X-Surf-500

[+sm3]

This looks cool! I didn't even know they were working on this. If you have an ACA500plus or ACA500 you can use this for ethernet access on your Amiga 500:

 

https://forum.icomp.de/index.php?thread/38-first-pictures-of-the-x-surf-500/

 

Preorders will be opening soon per the forum posts. Seems to be about $92 plus shipping, so might not be for all. I purchased one of those wifi232 modems for my Amiga 500, but I'm a sucker for these types of things and have both the ACA500plus and the original ACA500 to play with as well.

 

It's cool icomp.de finally opened a forum. Now we have a more visible place to get support for our icomp products and see what problems others are having as well.

 

 

[+OLD CS1]

Very cool, indeed!

[+sm3]

More details are available now as well as a preorder for the X-Surf-500 https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/shop/product/x-surf-500.html

[vectrexroli]

Interesting, love my ACA500Plus, but unfortunately again no WiFi, so another annyoing cabel hanging out. Let´s see if it at least will fit also in that nice acrylic ACA500Plus case from the German A1k forum.

[+OLD CS1]

I resolved my issue with cables all over the place by using a LinkSys/Cisco wifi bridge. It has four ports and can link an entire separate segment to a network via wifi, essentially a transparent bridge. It is still a cable from the computer itself, but not laying around the room.

[vectrexroli]

Yeah using a Netgear ex 6120 for my X-Surf 100 on my Amiga 4000, there it does not matter so much as there are tons of cables around that thing anway, but on the A500 it is a bit of a different story.

[obitus1990]

Overpriced, as usual, for what it is. I'd much rather see an SPI interface for the clockport on the ACA500+, if that is possible, so that you can put a cheap ethernet or wifi module on it, much like the Wicher turbo card does.