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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 3709" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>It looks like the only output from my Sky box (that's satellite TV btw) is SCART and that is probably composite only. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I'll check out my cable box tomorrow (it is in the kids room and they are asleep at present) to see what options it gives but I'm guessing it is also SCART only.</p><p></p><p>(yes I have both satellite and cable, in fact my cable box also gives me my broadband connection <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)</p><p></p><p>My DVD player gives RCA separate video outputs but I'm assuming I can rip DVD output directly with the superdrive and some appropriate software so that doesn't help much.</p><p></p><p>I do have another question though:</p><p></p><p>I have a USB -> Ethernet adaptor which when plugged in appears in the profiler as "AEI USB To LAN Adapter, vendor AEI" with some other details and from what I can gather it is an ADMtek 8511 chip. I downloaded the Mac driver from...(outdated link removed)...but the instruction PDF file from the same site is corrupt. I ran the install package and everything seems to have gone OK but the adapter does not appear in any of the net config windows.</p><p></p><p>Any idea how I can get it working?</p><p></p><p>I want to use the Mac as a temporary internet router by connecting the 600Kb cable input though the USB adapter and have the Internal Ethernet connected to my PC's hub, is this a silly idea (I will be going wireless in a few months time so this is purely a temporary measure in order to retire my Linux box which is solely a router these days) and is it even possible?</p><p></p><p>At the moment the Mac is connected straight to the cable box and my PC's are without internet.</p><p></p><p>Btw I yanked off the bottom panel (gently <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) and fitted a 30 UKP 256 Mb SO-DIMM Ram card yesterday, seems to work fine, not sure if I needed 512M just yet but for such a small outlay it seemed worth doing.</p><p></p><p>Cheers in advance,</p><p></p><p>Amen-Moses</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 3709, member: 114"] It looks like the only output from my Sky box (that's satellite TV btw) is SCART and that is probably composite only. :( I'll check out my cable box tomorrow (it is in the kids room and they are asleep at present) to see what options it gives but I'm guessing it is also SCART only. (yes I have both satellite and cable, in fact my cable box also gives me my broadband connection ;)) My DVD player gives RCA separate video outputs but I'm assuming I can rip DVD output directly with the superdrive and some appropriate software so that doesn't help much. I do have another question though: I have a USB -> Ethernet adaptor which when plugged in appears in the profiler as "AEI USB To LAN Adapter, vendor AEI" with some other details and from what I can gather it is an ADMtek 8511 chip. I downloaded the Mac driver from...(outdated link removed)...but the instruction PDF file from the same site is corrupt. I ran the install package and everything seems to have gone OK but the adapter does not appear in any of the net config windows. Any idea how I can get it working? I want to use the Mac as a temporary internet router by connecting the 600Kb cable input though the USB adapter and have the Internal Ethernet connected to my PC's hub, is this a silly idea (I will be going wireless in a few months time so this is purely a temporary measure in order to retire my Linux box which is solely a router these days) and is it even possible? At the moment the Mac is connected straight to the cable box and my PC's are without internet. Btw I yanked off the bottom panel (gently ;)) and fitted a 30 UKP 256 Mb SO-DIMM Ram card yesterday, seems to work fine, not sure if I needed 512M just yet but for such a small outlay it seemed worth doing. Cheers in advance, Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]
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