Re: amiga pcmcia wifi cards

[Roc Vallès <vallesroc%gmail.com@localhost>]

On my end, blizkick cardreset module has been good to me.

I haven't had pcmcia pains since, and it's been a good decade.

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 17:13, Karoly Balogh <charlie%scenergy.dfmk.hu@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2021, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> > > A fix doesn't not need soldering, only a patched kickstart (I believe
> > > blizkick has one such module).
> > >
> > > There's hardware workarounds, but this is something I'd definitely do
> > > in software.
> >
> > The next question would be does anyone know if NetBSD implements this
> > fix, and if not, what needs to be done to workaround? :)
>
> In my experience the existing software workarounds (like CardReset on
> Aminet: https://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardReset) are not perfect.
> For some cards they do work indeed, but for some they're just not
> effective at all, and you still need to unplug/replug the card.
>
> So in the end I also opted for a hardware patch on my mainboard(s). These
> can be bought as ready-made clip-on module for the Gayle chip, no
> soldering needed, for example:
> https://amigastore.eu/en/474-pcmcia-reset-bug-fix.html
>
> Charlie