Product discontinued since July 2003.

The Mediator PCI 1200 opened the World of PCI cards for Amiga computers.

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.

The minimum hardware configuration is: Amiga 1200 in tower case with a 4MB RAM expansion card.

The recommended configuration is: Amiga 1200 in E/BOX tower case, any 68060 (or PPC with 68060) turbo card with 64MB RAM, a SharkPPC G3/G4 card with 256MB SDRAM, a Voodoo3 graphic card.

The Mediator PCI 1200 features:
• 4 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible)
For simultaneous use of up to four PCI cards fully assimilated in the Amiga environment.
• 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 1200 allows access to the entire 4GB of the PCI memory space. Access to the entire PCI memory space is executed through the 8MB window in the A1200 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 four PCI busmaster cards may be used simultaneously in Mediator.
• SDRAM/SGRAM of PCI gfx card as a DMA buffer
Mediator PCI 1200 uses 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.
• 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.

Mediator PCI 1200 is compatible with all the major A1200 turbo card models.

Mediator PCI 1200 is designed for the following turbo cards: Blizzard PPC/060, Blizzard PPC/040, Blizzard 1260, Apollo 1260, Blizzard 1240, Apollo 1240, Blizzard 1230 (III, IV), Apollo 1230, GVP 1230, Elbox 1230 and M-Tec 1230.

Installation is very easy, see Mediator PCI 1200 Quick Installation Guide.

Mediator PCI 1200 and PCI cards in its slots fit perfectly in the following tower systems: D-BOX 1200, Mirage 1200, E/BOX 1200, Power Tower, Winner Tower, Infinitiv Tower, EZ-Z4 Tower.

Mediator PCI 1200 can be also installed in other Amiga towers though this may require some physical modifications of these.

The following PCI cards are currently supported in Mediator PCI 1200:
• 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 1200 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 1200 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.

Mediator PCI 1200 (incl. MM CD) Suggested Retail Price (VAT and local taxes excluded): see Product Price List.