On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 10:02:27PM +0100, Ruud de Rooij wrote: > Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il> writes: > > > Can someone tell me what bttv stands for ? (The 2 last characters are probably > > for television, but what are the first 2 ?) > > It refers to the bt848 (and bt878) chips used in many popular TV cards. bt = brooktree, the manufacturer of the video capture ICs on these cards. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB. CCs of replies on mailing lists are welcome.