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- {subhead}MEDIATOR 4000{def}
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- LONG AWAITED
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- [06 December 2000]
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- MEDIATOR PCI for Amiga 4000
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- This is another opportunity for us to bring a taste of the future
- to all the users of Amiga computers:
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- The new exciting MEDIATOR PCI for Amiga 4000
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- {bold}MEDIATOR PCI 4000 features:{nobold}
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- * PCI busboard for Amiga 4000D in: E-BOX (Power Tower,
- Winner Tower) tower cases{p}
- * 5 PCI slots - PCI 2.1 compatible (DMA, Busmastering, etc.){p}
- * 7 ZORRO III/II slots{p}
- * 1 Video slot{p}
- * The fastest possible PCI design for Amiga, 66 MHz, 32-bit{p}
- * Transfer rates between PCI cards up to 264 MB/s{p}
- * Ready to run with all the existing Amiga 4000: 68k and PPC
- accelerator cards{p}
- * Ready to run with SharkPPC G3/G4 cards
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- MEDIATOR PCI 4000 is made up of two devices:
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- a) MEDIATOR 4000 core logic card{p}
- b) ELBOX A4000 ZORRO III/II PCI busboard
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- The PCI to Amiga bridge is a PCI 2.1-compliant implementation
- for connecting PCI devices, thus allowing expansion of Amiga
- with all kinds of industry standard hardware products.
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- DRIVERS for MEDIATOR 4000 add-on PCI cards:
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- * Graphic cards based on processors:{p}
- 3dfx Voodoo3 16MB (ready){p}
- 3dfx Voodoo5 32MB (in development){p}
- * Network cards:{p}
- Ethernet 10 Mb/s (ready){p}
- Fast Ethernet 100/10 Mb/s (in development){p}
- * Sound cards:{p}
- SB 128 (in development){p}
- SB 1024 Live (in development){p}
- * TV tuner (in development){p}
- * MPEG-2 hardware decoder (in development){p}
- * USB Controller (planned){p}
- * ISDN cards (planned)
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- {bold}Availability:{nobold}
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- ELBOX A4000 ZORRO III/II PCI will be sold as a complete set
- with the E-BOX 4000 (Power Tower, Winner Tower), beginning
- with 9 December 2000 (during the WOA 2000!).
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- The MEDIATOR 4000 core logic card will be available in January 2001.
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- Enjoy the power of your ELBOX additions to Amiga:
- for us the future is NOW
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- Mariusz Wloczysiak
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- ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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