Truevision TVB-570 V 3.0 (Avid ABVB Nubus)

[Scott Thomas]

I have no idea if a NuBus ABVB will show up as a TrueVision card or not… I’ve got a NuVista+ sitting here that might work for you outside of an Avid. I think the ABVB had a custom daughter card with a bunch of C-Cubed Codec chips on it… Would probably need Avid Media Composer software to run.

Avid MC1000 was my first NLE. I still have a soft spot for it… even if it was NuBus based. 🙂

[Teo Zenios]

I used a utility to get the following information on the cards in my Quadra 950:

Avid Advanced Jpeg Board Part#: 2500-4710-10 Rev 10 (Janus II board?)
Avid Broadcast Video Board SM 1034zx23-6 Rev 1.2d3 (ABVB)

The Jpeg board has a cable that goes to the ABVB board. and there is a fatter cable (connected to the middle of the daughtercard) that goes to a metal bracket, what is that cable for?

What version of Media Composer works for these cards and how can I snag a copy (I asume the Mac Nubus versions are no longer supported by Avid, and I am just doing this for a hobby anyway)? Is there a dongle needed for this setup? A friend is sending me a dongle labled MSP 3.0 Dongle with EDL option and Enhanced image. Can I use the boards above with those cards (I think they were for the Nuvista+ board)?

Is there a link for utilities that will check the functionality of the cards listed above?

[Scott Thomas]

MSP == Media Suite Pro
Perhaps that is what the ABVB board was used for. Google it.

[Teo Zenios]

I think the Media Suite pro setup used the Nuvista+ card and advanced Jpeg board (different from mine), going to have to get a boardset and see (still need software for that even with a working dongle).

The ABVB card looks quite a bit like the Targa 2000 Nubus except for the custom a/v input Avid daughter card. I tried using the Targa 2000 drivers but they could not find the card (not surprised, different ROM).

Basically I need some diagnostic software to test these cards to see if they are 100% working, and I cannot find any on the net. I would think that because you need a working dongle, and these cards are so old and no longer supported somebody would have a website dedicated to them with driver downloads, but I can not find anything.