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From: oconnor@sungoddess.steinmetz (Dennis M. O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What is 'DigiAdaptor'?
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Date: 15 Mar 88 16:33:45 GMT
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An article by denbeste@BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste) says:
] I just received a newsprint flyer of Amiga products from some place called
] "Computer Discount" in Denver. (I assume they got my name from the Boston
] Computer Society, but I can't be sure.)
[...]
] "NEW! Digi-Adaptor. Allows DigiView to digitize in color from a home VCR. This
] will be very useful for anyone using the Amiga for home or professional video
] production. Regular $79.95 Our price $67.98" (Their phone number is
] 303-825-2943.)
] 
] Well! "In Color" no less. Is this real or did the catalog writer get confused?
] To do what they say, we've gotta have a box which is fed color composite,
] which has a three-way switch to choose Red or Green or Blue output (and,
] sigh, also has to have "tint" and "color" and "brightness" and "contrast"
] pots). To power all this, it's probably going to have to have a brick, too.
] 
] If that is what it is, $70 is pretty cheap. I can't think what else it might
] be, though, because if you AREN'T doing color demodulating, you can plug the
] composite directly into DigiView.
] 
] Steven C. Den Beste,   Bolt Beranek & Newman, Cambridge MA
] denbeste@bbn.com(ARPA/CSNET/UUCP)    harvard!bbn.com!denbeste(UUCP)

The circuitry to change NTSC composite to RGB is a minor peice of
every color television sold. It does not need to draw much power,
and I believe there exist single chips that accomplish the function.
So this adapter is really not that cheap ( considering what cheap
color TVs cost, and how much more stuff they have, like CRT and
tuners and so on ). A 9-volt battery could power this thing.

I don't know about this specific device, but I expected something
like it in about this price-class and time-frame. No big deal.
But USEFUL, yes indeed.



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 Dennis O'Connor   oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP  ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa
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