MIRO DC1

INSTALLATION

This is a 16 bits ISA board for PC.

The PC is a K6-2 300 with 64 MB RAM and 10 GB HDD.

I had to solve a few problem to use it :

• I couldn't use IRQ 12 (whereas it seemed to be available), I had to use IRQ 10.
• No more hot reboot for my PC. I have to help my PC to reboot with the reset button.
• I had to remove any 8 bits ISA board (modem in my case) which limited the ISA bus rate (performances divided by 2), to achieve nice video sampling. I replaced my 8 bits ISA modem card by a 16 bits ISA one. An external modem or a PCI modem card would have been OK too.

  Upper, an 8 bits ISA modem card, lower, a 16 bits ISA network card.

• I use the LINE IN input on my sound card instead of MIC (to avoid noise)
• My sound card (Mediavision Pro Audio Wavetable) doesn't support overclocking of the ISA bus. So I set the ISA bus speed to 8 MHz in the BIOS of the PC.

As AVI file size is limited to less than 1 GB, I make multiple projects of less than 1 GB (approx. 600 MB to ease archival on CDRs) and I use the playlist function of windows Media Player 7 to read the compiled AVIs.

 

You can find the latest drivers (v2.06) for the miro DC1 under win95 at the following places:

• miro support
• la DriverGuide to find all drivers

FAQ :

Q) If I upgrade to windows XP, will the card work ?

A) No, the driver only works under windows 95 and 98.
It will not work with windows Me, 2000, XP or later.

last update 23 dec 2003