Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer HiQ, UK | Date 1996 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface ISA |
- integrate Amiga and PC
- allows access to PC devices (hard disks, CD-ROM, network drives, printers) through the Amiga
- allows sharing the same mouse and keyboard between Amiga and PC
- allows sharing the same monitor with the optional video switcher card
- installs into one of the PC's ISA slots
- two HD15 VGA input connectors - one for PC and one for Amiga
- one HD15 VGA output connector for the shared monitor
- shared text clipboard
- by default all communication is via the machines' serial ports with a null-modem cable
- Siamese v1.5 software
- SCSI network support - accelerates data transfer between the Amiga and PC
- supported Amiga SCSI controllers include: A3000(T)/A4000T motherboard controller, A4091, Oktagon, Surf Squirrel, DKB Ferret
- supported PC SCSI controllers include: Adaptec 1505/1541/2940, NCR 810
- Siamese v2.1 software
- TCP/IP networking support - data transfers through Ethernet
- RTG support - open Amiga screens on the PC graphics card up to 256 colours
- RTG works through either serial or TCP/IP connection
- Siamese v2.5 software
- RTG up to 65536 colours
- RTG works only through the TCP/IP connection
- video playback acceleration - decoding and displaying is done by the PC graphics card
Siamese Video Switcher, front side
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