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From: a143@mindlink.UUCP (Ed Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VCRs working with Amigas?
Message-ID: <4293@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 91 19:14:32 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <1991Jan1.042528.2441@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
> Posted: 1 Jan 91 04:25:28 GMT
> 
> Org.  : Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
> 
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> I was playing with an Amiga 3000 in a local store last week, and in the
> A3000 demo there is a picture of a VCR in use as a video source for the
> Amiga/AmigaVision.  This was alongside cameras, videodisc players, and
>  [ ... ]
> The question is: are there VCRs that work with the Amiga in a similar way?
>  [ ... ]
> Thanks,
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>  [ ... ]

I'm not sure how applicable this is, but I've heard of an NEC VCR that has an
RS-232 serial command interface.  As I understand it, this VCR
does jog & shuttle via computer control only: there is no J&S control
on the front panel.  The VCR is called an NEC PC-VCR.  I understand that
there are people looking to produce drivers et al for this "puppy" for the
Amiga (although, who knows, they may already exist).