[rescue] WTB: Macintosh TV

[Tim H.]

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:36:47 -0700 (PDT)
vraptor at employees.org wrote:

> >Nope.  The 7100 uses a different bus (more of a PDS style system) and
> >is much more full featured.  This is just a video overlay (I dont'
> >think this can record to disk).
> 
> Mac-speak: 7100 is NuBus, later models are PCI.  7100 is still a
> pretty strong machine, though, what with all the G3 upgrades
> available.
Bus is really not relevant to this discussion, because the TV card for
the 5x00 PowerMacs plugs into it's own proprietary little socket, and
AFAIK there is nothing else that does.  It is indeed some sort of video
overlay, and infact, screen shots of playing video show a transparent
square instead of the video that was playing.  

I don't remember what models the option fits in, but on the 5x00
machines there is a set of card guides under the system board, and the
cable is already in the case to plug it in.  The card does not
physically connect to the system board

Tim