ELBOX COMPUTER
Krakow, 16 August 2001


Listen and Watch: Sound & TV in Mediator PCI


Elbox Computer has released its brand new Mediator Multimedia CD
package to open the world of PCI Sound and TV cards for Amiga
users.

This CD has been prepared to provide you with the selection of
drivers for PCI sound cards, TV tuner cards and graphic cards for
Mediator PCI busboards for Amiga 4000, Amiga 3000 and Amiga
1200 computers.

The basic features of the Sound, TV & Graphic drivers:

* The AHI-standard drivers for music cards to provide support for
  Sound Blaster PCI128 cards based on ES1371, ES1373, CT5880
  and EV1938 chipsets.

* The Sound Blaster PCI128 card makes use of the PCI bus in the
  Mediator busboard as the busmaster performing DMA operations
  to/from the external memory.

* With 8- and 16-bit mono and stereo playback and 16-bit stereo
  recording plus user-selectable sampling rates from 5kHz to 48kHz,
  the Sound Blaster PCI128 produces precise audio fidelity.

* Possible connection of 2 or 4 (optional) speakers for an engulfing
  3D-surround sound experience.

* Two independent stereo DACs for simultaneous playbacking of two
  stereo PCM channels.

* Mixer: All inputs can be mixed together. Simultaneous recording from
  all the inputs is possible. The volume and balance can be changed
  independently for each input and output.

TV tuner drivers:

* Drivers for TV tuner cards provide support for tuner cards based
  on the Bt878 Video Decoder.

* The TV screen is rendered in the graphic card screen in a user-scalable
  window (PIP).

* The TV tuner cards make use of the PCI bus in the Mediator busboard
  as a busmaster performing DMA operations to the graphic card memory.

* TV tuner card running in the Mediator PCI busboard does not enforce
  any extra load on the Amiga's processor at all.

* When full-screen TV image is generated, data transfer over the PCI
  bus between the TV tuner card and the graphic card is executed
  at 44MB/s.

Graphic drivers:

* Enhanced drivers for the Voodoo graphic card family.

* In the case of Mediator PCI 1200, the package allows using the memory
  window jumper set to 8MB independently of the Mediator PCI 1200
  busboard series.

Suggested Retail Price (VAT and local taxes excluded): EUR 24.95

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF PCI SOUND & TV IN AMIGA

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department