OpenPCI USB Controller Working in Mediator

[stopthegop]

I finally found a USB card that works in my Mediator using OpenPCI.  I'm typing this now on and using a USB mouse.  Also tested it with a USB scanner with FxScan and an Olympus Camedia 3.4MP camera with VHI/IO-USB.  Works GREAT, even with demo of Poseidan (just select to install all drivers when prompted with the install script).

The card is a 4-port "Acer Labs M5237 Aladdin-V ALI".  I will post a pic of the card and the box if anyone else is interested.  

[da9000]

Nice!!

Question: where did you buy it at? And how much? Or better yet, what was the product name (on the box, if you have one). I'm not so sure, but I doubt Acer sells these things directly. If you still can't find, check the FCC ID and you can look that up on the gov site.

I don't have a PCI solution yet, but collecting cash for it.. and doing 'research'

Thx

[stopthegop]

I found it literally by accident at a small PC shop in Red Bank, NJ.  I talked to the owner and she told me she has a lot of "old" stock like this.  I saw at least five more of these cards like the one I am using, sitting on the shelf.  I paid $12 for it.  But I bet she would give them to me for $5 each if I bought all of them.      

[da9000]

Hehehe, talk about luck!

Can you please find out what the brand/manufacturer is, from the owner/shop?

I'm sure others will want to know too

Thanks

[LoadWB]

Hey, Amiga PCI guys, would information on the chipset also be helpful?  I'm not sure if the Amiga drivers work by chipset, or perhaps different board manufacturers mangle the chips so as to require special drivers.

[da9000]

Myself, I don't know LoadWB. But I believe in Linux they use the PCI IDs (for manufacturer, product ID etc), and my guess is that the Amiga drivers are based off of the open source Linux drivers (I could be way off here, but it's my hunch due to the sheer number of drivers available), in which case they'd use the same system. Waiting to be corrected if necessary...

[Nickman]

Wow great news. I have tried 1 usb card that i didn't get to work.. Witch versions of poseidon, openpci and arakattack are you using ?

[Crumb]

@da9000

That's great news! BTW, ArakAttack was coded in asm from scratch and designed for AmigaOS, it's not based in any linux code.

I guess that it will work on a Mediator1200 too, but could any A1200 user confirm this?

[stopthegop]

Wow great news. I have tried 1 usb card that i didn't get to work.. Witch versions of poseidon, openpci and arakattack are you using ?

OpenPCI: 2.0
Trident: 3.4
Arakattack: latest

[Nickman]

Crumb wrote:
@da9000

That's great news! BTW, ArakAttack was coded in asm from scratch and designed for AmigaOS, it's not based in any linux code.

I guess that it will work on a Mediator1200 too, but could any A1200 user confirm this?

If someone sends me a card i will try it  :lol:

[keropi]

better post a detailed photo, front and back, of the card.
I woder how come u have not posted one yet!

 8-)  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[stopthegop]

better post a detailed photo, front and back, of the card.
I woder how come u have not posted one yet!

Working atm..  I will post one when I get home tonight

[keropi]

cool cool!  :-D
now tell us, how many pm's u got from ppl wanting the same card?  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[amiga92570]

are you sure it is m5237 and not m5273 like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-PCI-Card-4-1-port-ALI-Chipset_W0QQitemZ220045407750QQihZ012QQcategoryZ167QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

[Framiga]

looking at here is not that clear!

M5237 exixts

[5237] M5237 PCI USB Host Controller

while here

USB/Firewire PCI chipsets (M5253, M5271, M5273, M5622, M5633)

:-?