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From: khan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: Interactive Video-disc.
Message-ID: <1990Aug3.174316.3644@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 3 Aug 90 17:43:16 GMT
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In article <1990Aug2.135812.11148@IRO.UMontreal.CA> martin@kovic.UUCP (Daniel Martin) writes:
>In article <1455taylorj@yvax.byu.edu> taylorj@yvax.byu.edu writes:
>...
> Drivers for major videodisc players are
>available on AmigaVision authoring system (packaged free, like hypercard).

[I beg a thousand pardons for what I am about to ask, for it is slightly off
topic:]

Do such drivers exist for controlling VCRs?
Do you (or anyone reading this) know of a similar control system which can
control a VCR as well as a videodisc player? 

My predicament:
I have a Panasonic AG-1960 VCR which is equipped with an edit controller jack. 
I would like to control it with my computer; Alas, I know not what its
specs are, and Panasonic is loathe to divulge them. If anyone knows where I
can obtain the specs on the protocol used, or where I may obtain a software
and/or hardware combination which will enable a computer to control it,
PLEASE email me!

Many thanks for your kind assistance.

(P.S. I already know of the FutureVideo EC1000 PRO, but at over $1000 it's a
tad bit pricey. I'm hoping there is a less expensive solution to my needs.)

-- 
Scott Coleman
University of Illinois
khan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu