Prometheus PCI questions

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>other than it's open source

It's not exactly open source, yet, but it is VERY open for developers.

>1. will it fit/function in a standard A4000 case?

With the case open.

>... a. video cards

Excelent! S3Virge, Permedia2, Voodoo3 2000/3000, V4 4500 and V5 5500.

>... b. USB (1.1 or 2.0)

Not atm

>... c. NIC

Any RTL8029 chip based 10Mb PCI ethernet card works like a dream. RTL8139 100Mb OpenPCI drivers are available but are buggy atm.

>3. Is the build quality good? Is it tough enough to last
>a while??

Anyone who owns one will tell you the build quality is fantastic! I'll put a high quality pic online soon.

>4. If mounted in a tower, will the PCI cards mate up with
>the blanking plates correctly?

No, But it comes with an extension cable for the video card. I'll have some demonstration pics in the near future.

 :-)

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Matt_H wrote:
I'm gonna add another question on here:
How's the GFX performance
-Relative to Z3?
-Relative to CVPPC?

This is an easy question! Assuming you are talking about Voodoo ~3 here.. There is no comparison, hands down it beats it easy. Look here for a pretty complete and fair comparison. you may want to use babblefish:-)

I don't really see how Prometheus can be faster than a Zorro3 GFX card since it piggybacks off the Z3 bus...

The speed of the GFX chip on the Voodoo 3 is many generations ahead of all Z3 gfx cards. Just look at the benchmarks on Amigaspeed.de. CVPPC isn't even in the running where Mediator and Prometheus are head-to-head for the most part.

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BTW no problem at all about questions, I'm addicted to Amiga.org anyhow:-)

Does it plug INTO a Zorro slot, OR does it plug in PLACE of the riser?

It plugs into a zorro slot.