Hi-Speed USB 2.0 support for the first time in Amiga
[10 February 2003]

ELBOX COMPUTER is pleased to announce that from now onwards Amiga computers equipped with MEDIATOR busboard offer the possibility of using USB 2.0 devices in the Hi-Speed mode.

This has become possible with the EHCI USB driver for Spider USB 2.0 card developed by Elbox for the MEDIATOR PCI busboard series. New spider.device driver support all tree USB host controllers included in the Spider card hardware.

USB 2.0 is the fastest USB standard yet released, supporting data speeds up to 480
megabits per second (Mbps). That's 40 times faster than USB 1.1. It makes USB 2.0 an ideal technology for external storage devices, digital cameras, webcams, and much more.

Don't limit your options with a card that only supports USB 1.1.
Future-proof your computer with Spider USB 2.0!

Spider EHCI driver is now included in the Spider CD. All the registered Spider users are now receiving this new driver free of charge.

Spider USB 2.0 card features:

• Five USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ports; four external and one internal
• Compatible with both USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and USB 1.1 (12 Mbps) devices
• Compliant with EHCI, OHCI and PCI 2.2 standards
• All ports can handle high-speed, full-speed and low-speed transaction
• One EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) integrated
• Two independent OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) controllers integrated
• Supports up to 127 downstream USB devices
• Supplies 500 mA power to each USB port
• Supports PCI-Bus Power Management Interface
• Hot Plug Capability

MEDIATOR busboards are at present the only PCI solution for Amiga computers with the comprehensive support for USB 2.0, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet, Sound, TV and Graphic cards.

If you want to be TODAY
where others will never be,
JOIN THE SPIDER USERS FAMILY!

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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