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From: a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Video processing hardware and software
Message-ID: <2617@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 90 20:13:46 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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Saw a demo of the Maas boards for the Mac IIs yesterday. Canadian price rounds
out to about $9,500.00, BUT the entire group seeing the demo were panting with
unbridled desire. 2 boards with ability to show video on the Mac screen alone
or under/overlayered with Mac desktop, or through any selected color on the
desktop, a la chroma-keyed setup.  With the cheaper ($3500.00 CDN) board, the
combined images (video and Mac) could be output to a VCR.  Add the second
$6,000 CDN) board, and do flips, inverts, mirroring in horizontal AND vertical
planes, zooms, and other incredible things.  Work on the Mac screen and/or the
NTSC video screen.  (Pant, pant.)
These were undoubtedly the most sophisticated boards we have seen in our search
for new methods of presenting info via the Mac and Video.