" I haven't actually finished the previous mail but incidentally pushed the return key, so here's what i wanted to point at:
The software is also compatible to the 2 following cards (mentioned in the Q&A ( http://www.meilenstein.de/meilenstein/4_Support/1/content)

• LifeView FlyVideo 3000
• Elta 8641 LV

Both of them are quite common (also cheap, less than 100$) for wintels and use the same Philips SAA7134 chip like televio. There are LifeView FlyVideo 3000 cards with NTSC support but with the SAA7133 chip, so maybe it's worth an email to meilenstein.
greets from switzerland
Dominique "

Another reader also wrote about the software and other cards:

"Hi, Saw this item and my first thought was "Yes a PCI TV card driver for OS X! I wonder if it will work with my ProTV?". I downloaded their software but it didn't recognize my card (original Pro TV with non-PCI audio).
However upon checking their support page (thanks Google translator) they mention support for several 3rd party cards:

"The following products are compatible after our level of knowledge with Televio: (data without guarantee)

* LifeView FlyVideo 3000
* Elta 8641 LV

According to customer data the also following product is to be compatible:
* Medion "PCI Stereo TV/FM radio Tuner map" (available with Aldi south in May 2002)

The map with the same designation, available with Aldi north in December 2002, is mt the current software not compatibly, we examines an adjustment.

* Formac ProTV is incompatible to our software, an adjustment is intended."

So it would seem that a future version of the software will (may) work with my Formac, I really hope so - I'd love to be able to watch TV on OS X, and it seems like such a waste of money to throw out a perfectly good TV card just because Formac is too cheap to write an updated driver for it
Rory"

Although I don't think it's shipping yet, the Pixela PCI TV Tuner/MPEG2 Capture Card mentioned in our Nov. 13th news page looks attractive to me...

"Now the IP over FireWire Preview Release adds support for using the Internet Protocol - commonly known as TCP/IP - over FireWire. With this software installed, Macintosh computers and other devices can use existing IP protocols and services over FireWire, including AFP, HTTP, FTP, SSH, etc. In all cases, Rendezvous can be used if desired for configuration, name resolution, and discovery.

The preview release adds a new Kernel Extension that hooks into the existing network services architecture. Using the existing Network Preferences Pane, users can add FireWire as their IP network node to connect and communicate between two machines.

Now developers interested in using the Internet Protocol (IP) over FireWire may download the IP over FireWire Preview Release."

The Apple page has a form for downloading the PR release.

There's a previous commercial product called FireNet from Unibrain, sometimes bundled on the PC side with some products like Creative Lab's Audigy sound cards w/FW port that also had this capability. Some comments here from mac users I think a year or more ago that didn't sound very positive, but that was a very early version. I never kept up with it personally. (They note OS 9 and OS X compatibility, see the linked page for more info if you're interested... but it's not free of course.)

"NASCAR has been the most challenging, but also most rewarding game I've done. Porting the physics engine was especially difficult since the PC version has an on the fly assembler that required I rewrite the engine in C & AltiVec. It was also very cool getting to be the first game with Immersion Force Feedback; I think it makes the driving come alive."

" hello, following the instructions of a "subpage of http://macparts.de/ibook." for modifying the OpenFirmware of my iMac 800/17" LCD, now monitor- spanning works fine without any problems; the iMac display works with its "native" high-resolution, and the 19"CRT works up to 1280X1024/75Hz in million colours - under MacOS X.
-- Best regards , Jens Olsson "

Note this firmware hack hasn't always been successful even for some iBook 2002 owners (although only a few had major problems - several did, requiring Apple service to fix. See the previous page of reports on the firmware mod for past reports, tips, etc.)

Not a real news item, but I just ordered a 20 Gig iPod from Amazon. They have it discounted to $474, plus you get $50 back if you also buy an iRock wireless adapter and a Griffin auto adapter, for a total price of $473.03 I don't know how long the discount lasts.
Other iPods may be discounted also, but I don't know.
Sincerely,
Richard W"

I'm overloaded here in mail so I have not checked their site for terms, conditions, expiration dates, etc. on this offer - just posting it as a FYI for someone that may want one for Xmas...

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