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Mediator PCI  4000D

Enjoy PCI in your Amiga
The Mediator is a PCI implementation for connecting PCI devices in Amiga computers, allowing expansion of Amiga with all kinds of industry standard hardware products like graphic, sound, network, USB, TV tuner, ISDN and MPEG-2 hardware decoder PCI cards.

Moreover, the Mediator PCI busboard is ready for SharkPPC PCI cards based on the latest PowerPC G3 and G4 processors.

Hardware Requirements
The minimum hardware configuration is:
Amiga 4000D installed in the tower case.

The recommended configuration is: Amiga 4000D in the E/BOX 4000 tower case, any 68060 (or PPC with 68060) turbo card with 128MB RAM, a SharkPPC G3/G4 card with 256MB SDRAM, a Voodoo3 graphic card.

Features
The Mediator PCI 4000D features:
5 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible)
For simultaneous use of up to five PCI cards fully assimilated in the Amiga environment.
6 Zorro III/II slots and one video slot
For simultaneous use of up to six Zorro III/II cards.
33MHz PCI clock (66MHz with SharkPPC G3/G4)
With the PCI clock running at 33MHz, data transfers are executed with the bandwidth of up to 132MB/s and up to 264MB/s for 66MHz clocking.
32-bit PCI datapatch
Longword transfers are supported in all data transfer types: PCI to Amiga, Amiga to PCI and PCI to PCI.
4GB PCI memory space
Mediator PCI 4000D allows access to the entire 4GB of the PCI memory space.
Busmastering/DMA in all PCI slots

Mediator PCI supports the busmastering mechanism in all its PCI slots. The PCI cards in the busmaster mode can offer extremely fast DMA access (up to 132MB/s) without any CPU load. Up to five PCI busmaster cards may be used simultaneously in Mediator.
SDRAM/SGRAM of PCI gfx card as a DMA buffer
Mediator PCI 4000D can use part of the graphic card memory for Amiga system needs. Thus, the entire system gains in effectiveness as graphic card's SDRAM/SGRAM memory modules are about 10x faster than FastRAM memory in Amiga turbo cards. With very short access time in SDRAM/SGRAM, several PCI busmaster cards may use this memory simultaneously. The PCI cards may then rush at the data transfer rate of up to 132MB/s without any CPU load whatsoever.
DMA to A4000 motherboard space
Mediator PCI 4000D includes a busmastering controller supporting transfers between PCI cards and the A4000 motherboard space.

Address and data parity control support
Address and data parity are supported in all Mediator slots. Parity support is necessary for using PCI cards like Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Live! or ForteMedia FM801-based PCI cards.
Interrupt controller (4 lines to each PCI card)
The Mediator Interrupt Controller manages four independent PCI interrupt lines.

PCI and Zorro
Mediator PCI 4000D
enables simultaneous operation of up to five PCI cards and up to six Zorro III/II cards.

Compatible Processor Card Models
Mediator PCI 4000D is compatible with all A4000 processor card models.

Installation
Installation is very easy, see Mediator PCI 4000 Quick Installation Guide.

Mediator PCI 4000D, PCI, Zorro III and Zorro II cards in its slots fit perfectly in the E/BOX 4000 (Power, Winner) Tower system.

Mediator PCI 4000D can be also installed in other towers though this may require some physical modifications of these.

Software
The following PCI cards are currently supported in Mediator PCI 4000D:
• Graphic cards,
• Ethernet 10Mbps cards,
• Fast Ethernet 100Mbps cards,
• TV tuner cards,
• Sound cards,
• USB cards.

The complete list of the supported PCI card models: see the Mediator Driver Guide.

The Mediator PCI 4000D is available with a standard software pack: 2D and Warp3D Voodoo3 graphic drivers, Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 24-bit 2D graphic drivers, S3 ViRGE and S3 ViRGE DX 2D graphic drivers and Ethernet 10Mbps network drivers.

Mediator PCI 4000D can also be obtained with an extended software pack including the Mediator Multimedia CD.


Info on the current software versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section.

Pricing
Mediator PCI 4000D (incl. MM CD)
Suggested Retail Price (VAT and local taxes excluded): see Product Price List.


 
 
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