PF> Further into my DIVE exploration...it appears that the
 PF> 8514/a driver does not support dive! Ouch.   I've been

   *Nothing* can directly access 8514 video memory -- all data is shoveled
through I/O ports.  Though it has served well in the past, 8514 is a very
poor choice for multimedia... 

 PF> Why can I play *.AVI files with the 8514/a driver then,  I
 PF> wonder? Doesn't it use DIVE?

   AVI has been around a lot longer than DIVE, they just did bitblts from
main memory to video memory.

Jeff

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