Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcrware!erik
From: erik@mcrware.UUCP (Erik Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Video Digitizers
Summary: Full Motion?
Message-ID: <3409@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 90 17:49:44 GMT
Reply-To: erik@mcrware.UUCP (Erik Johnson)
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
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I am currently a developer for the Atari ST (specializing in graphics).
I would would like to expand my market to include the Amiga.
Is there a video digitizer that will allow you to digitize full motion
sequences?  I currently use VIDI ST on my Atari which allows me to
capture live video sequences at up to 15 frames per second (BW, no color).
I would like to find a similar digitizer for the Amiga.  30 frames/sec
would be nice, but I would settle for 15.  Color is not necessary.

I am not interesting in comparing the Amiga and ST (no flame action
due to my Atari background).  I simply want to expand my machine coverage.

From what I have seen so far, most digitizers hook into the parallel port,
and therefore could not capture full motion sequences (port too slow to
transfer 480k/sec).  The Atari uses the cartridge port.  Is there an 
Amiga digitizer that uses a higher speed port (than parallel).

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Erik R. Johnson
Email -> erik@mcrware.com