Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!stc7 From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: APPLEFEST IMPRESSIONS Message-ID: <1990Dec18.025813.21476@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 18 Dec 90 02:58:13 GMT References: <9012172347.AA03374@apple.com> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 31 In article <9012172347.AA03374@apple.com> MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: > >Just a small note about the Vision Plus Video Digitizer... It's NOT 'real >time digitization'. It's 'live'.... In other words, it's ALMOST real time, >but not quite. It digitizes (at it's fastest rate) at 15 frames per second. >If it were real time, it would digitize at 60 frames/second. There's a >considerable performance diference between 15 fps and 60 fps... Unless the >new company that took control of the old Vision Plus has increased the >digitization rate to 60fps, then it's not real time, although it's incredibally >fast as far as Apple II digitizers go (and IBM digitizers too!). A friend of mine spoke with the designer of the Vision Plus, and said the actual hardware was capable of digitizing at 30 fps, but the slot bottleneck was preventing it. Virtual Realities took over the Vision Plus, upgraded it and called it the Visionary. Since Virtual Realities folded, New Concepts has taken control of the board, but they haven't changed anything. Scott Gentry is writing new software for the Visionary called Alison, and this is to be shipped (I believe) with the Visionary. On the other hand, I heard the designer of the Vision Plus, Pete, was going to be working on a VGA board for the GS, that's just a rumor I heard. _______________________________________________ _______________ | Steve Chiang Apple //gs forever | Coming Soon: | |-----------------------------------------------|---------------| | Internet : stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu | DreamGrafix | | America_Online : DWS Steve | 3200 power | |_______________________________________________|_______________|