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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Lig Lury Jr.)
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Subject: Re: APPLEFEST IMPRESSIONS
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Date: 28 Dec 90 22:30:10 GMT
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... cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas) writes:
>>... cbdougla@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Collin Broad Douglas) writes:

>>>  There was a frame grabber for the Apple II that would digitize 256 * 256
>>>with lots o gray scale or color at 60 fps.  I'll see if I can dig up the
>>>article about it.

>... this card wasn't dependant on Apple II graphics.  That's
>how it would work on a II+ or //e.  It would display the picture using its
>own graphics modes.

>Well, it took me about an hour but I found the article.  The product 
>is/was called Imageworks II.  

>It captures a frame in 1/60 sec and has a resolution of 256 * 256 with 
>256 shades of gray.  

>Also, apparently, there is a color upgrade for the frame grabber to allow
>256 colors and still the 60 fps capability.

>The article is in the July 1989 Issue of Incider.

Was that the card that could go up to 1024 x 1024 resolution, no color
available?  I remember reading about a card that could do that, but
software support was damn unlikely, unless it was from the company that
designed it.  I sure wish I had the quoted issue handy....

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That reminds me... I need to change my .signature.

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