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Posted on 28-Mar-2001 22:44 GMT by Christian Kemp38 comments
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Grzegorz Juraszek wrote: "Prometheus" is the most advanced PCI bridge adapter available for Amiga computers equipped with Zorro III expansion slots.
Warsaw, March 29, 2001

We are pleased to introduce you to our latest product - "Prometheus" card for Amiga.

It is the most advanced PCI bridge adapter available for Amiga computers equipped with Zorro III expansion slots. With "Prometheus", a world of cheap, standard PCI cards opens before you! Some features of the product:

- Works with any Zorro III equipped Amiga, regardless of the turbo/processor card installed in the system,
- Four 32-bit PCI slots clocked with 33 MHz,
- Fits any tower case, also works with desktop A3000/4000s when open,
- Works with other Zorro III cards, supports AutoConfig (TM),
- Real transfer rates between Amiga and PCI cards - up to 12 MB/s,
- Real transfer rates between PCI cards - up to 120 MB/s,
- Additional on-board connector for the power supply,
- Professionally designed four-layer printed-circuitboard with gold-galvanized contacts - complies the PCI standard specifications.

Together with the "Prometheus" card we bundle a CD-ROM with:

- Drivers for the Voodoo3 graphics card, developed in close co-operation with Hyperion and the authors of Picasso96. 2D drivers work under the P96 system, 3D functions are available through Warp3D,
- Drivers for a sound card and a network card,
- A completely FREE software development kit for programmers. There is no need to sign NDA and no additional fees - we want to make "Prometheus" the most open PCI bridge solution as far as the drivers development goes,
- Demo versions of the games that use the 3D functions of Voodoo3: Heretic 2, Shogo.
The "Prometheus" package also contains multi-lingual reference manual (also in English), holders for the bridge and PCI cards and the extension cord for a graphics card.

Prometheus - no promises, just solutions.

Our webpage: Matay For information about Prometheus in English, contact Grzegorz Juraszek: e-mail: mailto:fei@matay.pl or cel. phone: +48 609 394778 (from 10 am to 6 pm).
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Comment 1Darrin27-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 2Rafo28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
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Comment 4Francois Prowse28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 5Teemu Kärkkäinen28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 6Amifan28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 7Amifan28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 8Ben Yoris/Hyperion28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 9Francois Prowse28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
Comment 10peter Heginbotham28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
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Comment 12Steffen Haeuser28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
New PCI bridge solution for Zorro III Amiga systems : Comment 13 of 38ANN.lu
Posted by Amifan on 28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Ben Yoris/Hyperion):
Cool, just another comment to start speculation on again :)
So Hyperion is in close contact with P96 team. (looks like there are totally 2 camps right now. :o) don't flame me on this one....just joking.....)
P96 team is busy writing a Mediator Voodoo3 driver (probably a virge driver too).
They didn't buy their Mediator, but got it from someone, or at least that's what one of the authors said on the Mediator mailing list.....(who or which compagny could that be?)
Hyperion and P96 mean WarpOS support (Yeah yeah, Hyperion != WarpOS, but it can result in huge speedups by reducing context switches).... This is a really nice one.... I'd love to see WarpOS support in Picasso96.
Anyway....maybe it's nice to complete the St. louis party by the deliverance of Warp3D 4 beta with a beta voodoo3 driver....full speed or not...
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