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The Apple Audio/Video DVD card [820-0983-A / 661-2071] aka the Bordeaux personality card. 1998.

It was the installed PERCH card for an Apple Power Macintosh G3 beige desktop outrigger [M3979 / M6715LL/A].

PowerPC G3 300MHz 1MB Cache 32MB/4GB HD/DVD-V/6VR

The C-Cube MPEG-2 decoder chip handled hardware decoded DVD playback, and included a higher performance video capture IC. It also used the Burgundy sound ASIC. Overall it was a major step up from the Whisper and Wings personality cards that were also available for the G3 at the time.

Current upgrades:

768 MB RAM (3x256MB PC100 CL2 168-pin SDRAM 2-2-2 Low Profile [ available at OWC ]) replacing 64 MB RAM.
40/44-pin IDE to Compact Flash SSD adapter [ available at Amazon ] replacing hard drive.

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