Sigma Designs REALmagic MPEG-2/DVD Decoder (you'll see why that's of interest to Mediator owners if you read the listing)
Well, that's announced now for years, as well as the SharkPPC support... I wouldn't bet on it to be released in the near future.
Elbox Spider II USB 2.0 PCI Card *for Mediator*
You should note here that this card is useless without a registered Poseidon license - which is a) not available any more for over one year now and b) can't be sold to a third person even if you own one.
For this PCI card only the demo version of Poseidon can be used.
BTW, I just checked the pictures of the Spider II - there is
no overcurrent protection on the USB ports at all!It directly drives +5V out of the PCI rail into the USB connectors - so in case of a power shortcircuit on USB you may fry your Spider II, your Mediator or your A1200.
Earlier versions of the Spider had at least some protection circuits (self reseting fuses) - apparently the latest version of Spider has been made even cheaper in production to save some cents here for maximizing profit on the user's risk.
Michael
