> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:37:21 -0500 > Subject: [PCI] 8500's AV in/out... how's it done? > From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm bored out of my skull, so here goes... > > The PowerMac 8500's internal AV-in/out only works under classic Mac > OS's, 7.5.3 through 9.2.2, as those are what the 8500 supports (with > OS9Helper for >9.1). It doesn't work under OS X (neither Classic under > OS X, since that's still OS X), Open Firmware nor Linux. > > So why does it only work under Classic OS'es? One or more of these must > be true: > 1. The AV access routines are part of the Classic OS. > 2. The AV access routines are in the machine's ROM but are dependent > upon the Classic OS > > I think that if one of these is true, we can find out where the code is > in Mac OS 7.5.3-9.2.2 to drive the AV in/out is and extract that and > modify that to make an extension for OS X or a module for Linux (or the > UNIX part of OS X, if that would work). What do you guys think? > > -- > Colin
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