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Elbox: Spider II for Mediator- and Amithlon-user
Elbox Computer is proud to announce release of Spider II--the new version of the ground-breaking Spider USB 2.0 Hi-Speed controller. Spider II is based on the newest USB 2.0 PCI chipset, improving data transmission by up to 20 percent of bandwidth as compared with the previous USB 2.0 chipset.

The Spider II USB 2.0 PCI card is a simple and affordable way to add five Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports to Mediator-equipped Amigas or to computers running AmigaOS under the Amihlon emulation.

USB 2.0 is the fastest USB standard ever, supporting data speeds up to 480Mbps. That is 40 times faster than USB 1.1, making USB 2.0 ideal for external storage devices, scanners, CD-RWs, printers, cameras, and more.

The Spider II USB 2.0 PCI card gives your computer the highest USB speeds available today.

The Spider II USB 2.0 Hi-Speed PCI controller is backward-compatible, which means it works also with older USB 1.1 peripherals.

Features

Five USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ports: four external and one internal 32-bit 33MHz DMA host interface compiliant with the PCI 2.2 specification
Compliant with the EHCI (USB 2.0) and OHCI (USB 1.1) specifications
Consists of three independent host controllers: two OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) and one EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface)
All ports can handle high-speed (480Mbps), full-speed (12Mbps) and low-speed (1.5Mbps) transactions
Supports up to 127 downstream USB devices
Supplies 500 mA power to each USB port
Supports the PCI-Bus Power Management Interface
Includes drivers for AmigaOS for all Mediator busboards and for Amithlon
Amiga support works under the Poseidon stack

Requirements

One free PCI slot
Mediator Multimedia CD (for Mediator based systems)

Package contents

Spider II USB 2.0 Hi-Speed PCI card
CD with Mediator and Amithlon EHCI (USB 2.0) drivers for Poseidon

Pricing and availability
The Spider II USB 2.0 High-Speed PCI card will be on sale as of 15 April 2003, at the suggested retail price of EUR 49.95 (VAT excl.) To locate an authorized distributor visit the Elbox Computer website. For purchase directly from Elbox go to the Spider II page in the Elbox Online Store. (nba) (Translation: gf)

[News message: 08. Apr. 2003, 11:40] [Comments: 0]
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