After some of the well known ZorroII-I/O-Boards are not available anymore RBM anounces a real multitalent in this area: End of July is an I/O-Expansion-Board with the name IOBlix available. It supplies four serial- and two EPP/ECP-parallel-ports. In addition to that there are two module ports to install an AHI-compatible sound-module and a SANAII-compatibel Ethernet-module which are being developed. Another module for 1.44MB-disc-drives is planned.
 

The serial highspeed ports provide 64 Byte of FIFO-memory, the EPP/ECP-parallel-ports have a 16 Byte FIFO which qualifies the IOBlix for high demands (e.g. mailboxes). Besides the internal FIFO the IOBlix can be upgraded to up to 8KByte of external FIFO-memory which can be related to each module.
 

The parallel-ports support the uni- and bidirectional modes to be compatible with all printers. Scanner-drivers (in combination with ScanQuix4) and drivers for backup-devices (such as ZIP-drives/streamers) are planned for the EPP/ECP-mode.
The IOBlix is designed as a ZorroII-Slot-card so it is compatible with all Amiga2/3/4000 and Amiga1200 systems with Zorro-Expansion.

Transfer rate: 460 KBaud, theor. 1.5 MBaud