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From: alastair@geovision.UUCP (Alastair Mayer)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: PC Controlled VCR
Message-ID: <122@geovision.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 14:46:53 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 30 14:46:53 1987
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In article <1880@isis.UUCP> ross@isis.UUCP (Ross McConnell) writes:
>Does anyone know of a VCR that can be controlled via a serial
>or parallel port from a PC? I just want to give basic commands
>such as RECORD, STOP, REWIND, etc, under program control.


I'd be interested in such a gizmo myself (n-year, n-event programability!)
but haven't heard of such off-the-rack.  However, hardware-hacking a device
that makes use of a VCR's normal remote control shouldn't be too hard -
you could hack the actual remote controller to command switch closures
via a serial port.  Ciarcia's column in "BYTE" a couple months back
described a generic, programmable, IR controller that you might borrow
circuits from.
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