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This information may be freely distributed providing that it is not
altered or changed in any way.
*First released into the lexicor-list (email
lexicor-list@lexicor.com)* * for more information you can email
upport@lexicor.com *
What is the Medusa/Pandora?
===========================
The Medusa is an atari clone developed by Medusa Systeme Switzerland.
It uses TOS 3.06 and is based on a Motorola 68040 Processor. It is
currently the fastest (as of May 1994) System around based on TOS
that is being supported.
MC 68040 at 64 Mhz Internal FPU (Math Co-Pro) and PMMU Performance is
around 26 MIPS, 4.5 MFLOPS
Main bus is: 32 Bit Data, 32 Bit Address Bus Clocked at 32 Mhz Full
Bus snooping read and write
Atari bus is: 16 bit Data, 24 bit Address Bus snooping, write Own
ACSI Address for full 32 Bit Address
Fast RAM Can hold 8-128 Megabtes on board Write 73 Mbyte/sec Read 85
Mbyte/sec
EPROM is 2 MByte on board 32 Bit Wide
TOS 3.06 modified slightly
- ST I/O Board
-DMA -MIDI -SERIAL -PRINTER -KEYBOARD -FLOPPY DD, HD, ED -2 SERIAL
PORTS (like TT Modem) (upto 115KBaud) -IDE Bus (12 Mb/sec) -ISA Bus
(for own custom Graphics Board)
(This ISA Bus will work with any ET-4000 Based Graphics Board on PC
Platform with the NVDI ET-4000 or by using the VOFA Drivers, default
rez on Medusa without any drivers is ST-High, VGA Output only)
Additionally you can get:
-VME Bus
VME Bus 16bit
Laser Printer Port
ROM-Port
Mega Bus (available) -SCSI Board
TT SCSI
SCSI II
TT Lan (available) -DSP Board
DSP96002 (not finished)
and an MC68060 Board is scheduled for the end of year 1994
Benchmarks and Performance Test done with a Medusa040 16 megabytes of
RAM, 350 Megabyte IDE Harddrive, TOS 3.06, NVDI ET-4000 in 640x400
mono and ET-4000 Graphicsboard
NBM (the NESS Benchmark) (v.1.2 (C) 1991.92 by Jim Ness)
Math Routines: Medusa 0.93 (1780%)
==========================
All 8Mhz machines : 16.47
TOS 104 (16Mhz product A) : 09.06
TOS 102 (16mhz product C) : 09.06
TOS 205 (16Mhz/MSTe) : 09.00
TOS 104 (20Mhz Product B) : 07.51
TOS 205 (16Mhz prd D/fastram) : 05.26
TOS 301 (TT/fastram/cache) : 03.13
TOS 205 (40Mhz prd D/fastram) : 02.55
Memory fetch/store: Medusa 0.72 (2241%)
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All 8Mhz machines : 16.14
TOS 205 (16Mhz) : 10.53
TOS 104 (16Mhz product A) : 10.51
TOS 102 (16Mhz product C) : 10.51
TOS 104 (20Mhz product B) : 08.89
TOS 205 (16Mhz prd D/fastram) : 04.32
TOS 301 (TT/fastram/cache) : 03.52
TOS 205 (40Mhz prd D/fastram) : 02.30
Dialog Draw: Medusa 3.78 (1278%)
========================
TOS 100 (med rez) : 48.34
TOS 102 (med rez) : 23.78
TOS 104 (mono) : 23.69
TOS 301 (TT/med/ST ram/Cache) : 18.65
TOS 205 (med rez, 16Mhz) : 17.88
TOS 102 (med rez, 16Mhz prd C) : 15.94
TOS 104 (mono, 16Mhz prd A) : 15.00
TOS 104 (mono, 20Mhz prd B) : 13.30
TOS 301 (TT/STHigh/fstrm/cache) : 12.54
TOS 205 (mono/40Mhz prd D/QST2) : 07.09
Drives, floppy: Medusa 0.00
===========================
TOS 100/102 : 72.36
TOS 205 (40Mhz product D) : 70.62
TOS 104 : 67.60
TOS 301 (TT, ST ram, cache) : 59.94
TOS 301 (TT, TT ram, cache) : 49.10
Drives, HD and RAM: Medusa 3.77 (397%)
===============================
TOS 100 (ramdisk A) : 17.88
TOS 104 (HD) : 15.24
TOS 102 (HD) : 14.98
TOS 205 (40Mhz Product D) : 09.39
TOS 301 (TT, ACSI HD) : 08.92
TOS 301 (TT, SCSI HD) : 04.66
TOS 104 (ramdisk B) : 03.20
TOS 301 (TT, ramdisk B) : 01.01
Graphics: Medusa 3.57 (2245%)
=====================
TOS 102 (med rez) : 80.16
Short Compatiblity List:
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Chronos-3D Key frame Animator Phoenix U.S.A. (Xenomorph-3D) Prism
Paint 1, 1.5, 2.0 ANM-Link (Relativety) Cybersculpt ( in STHigh)
Cyber Color ARTIS 4.0 XCONTROL Calamus SL Calamus 1.09N Platon V.2.21
Platine ST Skyplus DGRAPH GMAN Kobold Rufus Multigem Multitos
SUperbase Phoenix 2 Interface Pure Pascal 1st Word PKS-Edit Seka
Assembler Devpac Assembler Turboasss Assembler Easyride Assembler
GAL-Prommer Logic A. GFA Basic 3.0 3.6TT Delicious Raystart Topaz VTX
Uniterm Connect Iconedi Guck Invaders Piccolo Signum 3.0 Matrix
Drivers 2.2 Snapshot Tele Office ACS Pro Argon Crypton Xenon V2.4TT
Crazy Sounds PCB ST-Digital Profiler Pure C Cubase Emagic SED Turbo C
Adimens Arabesque Chagall Technobox CAD and Drafter LDW Powercalc
Papillion DAs Vector Didot Pro Didot Lineart Retousche Pro CD v.1.04
Papyrus Script 2.0, 3.0 ICD and AHDI Hushi STAD Compo Script Protar
Manager Tempus Word and Editor ASpice
and a lot more programs that follow the VDI and Atari guidelines
should work with no problems whatsoever!
I cannot make a list of ALL the working programs, but if you have an
enquiry about a single product, then please email me, and we could
look into it for you.
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