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CHAPTER 4
Avid Media Processor
Overview
The core of all Avid DNG client systems is the Avid Media Processor
with a broadcast connector panel attached to the back to accept input
and output signals. This chapter identiÞes the Avid Media Processor
hardware and its connections.
About the Avid Media Processor
The Avid Media Processor is the central processor that runs each Avid
broadcast system. The Avid Media Processor is based on the Apple
Macintosh
¨
computer. Installed in the Avid Media Processor are
peripheral boards that process the audio, video, and storage data.
The Avid Media Processor is based on, and fully compatible with, the
Power Macintosh
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8100/100. The Avid Media Processor is designed to
process media, and not to be used as general-purpose computer.
However, the Avid Media Processor can perform all the functions of a
general-purpose computer.