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From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET
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Subject: Re: Video Capture card
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Date: 4 Jan 91 16:39:09 GMT
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On Sat, 29 Dec 90 20:22:17 GMT randy hyde said:
>ACP (Advanced Computer Products) is blowing out some AST video
>digitizers for the Apple II GS for $99.  I seem to remember there
>were some problems with these cards (incompatible with certain
>memory cards [like my Orange Micro]).  Any comments? Is this
>a good price for an "orphan" product?  Anybody else want one?
>*** Randy Hyde

That's an INCREDIBLE PRICE for that thing!!!!  I've had one since early '88
and I LOVE IT!  It was worth EVERY CENT I put into it ($220 at the time).
$220 would STILL be a good price for it!

It -DID/DOES- have it problems though.  It IS incompatible with certain
memory cards.  If the image coming in is too bright, the picture bends to the
right and you get a big black blotch on the left.

It's good point are:
-it digitizes in BW at 15 frames per second.
  -in the manual they call this "live" and NOT 'real time'.
-color digitizing at about 1 frame per second.
  -color not available in 640 mode, but black and white is.
-You can have 'live' video on you screen.
-you can have 'live' NEGATIVE video.
-you can change the black and white shades to any color you want and
 make some really funky looking pictures WHILE it's digitizing.
-can digitize in BW, color dither, or pallette adjust.

Look in the December (I -THINK- that's the one) of GS+ for my article on
making the most of your video digitizer.

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  Michael J. Quinn
  University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  BITNET--   mquinn@utcvm
  pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com