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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM EGA<->VHS VCR
Summary: Try the VGA-TV from Willow
Message-ID: <545.24BD669C@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 13 Jul 89 20:07:42 GMT
References: <15162@ut-emx.UUCP> <176@stsim.UUCP>
Reply-To: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us
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In article <15162@ut-emx.UUCP>, allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred) writes:
 >In article <176@stsim.UUCP>, erik@stsim.UUCP (Erik Kascik) writes:
 >> Can someone explain to me the exact process of recording onto a VHS VCR
 >> from an IBM PC with EGA ?
 >
 >I recall having read about products that can take EGA or VGA signals
 >and turn them into composit video signals (interlaced I would guess)
 >for recording on a VCR or display on a composit monitor.  I am
 >interested in such a product that works with VGA graphics.  If some
 >one has used one or can otherwise recommend one, I would like to know
 >about it.

A product called VGA-TV, that promises to do just that, is advertised on
page 94 of the June 27, 1989 (Vol. 8 Issue 12) issue of PC Magazine.

Here are excerpts from the ad:

...VGA-TV lets you display broadcast quality graphics, conduct PC training 
sessions, run interactive software demos, or simply see the full impact of 
your work on TV.  Plus, you can videotape anything you display and send it to 
one or one million viewers.

        VGA-TV is a standard VGA card that is 100% register and BIOS 
compatable.  It outputs a broadcast quality NTSC (or RGB) signal of
VGA images to your television, projection TV, large screen TV, or VCR.

        On your TV, which connects to your computer by a simple RCA jack,
VGA-TV gives you resolution up to 640 x 480 x 16 colors (256 colors when
optional expansion memory is added to the board's sockets)...

End of excerpts.

The VGA-TV is $699, and has a one-year warranty and toll-free technical
support (or so the ad says).

It's available from:

        Willow Peripherals
        190 Willow Ave.
        Bronx, NY 10454
        (212)402-0010       (business phone)
        (212)402-9603       (fax)
        (800)402-1585, x74  (order/info phone)

Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with Willow Peripherals, and don't
even own any of their products.  Your milage may vary.

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Marc Unangst
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