ID #4541

Elbox: Mediator PCI 3000D

Connection: Other

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Busboard mounted inside a towered A3000
Busboard mounted inside a towered A3000

Mediator 3000D mounted in a Mirage 3000 tower
Mediator 3000D mounted in a Mirage 3000 tower

Hi Res Version of Busboard - 143K
Hi Res Version of mounted Busboard - 251K

Zorro II: None
Zorro III: 7 (1 is reserved for bridgeboard)
ISA: None
PCI: 6 (Active, 2.1 compliant, 33Mhz, 1 is reserved for bridgeboard)
Video Slots: 1 (OCS/ECS type)
Other: None

The Mediator 3000D is designed for use with desktop A3000's which have been towered. The Mediator 3000D comes in two sections, the first section is the busboard itself, whilst the second part is a bridgeboard called the Mediator PCI 4000 which connects to both a Zorro III slot and a PCI slot, making them active.

PCI Features

  • 33MHz PCI clock (66MHz with the as yet unreleased SharkPPC)
  • PCI transfers up to 132MB/sec (33Mhz), 264MB/sec (66Mhz)
  • 4GB PCI memory space, accessed through a 512MB window in Zorro III address space
  • Busmastering/DMA in all PCI slots
  • Can use the SDRAM/SGRAM of a PCI graphics card as a DMA buffer
  • Address and data parity control support
  • Interrupt controller (4 lines to each PCI card)

At the time of writing, drivers exist for the following cards & chipsets:

Graphics Cards Voodoo3 2000
Voodoo3 2000
Voodoo 3 3000
Voodoo 4 4500
Voodoo 5 5500
ViRGE 86C325 chipset
ViRGE/DX 86C375 chipset
Network Cards Compex RL2000
Holtek HT80232
Holtek HT80229
KTI ET32P2
NetVin NV5000SC
Realtek RTL 8029 chipset
SureCom NE34
VIA 86C926 chipset
Winbond 89C940F chipset
Realtek RTL8139B chipset
Realtek RTL 8139C chipset
Realtek RTL 8139D chipset
TV / Capture Cards Brooktree BT 848A chipset
Brooktree BT 849A chipset
Brooktree BT 878A chipset
Fusion 878A chipset
Fusion 879A chipset
Sound Cards CT 5880 chipset
ES 1370 chipset
ES 1371 chipset
ES 1373 chipset
EV 1938 chipset
Mixers EMU10K1 chipset
EMU10K2 chipset
ForteMedia 801 chipset
USB Cards Spider
Spider II
MPEG-2 / DVD Decoders EM 8300 chipset
EM 8400 chipset

For a more specific list, please see Elbox

Contributions to this page by:
Orjan Lindgren, Paul R Rezendes

Letzte Änderung des Artikels: 2009-01-29 15:58
Revision: 1.0

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