[News] New PCI bridge solution for Zorro III Amiga systems | ANN.lu |
Posted on 28-Mar-2001 22:44 GMT by Christian Kemp | 38 comments View flat View list |
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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New PCI bridge solution for Zorro III Amiga systems : Comment 32 of 38 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Marcel on 28-Mar-2001 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 31 (Chris Roccati): That's a design I would prefer also. I have no Zorro cards in my A3000, other than a Picasso II. It would be a lot cleaner if they made a daughter board to replace the one in my Amiga.
Problems with that is they'd need two different models for A4000D and A3000D. The board would not work with A3000T (probably A4000T also) since there is no daughterboard in the A3000T.
I think the best design would have 4 pci slots, 1 agp slot, and a cpu slot. That way the video card goes in the agp, the G4 or G3 goes in the cpu slot on it's own card with own memory, leaving all 4 pci slots free for whatever.
That would make the design more expensive, since you'd need more bridge logic in there because of the AGP bus. Don't know how you'd get such a beast to work. |
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