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face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica color=black size=2>Brian Wood wrote: <BR><FONT
color=#660066>> I know, we've all seen the posts: <BR>> <BR>> "I (found
in a dumpster / was offered for $5) a computer. All I know <BR>> about it is
(It says "286" on the front / It says "Altair") and I was <BR>> wondering if
it will work With Myth. I plan to connect it to my <BR>> network with (a
300-baud modem / my cell phone), and storage will be <BR>> (punch cards /
magnetic drum). I will need to drive 6 High-Definition <BR>> displays
simultaneously, each with a separate 1080i signal. Do you <BR>> think it will
work ??" <BR>> <BR>> Not to be outdone, I found this: <BR>> <BR>> <A
href="http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BB-U-BUDDIE-SYS&cat=BBK&cpc=JAD"
target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BB-U-BUDDIE-SYS&cat=BBK&cpc=JAD</A>
<BR>> <BR>> Since I have the RAM and the drives, I'm only risking $120.
<BR>> <BR>> What I wonder about is the "64-bit 2D/3D graphics
accelerator". Is <BR>> this just a UniChrome variant? I don't know much about
those, but I'd <BR>> never heard they were 64-bit. What "acceleration" might
it provide ? <BR>> <BR>> I'm wondering if it might do SD only, perhaps
with XvMC or a <BR>> Unichrome-only driver ? I'd really like to be able to
playback MPEG-4 <BR>> streams, sort of a "Rich Man's MediaMVP that can do
MPEG-4". <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Brian Wood <BR>> beww[at]beww.org
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Brian,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Doubt very much this is Unichrome capable. I
recently sold a MythTV system very</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>similiar to this on Ebay. The model your looking at
states a 1.1GHz which in fact</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>is a incorrect. It's actually somewhere around
800MHz. The onboard graphics is</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>an SiS chipset which should work very well
especially using<!--StartFragment --> Thomas Winischhofer's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SiS driver. I used this along with an Avermedia
M179 with this setup and the frontend only</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>pulled about 60%. With the improvements to MythTV
it "should" run even lower than that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dennis Hand</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>