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Date:      Mon, 03 Apr 1995 21:20:15 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
To:        Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com>
Cc:        James Binkley <jrb@cs.pdx.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Whee - I've got my MBONE feed.. 
Message-ID:  <2033.796969215@freefall.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Apr 95 17:27:17 -0000." <199504031727.RAA05512@star-gate.com> 

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> Also, Xinside has reported that they will be supporting vide extensions
> for Tseng's W32  based board which have video capability.

This is the Marvel II, right?  I've got my eye on one of those.. :-)

> Sure there has been video and capture boards available which
> were either too expensive, ran on ISA bus,  the playback was either 
> a postage size stamp window,  not enough colors, use a vga feature conector
> which is incompatible with many svga cards  (example ReelMagic mpeg 
> playback board) , etc...

No kidding!  The ReelMagic board is a criminal waste of valuable silicon.. :-)

> I think that FreeBSD can become the killer OS with  support for video
> and 100MB ethernet cards :)

Well then hold on to your bullet-proof vest because support for BOTH
is very close to becoming reality.. :-)

						Jordan



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