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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Real time video animation
Keywords: hard disk playback, run length, ANIMA II
Message-ID: <1397@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 88 14:57:59 GMT
References: <159@abvax.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <159@abvax.UUCP>, gfs@abvax.UUCP (Greg F. Shay) writes:
> Does anyone know if there are systems/boards/companies for INEXPENSIVE 
> real-time video animation for, for example, the PC?

> 	Does anyone know more about this, has anyone implemented something
> inexpensively (<$1000) for a small computer?

If you already have an RGB monitor, you can buy an Amiga 500 with a Meg of RAM 
and half a dozen animation programs of all types (ray-traced 3d, surface
rendered 3d, cartoon style 3d, any sort of 2d, etc...) for that. It's only got
mono composite output, but there's a cheap ($50) gadget to convert the RGB
to hue/croma suitable for videotaping. Or you can buy a used Amiga 1000
with NTSC output built in for less (though you'll have to add back a few hundred
bucks for extra RAM if you want to do any really long animations).
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