DRAGON is a ColdFire-based accelerator card combined with the PCI/AGP Expansion busboard.

DRAGON ColdFire brings to Amiga computers top performance of the latest Freescale's ColdFire V4e core based-processor, the successor of the 68k dynasty. DRAGON-equipped Amiga computers are ready to run most of the 68k Amiga programs/ap-plications several times faster when compared against Amiga 1200 with the fastest 68060 accelerators.

Moreover, the DRAGON PCI busboard is ready for SharkPPC PCI cards based on the latest PowerPC G3 and G4 processors.

The minimum hardware configuration is: Amiga 1200 in tower case, Voodoo 3 AGP or PCI gfx card, 128MB of DDR SDRAM.

The recommended configuration is: Amiga 1200 in the E/BOX tower case, ATI Radeon 9500 AGP gfx card, 256MB of DDR SDRAM.

Mediator PCI 1200 SX features:
• ColdFire MCF5475 processor
The DRAGON ColdFire is equipped with the fastest ColdFire MCF5475 processor in clock speed of 266MHz. MCF5475 features the V4e ColdFire core with MMU, dual precision FPU and EMAC. The 266MHz version of the ColdFire MCF5475 processor provides raw performance of 410MIPS.
• Two sockets for DDR-266 SDRAM modules
Two DIMM slots for ultrafast DDR-266 SDRAM memory. This high-speed memory rushes data at up to 1GB/s throughput. It is over 25 times faster compared against the fastest A1200 accelerators available so far. As memory is scalable up to 1GB, you can add RAM to meet increasing demands of your applications and workflow.
• One AGP slot
The DRAGON comes with the 3.3V 66MHz AGP slot which supports up to 264MB/s data throughput.
• Five 66/33MHz, 32-bit PCI slots, PCI 2.2 compliant
Five 66/33MHz, 32-bit PCI slots compliant with the PCI 2.2 specification. The DRAGON system can be configured with PCI 66MHz or PCI 33MHz expansion technology. All PCI slots provide DMA capability. The DRAGON's ColdFire processor has linear access to the 4GB PCI space.
• Multi-channel DMA support
DRAGON hardware provides Multi-channel DMA support. PCI bus master cards can provide DMA accesses to all DRAGON resources: the AGP card, DDR memory, other PCI cards and the Amiga 1200 motherboard space. DRAGON' PCI-to-DDR Direct Memory Access can reach up to 264MB/s throughput. This feature allows even the fastest mass storage PCI controllers to run at their top performance.
• 2MB of 32-bit Flash memory
DRAGON includes 2 MBytes of the 32-bit extremely fast Flash memory. It includes factory-programmed DRAGON's boot firmware and diagnostic software. Flash ROM allows remapping of the Amiga Kickstart, as well.
• Real Time Clock
Auto-Recharge Battery-backed Real Time Clock.
• Address and data parity control support
Address and data parity are supported in all Mediator slots. Parity support is necessary for using PCI cards like Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Live! or ForteMedia FM801-based PCI cards.
• Interrupt controller (4 lines to each PCI card)
The Mediator Interrupt Controller manages four independent PCI interrupt lines.
• AT and ATX connectors with control IC
Allows to supply Amiga using PC AT or PC ATX power supply.

Mediator PCI 1200 SX is compatible with all the major A1200 turbo card models.

Mediator PCI 1200 SX is designed for the following turbo cards: Blizzard PPC/060, Blizzard PPC/040, Blizzard 1260, Apollo 1260, Blizzard 1240, Apollo 1240, Blizzard 1230 (III, IV), Apollo 1230, GVP 1230, Elbox 1230 and M-Tec 1230.

Installation is very easy.

Mediator PCI 1200 SX and PCI cards in its slots fit perfectly in the following tower systems: Mirage 1200, E/BOX 1200, Power Tower, Winner Tower, Infinitiv Tower, EZ Tower.

Mediator PCI 1200 SX can be also installed in other Amiga towers though this may require some physical modifications of these.

The following PCI cards are currently supported in Mediator PCI 1200 SX:
• Graphic cards,
• Ethernet 10Mbps cards,
• Fast Ethernet 100Mbps cards,
• TV tuner cards,
• Sound cards,
• USB cards.

The following PCI card support is now being developed:
• I/O cards,
• MPEG-2 hardware decoders.

The complete list of the supported PCI card models: see the Mediator Driver Guide.

Info on the current software versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section.

Mediator PCI 1200 SX Suggested Retail Price (VAT and local taxes excluded): see Product Price List.