MULTIMEDIA NETWORK SYSTEM WITH HIGH SPEED DATA BUS FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN NETWORK INTERFACE BOARD AND VIDEO BOARD

摘要

A multimedia network system (10) for connection to a computer (12) and a computer network (28). Asynchronous transmission mode cells on the network (28) are processed by a network interface board (22) with synchronous signals routed to an ISOBUS (26) and asynchronous signals routed through a packet memory (54) to the computer (12). Asynchronous signals are routed through the ISOBUS (26) to a video board (24) and converted for output to one or more audio/video output devices (36). Signals originating at one or more audio/video input devices (34) are processed through the video board (24) and the network interface board (22) to the network (28).