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From: jonah@crl.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich)
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Subject: Re: Video Capture card
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Date: 10 Jan 91 01:41:03 GMT
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In article <4f116957.f759@viking.UUCP> campbellb@viking.UUCP (Brian Campbell) writes:
>
>AST no longer makes the card, and some other company took over the rights to it
>and upgraded.  They had an upgrade offer for original owners of the AST card.
>I took advantage of it, and it solved the problems I had with the original
>hardware and software (e.g the black left margin in bright pictures that the
>prevous article mentioned).  The color digitizing was particularly improved.
>I think that I heard that a third company now has the rights to it.  If so,
>do they still offer the upgrade?  The second company promised a future software
>release for the card with enhancements, which I have not heard anything about.

Yup, the card is now handled by a comppany called New Concepts, inc. Supposedly
they renamed it the Enhanced VisionPlus. You can order it through almost all
of the mail order places in inCider. Most of them still call it the Visionary,
though. They're the exact same thing as far as I can tell...

As for new software, it's called Allison, and it was released about a month
ago (at the last AppleFest). It is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH better than the
'transitional' software. The color algorithms are EXCELLENT (which is fitting,
because the prrogram was written by Excellent software.... :). If you're
in the market for a digitizer, this is the one to get. I just got mine a few
days ago and was AMAZED at how neat it is!

Jonah