What is this NuBus card for?

[JRL]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Avid-Meridien-DigiDesign-NuBus-Python-Janus-Board-w_W0QQitemZ160141129673QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item254927b7c9&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[Unknown_K]

It is for an AVID system. That card contains the DSP chips and connects to the main video input card to do compression before the captured video hits the hard disks.

All Nubus AVID systems have a capture card, compression card, audio card, and SCSI card.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Snag it! If you don't want it . . . I do!!!! [] ]'>

Just saw there are 8 available, lemme' know soon if you're going to snag this one or not!

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[Unknown_K]

Completely useless/worthless without the AVID software and dongle plus the rest of the cards and system it used to go with (unless you have those and need a spare).

I think I have 2 of them in 2 AVID systems I have, plus earlier boards for other systems.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Completely useless/worthless without the AVID software and dongle plus the rest of the cards and system it used to go with (unless you have those and need a spare).
I think I have 2 of them in 2 AVID systems I have, plus earlier boards for other systems.

DRAT! I've got the full Radius Videovision Studio setup in an 81/100 and a couple of rinky dink VidCap solutions to play with already. I was hoping to start a third collection.

Why would a system requiring three very expensive proprietary cards also require a dongle?

 

[Unknown_K]

Because the difference between a $10,000 AVID and a $50,000 AVID of the same period is just software options which are enabled by the dongle keys (same hardware cards pretty much with maybe the exception of the Audio card). Early systems didnt have a dongle, they had a KEY on disk that meant if your card died you were SOL until avid provided you with a new key disk for it.

AVID didn't realy make their own cards either, they modified others designs as needed. For example they used a Targa 2000 Nubus card in one of their systems that they modified the input section of the board along with making a plug that would connect to their DSP board (also changed the card BIOS). Early AVID systems just used slightly modified Nuvista boards and Audiomedia I/II cards and commodity SCSI cards.

 

[Unknown_K]

I don't want to keep you from collecting AVID hardware, I think it is cool to have around. Just don't expect to find a few cards and be able to do anything with them without doing plenty of hunting for software, misc other devices (signal generators for one), and some major research.

For example one of my dongles came directly from South America (Rio) after I helped a video editor setup his bosses oldest AVID for a show (sent him some software I archived so they could get a very old Nubus systems up and running). He sent me a dongle for the last Nubus/Early PCI systems plus newer archives software.

One of the reasons I snagged a pair of mac IIx's is to recreate this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7Cdgr83uE

Avid/1 the setup was what became the original media Composer.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

I think I've figured out another reason for the dongles. Multi-seat editing licenses for use w/a a single VidCap setup.

BTW: how do Avid & VideoVision Studio compare in terms of technical specs?

 

[Unknown_K]

AVID was geared towards movies and Videovision was geared toward advertisement/commercials/broadcasting (basically short videos). The entry level AVIDS are about the same as a Videovision. Media100 is more like Videovision and a very nice setup for Nubus/PCI if you can find one.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Thanks for all the info! I think I'll stick to what I've got and concentrate on the few Macs I still need to complete my collection & Plotter Server needs/wants for the time being.

Thanks for saving me some $ too! [] ]'>