a telecommunications interface is disclosed . the inventive telecommunications interface is capable of collecting multiple asynchronous video , audio , graphic and data signals from a variety of different kinds of sources and retransmitting such signals in a suitable form for display or detection with one or more types of receiver equipment at one or more locations . the interface operates at rates ranging from several hundred bits per second to several gigabits per second . the telecommunications interface includes a dual port ram whose input and output operate asynchronously . signals from the user sources are stripped of timing and source identification information and are written into the dual port ram , while output processors read previously stored user signals out from the dual port ram . the output processor appropriately format the retrieved signals , which are then transmitted to the receiver equipment .