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From: root@cca.ucsf.edu (Systems Staff)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Inquiry about RGB-to-video adapters
Summary: Here are some product descriptions for the PC type machines.
Message-ID: <2328@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 89 06:31:12 GMT
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Organization: Computer Center, UCSF
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Richard Outerbridge writes:

> I would like to be able to record some computer images on video tape for
> later redisplay in a classroom setting. I have access to several video
> boards at present all of which produce some form of analog RGB output,
> none of which produce NTSC/composite color signals. I think what I need
> is either a low cost converter from RGB to Composite, or a video card
> which has suitable video out capabilities. I don't need particularly
> high resolution but lots of colours would be very nice.

From your reference to your having video boards I am guessing that you
are talking IBM|clone PC here as opposed to Atari|Mac|Amiga etc.

The following is taken from an article the Aug 8-21 issue of _Bay_Area_
Computer_Currents_:

| Jovian Logic (Fremont, CA [USA, of course]) makes an external box that
| works with an existing VGA card. This makes it somewhat cheaper for a
| user who already owns a VGA board. The box plugs into the VGA socket
| at the back of the PC and then connects to a VGA monitor and to a
| normal NTSC video socket on a television or VCR. The box, called VIN,
| retails for $495. Jovian Logic can be reached at (415) 651-4823.

| USVideo Inc. (Stamford, CT) produces a board called the USVideo
| Recordable VGA. This is a separate card that should be used instead of
| any existing VGA card. It costs $799 and has a built-in Genlock
| capability, which the others lack. ... USVideo can be reached at
| (800) 842-8780.

| Willow Peripherals (New York, NY) produces the VGA-TV, another VGA card
| with NTSC output. This, too, replaces any existing VGA card. It costs
| $699. Willow Peripherals can be reached at (212) 402-0010.

The by-line on this material is --Owen Linderholm.


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