IOBlix
Company
RBM Digitaltechnik, Germany
Date
1998
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
4711 / 1
    serial and parallel interface
  • ST16C654 interface chip
  • four serial ports with up to 460800 bps transfer speed (9 pin)
  • one 500 kB/s buffered EPP/ECP uni/bidirectional parallel port (25 pin)
  • 64 byte FIFO buffer for the serial ports
  • 16 byte FIFO buffer for the parallel port(s)
  • can be upgraded up to 8 kB FIFO memory which can be related to each module
  • modular interface
    • optional second parallel port (ST78C36 chip + cable)
    • optional Ethernet module
    • planned modules: AHI sound card, IDE ports, two-way infrared controller (IrDA)
  • driver for parallel ZIP drives and scanners (ioblixepp.device)
  • up to five IOBlix cards are supported in one Amiga
  • the IOBlix end plate is blank, reserved for connectors of the planned optional modules
  • all the serial and parallel ports are on separate plates
    optional Ethernet interface
  • 10Base2 and 10BaseT connectors (some revisions lack the 10Base2 connector)
  • automatic detection of the used connector
  • full duplex
  • SANA 2 driver
  • requires IOBlix firmware 2.0
Photos
RBM Digitaltechnik IOBlix - front side
front side
RBM Digitaltechnik IOBlix - front side
front side
RBM Digitaltechnik IOBlix - back side
back side
RBM Digitaltechnik IOBlix - back side
back side
RBM Digitaltechnik IOBlix - Ethernet module front side
Ethernet module, front side
RBM Digitaltechnik IOBlix - Ethernet module back side
Ethernet module, back side
Manual
Driver / Installation Disk