Eagle M2 Multimedia Card

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The Eagle M2 multimedia expansion card was a joint development between Wild Vision Ltd and Computer Concepts Ltd. Released in 1994, this expansion podule can be used with Acorn computers having standard half-width expansion slots (these include the A300/A400 series Archimedes, A540 and A5000 computers). It is not suitable for use with the A3010, A3020, A4000, or A4 portable computers.

The Eagle is capable of:

video image live display
capture of still video images in colour or monochrome
audio sample capture and playback through the stereo connector on the Eagle
MIDI connection

The Eagle is supplied with the following software:

On the Eagle disc:

!TakeTwo
!SysMerge
!RInstall

On the ScanLight disc:

!Scanner
!SysMerge

On AudioWorks disc 1:

!AudioCtrl
!AudioWrks
!SysMerge

On AudioWorks disc 2:

A selection of audio samples

On the Replay disc:

!ARMovie
!ARPlayer
!MultSound
!CfsReader

Date : 1994

Manufacturer : Wild Vision

Physical Description : Cardboard box Foam protection Expansion card Component Cable Scan-light plus on 3.5 inch disk Eagle M2 on 3.5 inch disk Acorn replay on 3.5 inch disk AudioWorks 1 on 3.5 inch disk AudioWorks 2 on 3.5 inch disk AudioWorks 3 on 3.5 inch disk This package includes the EIDOS Codec movie compression and decompression software leaflet MIDI manual AudioWorks audio file editing software booklet Scan-Light Plus use guide Changes to Eagle leaflet Eagle M2 user guide Letter from Wild Vision Meet the professional multimedia professionals leaflet

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH38092. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

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