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From: phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MicroTV for your MacII ($395)
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Date: 16 Aug 89 03:54:23 GMT
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In article <402@taniwha.UUCP>, paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes...
}I looked at it at MacWorld, when it's running things really seem to slow
}way down .... we were trying to figure out how they can sell a $395
}NuBus Master without lots of VLSI (and hence time to market etc) ....
}we finally figured it out .... it's probably not a NuBus master and
} every so often it interrupts the Mac II and the Mac wakes up and copies
}the TV data from a RAM on the board to the screen - hence the cheap cost and
}the slow keyboard performance (they probably copy it at interrupt time!)
}it also explains the low resolution which wont be likely to get much
}better (without DMA) ... a neat hack but I think i'll pass
} 
}	Paul
} 
Exactly right!  At Macworld, they said the board takes 30+% of the CPU to
run!!!  Yikes!   Too much for me to watch tv on my mac!

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