> " In 1998 the Technotrend GmbH develops the still very popular PC DVB > card with a full- > featured STB processor on it. In 1999 Siemens produces a card based on > the Technotrend > design" > > However, Manu recounts, and other things that I have seen written > collaborate with his recollection, that it was Siemens who were the > original FF card designer. Apparently, although it was the TechnoTrend > produced model that stepped into the spotlight (read: became very > popular), the TT card itself was based upon the Siemens design, and, > hence, it was the Siemens that truly was "the mother of all FF cards". > If I'm not mistaken SNI (Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG; the > actual Siemens division responsible for the card) continued to produce > their own model through 1999, until at which time SNI was split from its > parent company and parts of which (SNI) were used to form the > Fujitsui-Siemens joint venture.
AFAIR, this is correct. I also remember that the firmware was first done by Siemens. Technotrend added their own stuff but e.g. did not give back the DiSEqC code to Siemens. So, the code we got from Siemens did not include this and we had to add our own code for this. > I also have a couple of questions related to the continuing part of the > same above statement: > > "In 1999 Siemens produces a card .... and supports the development of > the
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