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From: ted@bangles.sgi.com (Ted Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Transfer Personal IRIS images to VCR
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Date: 14 Nov 89 23:18:31 GMT
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In article <5025@yunexus.UUCP>, gklaass@yunexus.UUCP (Gary Klaassen) writes:
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> We are considering getting a Personal Iris to do 3D colour graphics.
> We would like to transfer the images, frame by frame if necessary, to
> NTSC video (VHS and super VHS) for animation. 
> 
> We have been told that SGI sells a board that will do this, but it
> takes up the VME slot, which means if you want a tape drive, it has
> to be external.

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this yet.  The internal tape drives for
the Personal Iris are SCSI devices, so they don't need the VME slot.
So, you can have your tape drive and your genlock too.

> 				Thanks in advance, G. Klaassen 


Ted.
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