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From: wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: 2.0R and NV: Video Capture Boards....
Date: 5 Jan 1995 18:12:38 GMT
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
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Message-ID: <3ehcqm$8ji@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU>
References: <1995Jan4.181028.21817@nosc.mil>
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Keywords: nv, video capture

In article <1995Jan4.181028.21817@nosc.mil>,
Craig Huckabee <huck@nosc.mil> wrote:

> Does anyone know of what video capture boards will work with NV for
>FreeBSD 2.0R for capturing and sending video?

Um, none.  I didn't have any boards when I did the port (and still
don't), so there are no drivers.  There is a device driver in the
system for something called the ``Cortex-I''; see /sys/i386/isa/ctx.c
for more details.  This would probably be your best bet as a base to
start hacking from.

-GAWollman

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