have got it working).
For a small extra fee, I can provide these pre-formatted or pre-installed with Workbench etc. That option isn't available on the site (yet), so it's a case of buying the card and then contacting me via the site's Contact Page; to discuss (or the other way around)
There's a page 2 at the bottom of this link, with some more cards on there:
Shop
Retro EZ online store. Providing a range of upgrades and add-ons for the Commodore Amiga computer, Sinclair Spectrum (compatibles) and other platforms.
Very nice. Notice that you only go up to 128GB on SD cards. Is there a reason for that? Totally understand why only 128GB on CF cards. I take it the CF card can’t go past 128GB? Not seen any for sale past 128GB for CF.I provide purpose built CF, SD & Micro SD cards for Amiga. I had these manufactured specifically for the same reasons. I also offer a range of adapters (mostly cable-less) to avoid buffer and voltage under run issues that often corrupt cards.
I had 2 of each type of card tested when prototyping, doing 20,000 file writes/deletes/rewrites on a continuous loop for 14 days. The cards were pushed way beyond the Nand Read/Write limit i.e. The general expected lifespan and have proved reliable, with only one 'claimed' recognition issue in the last 4 years (which may have been user error as I wasn't given the opportunity to talk it through, the user simple didn't reply to my response/questions - so may have got it working).
For a small extra fee, I can provide these pre-formatted or pre-installed with Workbench etc. That option isn't available on the site (yet), so it's a case of buying the card and then contacting me via the site's Contact Page; to discuss (or the other way around)
There's a page 2 at the bottom of this link, with some more cards on there:
Shop
Retro EZ online store. Providing a range of upgrades and add-ons for the Commodore Amiga computer, Sinclair Spectrum (compatibles) and other platforms.
Obviously you need to provide a License for Workbench if providing such a service
Out of a matter of interest which Amiga Filesystem did you test with?
HeyVery nice. Notice that you only go up to 128GB on SD cards. Is there a reason for that? Totally understand why only 128GB on CF cards. I take it the CF card can’t go past 128GB? Not seen any for sale past 128GB for CF.
Obviously you need to provide a License for Workbench if providing such a service
Out of a matter of interest which Amiga Filesystem did you test with?
Thanks for asking...No real reason, it was just the most common sizes we were seeing 4 years ago (and we had to get a few hundred of each made, to reach the price point). With only really Vampire 2s etc, using higher spec cards. Even the V4 SO back then, came with a 128 I believe. Folk seemed to typically either 1) stick to 4GB due to Workbench's factory limitation of 2GB partitions. So the 4GB was easy to split into a 2GB System and 2GB Work partition for users who didn't want the pain of installing extra file systems for large partition support.
Or 2), for those more advanced users who did want to do that, or those with the then emerging 3.2 OS (that had large partition support as standard) 16GB seemed to be enough for the general user who just wanted WHDLoad etc. Otherwise, we found folk wanted to go 'real' big and get a 64 or 128GB (between which at that stage, there was little difference in manufacturing costs to us).
I think it's only since the PiStorm, Mister etc 'Boom' that 256 or 512GB and higher, have become popular.
That was our thinking anyway
...which Amiga Filesystem did you test with
We tested via Linux due to some block addressing issues with that amount of files from the Amiga OS on a repeat loop; it was also easier to script for repetition. The goal was to test read/write reliability and lifespan post manufacturing.
We've since (just after) ran tests of 20,000 files per time (delete/rewrite etc), from an Amiga 600, running 3.1. Without any issues (that process we just manually initiated after each copy process completed and we'd deleted the files. We also hope that the fact we've only had 1 query in the last few years, backs up their reliability.
Never say never, like any electrical device... but we are very proud of them.
Unless there's a large silent club of angry users, we don't know about
...Obviously you need to provide a License for Workbench if providing such a service
This is no problem. We bought a few hundred licenses from the Amiga forever guys and have all the sticker packs on the shelf to include. They were only a couple of pound each, so we just include them in our labour fee if needed.
Typically if a customer can provide proof of ownership, then we don't need to do that. This is generally mainly the case for 3.2, or if for example they have an Amiga 500 (that would have included a genuine 1.3 license, but the client wants 3.1 pre-installing).
Best, Ady.
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