ELBOX COMPUTER is pleased to announce a new addition to its leading FastATA controller line for Classic Amiga computers with the FastATA 4000 MK-V controller.

Like its predecessors, FastATA 4000 MK-V provides high performance support (up to PIO 5) for up to four ATA/EIDE storage devices. The FastATA 4000 MK-V controller is the half-length Zorro III card which can be used in any Amiga with Zorro III slots.

The new controller offers much faster procedures for detection of connected EIDE/ATAPI devices, significantly fastening the computer's start. The 48-bit LBA (Logical Block Addressing) capability in onboard BootROM assures support for EIDE drives beyond the 128GB (up to 2TB).

FastATA 4000 MK-V is equipped with BootROM 5.0 and the FastATA4000 software package with FastATA.driver ver.2.10 and FastATAPrefs ver.2.10. FastATA 4000 MK-V ships with the fastest Amiga CD filesystem--AllegroCDFS ver.3.6.

Features:
? Fast transfer rate of up to 16.6MB/s
? Two independent, buffered and terminated EIDE ports
? LBA 48 support in the onboard BootROM (support of drives over 128GB)
? Support for ATAPI devices (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, ZIP, LS-120)
? Compatibility with OS4.0 (support of PIO0, PIO3, PIO4 and PIO5)
? Support of SATA devices (PATA - SATA adapter required)

Pricing and availability:
The FastATA 4000 MK-V controller will be on sale from 22 August 2008 at suggested retail price EUR 95.95 (plus local taxes and shipping costs).

Read more at: http://www.elbox.com/news_08_08_21.html