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Subject: phonevision
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Date: Fri, 5-Jun-87 17:12:33 EDT
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 From:    Doug Mosher                 <SPGDCM at UCBCMSA>
 Title:   MVS/Tandem Systems Manager  (415)642-5823
 Office:  Evans 257, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
 Subject: phonevision
 to: telecom@buit1.bu.edu

 Phonevision (TV pic + audio phones) may hit us from a slightly different
 angle.

 A recent brochure from Datapoint notes their addition of MINX to their
 Starbuilder network architecture.

 MINX adds what they call "voice and full-motion video" to PC communication
 networks. It appears that you add a Datapoint monitor-camera combination to
 some sort of IBM PC; presumably the same monitor is used at other times for
 high quality color graphic monitor use.

 I have no idea what quality; certainly some teleconferencing video is limited
 scan, like 2 per second or whatever; their term "full-motion" is interesting.

 It seems to be a contest as more features are added to one's telephone and
 networked pc workstation, until they meet in the middle. (But then at that
 point you'll have TWO of them on every desk....)

 Remembering also that the Datapoint co. stimulated the whole pc business in
 the first place in about 1975 by their chip activity and the Intel 8004,
 8008...

 Thanks, Doug
      phonevision