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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: synchronizing the ST to an external video source
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Date: 16 May 88 21:00:58 GMT
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In article <1832@netmbx.UUCP> hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) writes:
>                                               ...the pictures are
>simply added (the brightness values for each pixel are added)....

This is not as useful as one might hope. If you put a Grey title on the
screen then you will be able to see 'through' it because the background
is changing. It would be useful if the source VCR just played a black
screen so that you could record the Atari's output on the VCR.

>They both ran NeoChrome with the same picture but slightly different
>palettes. Looks great (and makes Amiga-Freaks run for shelter..:-).

Last time I checked one Amiga was a whole lot cheaper than two ST's
and took up less desk space too :-)


--Chuck McManis
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