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From: telam@pyrps5.pyramid.com (Thomas Elam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VCRs working with Amigas?
Keywords: VCR, AmigaVision, Video
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Date: 3 Jan 91 22:25:38 GMT
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In article <1991Jan1.042528.2441@rodan.acs.syr.edu> bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu writes:
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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
>scanners.  
>
>This machine did have a videodisc player hooked up with a control cable
>going from the Amiga (serial port, I think), and video input through a 
>genlock card.  
>
>The question is: are there VCRs that work with the Amiga in a similar way?
>(The graphic image of the VCR distinctly said "SONY" on it, and had a 
>jog-shuttle dial on one side.)

Sony, just about now, is coming out with something called the VCR-PC.
It allows frame-accurate control via an RS-232 port.  I read about it
in some video magazine I picked up for its article on "Amiga vs. IBM?"
(or something like that).  The VCR-PC will take a standard VHS tape,
record timing signals on it, then use the tape under control of the
RS-232 port.  This is supposed to be good for editting and, I think the
article said, for animation (I guess it could be).

What's a jog-shuttle?

>I'm looking into VCRs and TVs, and this would be a handy thing to know.
>
>Thanks,

You're welcome.

>Sam Hill Cabal				"If there's anything insidious going

Tom Elam