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Sindi Keesan

wrote:

> My friend Alan Grossi was given a rare motherboard, AG430HX...
> http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/I/INTEL-CORPORATION-Pentium-AG430HX.html
>
> That MB has an onboard TV-OUT.
>
> Alan intends to run only .AVI and .RMVB formats and watch them on the
> TV set.
>
> His machine is a Pentium 166 MMX, 64MB RAM, SoundBlaster, CD-RW, a 20GB
> HD (recognized
> entirely by using a manufacturer's utility), and rtl8139 lan card.
>
> Is there any chance of doing this job in BL3?
>
> Cheers,
> Teixeira

166MHz is too slow to play DVDs.  Do AVIs uses less cpu power?
A web search says that a 200MHz or faster smartphone can play AVIs.
You can test the TV-out part with 2-floppy BL3.