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Roy Dahl <rjdahl@earthlink.net> wrote:

With a jpeg 1 field board you will not be able to do any of the 2
field resolutions ie 25,26 and 27.  However in theory you can get an
upgrade for the other avrs up to 6e, the problem is that the internal
SCSI on the Mac will only do up to AVR3.  You need another drive card
in order to talk to the drives quicker.  Avid were using Atto SE2 and
Atto SE4 cards, and you may be able to pick one of them up cheap.

To activate the AVRs you need to get a new System Key from Avid with
them turned on.

all the best
Nick Ridley

>I have an old (1993!) AVID MC 800 based on a Quadra 950. When I'm in the
>Digitize Mode I
>can only access AVR 1 through 3e. Nothing else is visible (ghosted or
>otherwise).
>
>I noticed there is a folder within the Media Composer folder called
>"Supporting Files" and within
>that is another folder called "Avid Resolutions". In this folder are
>"Avid Resolution 01 24 Bit" up
>through to "Avid Resolution 06e 24 Bit", as well as Avid Resolution 25,
>26, & 27. There is also a
>file called "Enhancement Templates"
>
>I use this system for off-line editing only, but I'd like to be able to
>output at a better resolution
>so I don't get that "how come it looks so blocky?" question every time I
>show a rough-cut!
>
>Avid does not support the Nubus systems anymore, I'm told. Anybody have
>any info on what I
>need to do to get these higher resolutions?  And where can I
>legitimately get hold of the required
>hardware and/or software?
>
>Please keep in mind that I am a producer/director and not a technician.
>I'm comfortable
>opening the computer and installing cards, but I don't know all the
>technical terms and
>techniques.
>
>Here is my current configuration:
>
>                        Avid MC800 (NTSC)
>                        Media Composer version 5.51
>                        Quadra 950 with 78 Meg of RAM
>                        Mac Operating System Version 7.5
>                        2 - 3 Gig Avid Hard Drives
>                        1 - 9 Gig Avid Hard Drive
>                        1 - Zip Drive
>
>                        Cards Installed (According to "Slot Looker"
>Utility):
>                        Slot A - Avid JPEG Board, 1 Field
>                        Slot B - Avid Enhancement Board
>                        Slot C - Truevision NuVista Card
>                        Slot D - Audiomedia 2 Card
>                        Slot E - Empty
>
>Thanks for your assistance
>