From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 2 00:22:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA20708 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA20683; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:22:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA06781; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 18:51:44 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611020821.SAA06781@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: http://www.winnow.com To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 18:51:43 +1030 (CST) Cc: james@miller.cs.uwm.edu, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, hackers@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199611020541.GAA07909@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Nov 2, 96 06:41:43 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Luigi Rizzo stands accused of saying: > they say they have an onboard compressor (details unknown to me) that > allows transferring 352x284x24x24fps (and the equivalent NTSC format) > at about 1.1MB/s over the ISA bus. Since even with the Meteor one ... > board, and the fact -- they say -- that both audio and video are > extremely simple peripherals using I/O ports only. No int, no DMA > --> extremely simple driver (good for didactical purposes). ... but useless for anything we might want to do. How do you propose to move 1.1M/sec off an ISA card with no interrupt or DMA? Poll the rotten thing? You have got to be kidding. Unless this card has _gobs_ of memory on it, it's just more PC trash. > Luigi -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[