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From: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Video Digitizers
Keywords: serial, RS232, Amiga, IBM (yuk)
Message-ID: <3058@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 89 08:06:19 GMT
References: <8904170416.AA29407@crash.cts.com> <1976@wpi.wpi.edu>
Reply-To: cbdougla@uokmax.UUCP (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
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In article <1976@wpi.wpi.edu> dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah) writes:
>In article <8904170416.AA29407@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-sol!pro-newfrontier!kblack@nosc.mil writes:
>>I would like to get information on any Video Digitizers that are available.
>>I've seen the Computereyes GS, but the fact that it takes 6 seconds to get an
>>image, and won't accept input from "freeze frame" video sources makes it
>>unusable for the purpose I have in mind. 
>
>When we held Megafest, our local computer show, there were a couple of
>non-Apple digitizing frame-grabbers.  They were hooked up to a video source
>and used a key or mouse button to trigger the grab.  The interesting thing
>was that the boxes (allegedly $200 or so) were accessed through the serial
>port (or so they said).  If this is true, maybe we can write a driver for
>them!
>
>Will look into it,
>Dave Seah (dseah@wpi.wpi.edu, dseah@wpi.bitnet);


   There is a frame grabber for the Apple II.  It is called Imageworks II. 
   IT will capture a frame in 1/60 of a second with 256 levels of grey (or
   color if you have the color version) per pixel.  The March 1989 issue
   of A+ is dedicated to home video.  You can get more info about Imageworks
   by writing (or calling):

   Redshift Limited
   P.O. Box 4335
   Mountain View, CA 94040
   (415) 322-7373

				Collin Douglas