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2000-Oct-26

My bt878 TV card is cheap (less than $30).
bktr0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0
bktr0: interrupting at irq 10
bktr0: Warning - card vendor 0x127a (model 0x0165) unknown.
bktr0: Miro TV,  tuner.
Brooktree product 0x0878 (miscellaneous multimedia, revision 0x02) at pci0 dev 1
0 function 1 not configured
Used fxtv to watch video by plugging my VCR into it; my audio-out on the VCR plugged into the line-in on my sound card. fxtv needs bktr0 device:
$ fxtv
open("/dev/bktr0") failed: No such file or directory

rainier:/dev$ ./MAKEDEV bktr0
rainier:/dev$ ls -l bk*
lrwx------  1 root  wheel      5 Oct 21 04:57 bktr -> bktr0
cr--r--r--  1 root  wheel  71, 0 Oct 26 16:29 bktr0