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From: berry@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.misc,rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Workstations that can record/play realtime video
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Date: 7 Dec 89 23:53:46 GMT
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In article <36840@apple.Apple.COM> malcolm@Apple.COM (Malcolm Slaney) writes:
>In article <24213@cup.portal.com> MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr) writes:
>>If you're talking $60k for an Abekas, why not just get a D2 digital 
>>recorder. 
>Has anybody tried using a write once video disk?  Do any of the writer/readers
>do single frame stuff?  I don't know anything about them but if they don't cost
>very much you can throw away a lot of used discs for $60k.

The Panasonic TQ-3031 comes with a RS-232 port and a transcoder built in (!).
It will take RGB at NTSC rates directly.

I was able to interface it to our computers in about 2 hours, most of
which was spent figuring out that I needed DTR brought through the
null modem...

The disks cost from $200-$400 each, and are good for about 30 minutes.
The unit itself is in the  $20,000 neighborhood.

  --berry
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bERRY Kercheval :: berry@lll-crg.llnl.gov