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From: Denis DeLaRoca (310) 825-4580        <CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: Intel's Smart Video Recorder III
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On Sat, 07 Dec 1996 10:44:27 -0800,
   Amancio Hasty <hasty@RAH.STAR-GATE.COM> said:
>
> I just got the databook for the BrookTree 848 and  I am thinking about
> writing a device driver for the card. From what I can tell the hardest part
> is going to be to write a program to control the dma risc engine.
> Unlike traditional dma chipset dma instructions the 848 executes
> dma by running a dma program from the host's memory.
>
> At any rate, it looks like a nice video capture board and it is cheap.

Would this be an alternative to the Matrox Meteor that from your reports
freezes Pentium Pro systems?

-- Denis