Is a Mediator 4000Di worth it?

[A4000_Mad]

AMIGAZ wrote:
only drawback is that you'll loose the videslot if you want to use a scandoubler in one

Not all all. My A4000s SD/FF just clips over a chip on the motherboard  :-)

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

Videoslots can also be used for Internal Genlocks; MPG Decoder cards; GFX Cards with integrated FF/SD (Picasso IV)

I have Picasso-IV in the video slot of A4000. Another A4000 has the Phase 5 scandoubler in the video slot which is linked to a CV64/3D.

However, my first graphics card was a Picasso-II. I put this in the 2nd slot up in the daughter board as I was concerned that it might touch the fast ram simms. It appears to have worked perfectly for years in that slot, but would I gain anything if I dropped it down into the bottom slot?

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

If there is nothing to gain then that sounds like good advice to me  :cheers:

A4000 Mad

[A4000_Mad]

clip on scandoubler's aren't full 24bit

Hmmmm... The graphics card provides the 24bit Workbench screens and programs and utils use 'changescreen or 'newmode' to promote as well. My clip on scandoubler only kicks in to display old games on the PC monitor, so does it need to be 24bit to do this properly?


@ Moto

"I'll never sell my A4000 so you might as well forget it now"

That A4000 could not have gone to a better owner than you  :-)  :-)  :-)


A4000 Mad