eBay: Mediator PCI related auctions

[arkanoid]

Hi,

I've just this moment ago listed two cards which might interest Mediator owners:

3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 GFX Card 16MB (Rare PCI version)

and

Sigma Designs REALmagic MPEG-2/DVD Decoder (you'll see why that's of interest to Mediator owners if you read the listing)


also, for anyone that's not aware, I also put my Mediator SX and Elbox Spider II USB 2.0 controller up a few days back.

    Elbox Mediator PCI 1200 SX & SoundBlaster

Elbox Spider II USB 2.0 PCI Card *for Mediator*

Thanks for looking

[mboehmer_e3b]

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