Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!orstcs!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!bob From: bob@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (robert s. richardson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Wish I had an Amiga 1500 Message-ID: <11563@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 9 Jul 89 23:11:55 GMT References: <20219@cup.portal.com> <446@aucis.UUCP> Sender: usenet@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU Reply-To: bob@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU.UUCP (robert s. richardson) Organization: Oregon State University - CS - Corvallis Oregon Lines: 49 Don't remove the video slot! I can see the point in the smaller footprint and the lact of IBM slots, but you also kill any advantage in the video market if you lose the video slot, and you can't use flicker-fixer without that as well. In fact, I would LOVE to have an extra video slot in the 2000! We are purchasing a SuperGen 2000S for KBVR-TV as soon as it becomes available (FCC delays) and it occupies the video slot. We would also like to use FlickerFixer at the same time for the workstation when we design 3-d animations. Having that sharp a screen would make development go a lot faster with a lot less eyestrain, and the SG2000S would then encode to NTSC for videotaping. THe FlikerFixer does not modify the video signals to the bus, so it is conceivable that they could co-exist. Also, the ability to use a frame buffer that occupies a video slot with somebody else's genlock and a flicker fixer would be great. You could de-interlace incoming television signals. This is called IDTV! Also, for all of you wanting to lose the IBM slots, I know of a few products that already use that bus without needing a bridgecard such as the Magni Genlock encoder board, and somebody makes an audio amp that lives on the IBM side and draws power from there. And hey out there in developer land: How about a MULTI-PORT MIDI card like those on the Mac and add-ons for the ST. You know, two or more INDEPENDANT midi OUT's so you can have 32 channels or more simultaneously. This is VERY VERY useful in larger MIDI setups especially those with lots of multi-timbral synths and those that use a lot of aftertouch and other controllers and don't want to clog the bandwidth of one cable. Or how about some software that will talk accross the bridgecard to the IBM MIDI cards and feed that into that MIDI library everyone has been talking about? Can the ASDG dual serial board be taught to do MIDI baud rate on a current-loop? How about an Amiga 500-II, say an A-500 motherboard in a 19" wide by 3" tall box with two drives built in and the 1-meg expansion on the main board, and a detatched keyboard. I say 19" so that it can be rack- mounted. Good for musicians. It could make a killing in the MIDI market with a good interface and rack-mountability. Anyone out there interested in taking A500 motherboards and repackaging them in such a cabinet? Can the A2000 keyboard be hooked up to an A500 motherboard with little difficulty? Thanks for any answers or comments, | Bob Richardson (or, for you UNIX buffs: bob@jacobs.cs.orst.edu) | | 218 NW 21st #2 Corvallis, OR 97330 503-758-5018 | | "They have taken my Jesus and locked him up in a church!" - Unknown |