The MPC Level Platform Essential elements of MPC standards RAM4MB8MBProcessor25MHZ 486SX75mhz PentiumHard Drive160MB540MBCD-ROM Drive300KB/sec600KB/sec(‘Quad Speed’)4X CD-ROMAudio16-bit digital soundVideo playbackn/aMPEG1 SupportSystem SoftwareWindows 3.0 plus multimedia extensionsWindows 3.11
The MPC Level Platform MMX Technologies MMX technology is an enhancement to the Pentium Processor, which can improve a personal computer’s multimedia performance by up to 60%.The enhancement, which is independent of the operating system, includes 57 new instructions designed to manipulate and process video, audio and graphical data efficiently.
The MPC Level Platform MMX Technologies These instructions have been developed for the highly parallel, repetitive sequences found in multimedia operations.Specific applications targeted by the development of MMX technology include 3D visualization and videoconferencing.
The Macintosh Platform All Macintosh play sound and the current generation of Macintoshes includes hardware and software for digitizing sound.Some models will also have digitize video8-bit and 16-bit graphics capability is available for most models.
The Macintosh Platform Most Macintosh models are suitable for multimedia development.The more recent Power Macintosh range of computers make use of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) processors and these will provide a more powerful model range.
INPUT DEVICES Keyboards Despite the use of Graphical User Interfaces the keyboard remains the most flexible form of input to a multimedia application.Although it is possible to enter text by touching and onscreen representation of the keyboard, physical keyboard still represent the most efficient way of entering details such as name and address.Keyboard facilities are essential for multimedia development. Multimedia makes no special demands for keyboards and the 101-key standard is quite sufficient for multimedia applications.
