Hades


The Hades is the new computer of the Medusa Computer Systems. Hades offers you a TOS-compatibility to the Atari TT. In general we can say that all software of the Medusa T40/Medusa T60 also works with Hades.

As processor it is possible to put in the 68040 and the 68060. It is possible to have until 1GB RAM!

Hades offers series and parallel connection with Atari ST, the second series connections of the Atari TT and LINK. Forhermore there is a bus (like at Atari Falcon) for SCSI, TT and EIDE. Fast and Wide SCSI will be obtainable.

On principle Hades is devided with PCI-bus Rev. 2.00. A graphic card ET4000 W32 PCI is installed in the equipment of the computer. The basic equipment is 4MB RAM and so it is only a little bit slower than the Medusa. But if you supply your computer with up to 256MB RAM, the loss of speed doesn't exist anymore. Hades only knows ST-RAM, which works at the same speed as the current TT-RAM.

The Hades is the first TOS-compatible computer which has 4 PCI-slots. The PCI-bus has pushed through by PCs and Power Macs and has a very quick transverrate. E.g. for quick graphic cards, netcards and SCSI-controllers.

Hades is deliverd with a keyboard and a mouse. It has already got a adapterboard for PC-Keys onboard. So you are able to plug in your Atari Keyboard or the PC Keyboard which is deliverd. The mouse is based on Atari-standard.

With 850MB harddisk of the basic equipment you have got plents of space for your dates.

And now some collent news:
There is a plan of the use of a PC/MAC processor-card on PCI-bus. So the use of MAC's, PC's and Power PC's will be possible.


Technical data of Hades:

The complete system, incl. medium-designtower, 68040 processor with FPU, 4MB RAM, harddisk, floppy, graphic card, PC-keyboard and mouse is available in Mai for 2600.-sFr. For a Hades with 68060 processor you have to pay again 530.-sFr. It is also easy to make later an upgrade from 68040 to 68060, you only have to solder a pin for power supply.


I hope this information could help you. If you want to know more, send me an e-mail or use the address at the Medusa Computer Systems homepage.

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