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Elbox
dispels the last rumour on Mediator PCI
[16
March 2001]
Mediator
PCI, the hardware expansion for Amiga computers, has
proved to be the real breakthrough product in the Amiga
market. Its incredible sales figures, still increasing,
which means a large forum of its actual users, is the
satisfactory proof Mediator's advantages. This busboard
definitely enhanced capacities of Amiga computers by
way of introducing management for PCI-standard cards
-- for the first time in Amiga. By the way, there are
no competitive products for this purpose; some companies
envied ELBOX Computer this successful invention and
(successfully) created vapourware...
The
next stage in expanding your Amiga computer is then...
the SharkPPC turbo card, which is now in the final development
stage.
Mediator
is not a product to be easily overlooked. Its huge performance
capacity plus expanding Amigas with PCI support make
it UNRIVALED in the Amiga market. And with the technology
advancement, Mediator now is a MUST buy for every serious
Amiga user.
As
it always happens with good and useful products, especially
when they have no competition in the market, some people
due to their incompetence or ill will or God knows what
try to discredit Mediator by giving unverified information
for the public. Our obligation, as a producer and supporter
of Amiga users, is then to explain away all the false
information. Here, we provide more answers to such bad
publicity stories.
Rumour:
With the jumper setting at the 8MB mode, there are
vertical line trashing the screen, you may have a buggy
Mediator board.
Not
true. "Vertical lines" in the screen do not result from
any errors in the Mediator board. Their presence signifies
a hardware protection measure installed in early Mediator
busboards.
To
eliminate those vertical lines, just change the "memory
window" jumper setting to 4MB, following the user's
manual.
The
protection was aimed at enabling sales of commercial
software for the Mediator busboard, which would have
been protected with a hardware key sold along with the
software. Due to talks conducted in the WOA 2000 fair,
these plans have been changed in reference to distribution
methods for graphic drivers with the implemented full
hardware acceleration. As a result, in all Mediators
sold after 13 December 2000, this protection is no longer
present.
We
do not expect offering an upgrade of the MACH chip,
in which the protection is embedded. Alternatively,
within the coming days, we shall offer totally new graphic
software for Mediator, which enables full performance
of the busboard irrespective of the "memory window"
jumper setting.
We
are certian that this new brillinat piece of software
will make your work and entertainment with Amiga even
more appealing.
Mariusz
Siaczyklow
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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