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From: hrlaser@sactoh0.UUCP (Harv R. Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: X-Specs and Sega Glasses
Summary: Turbo Silver SV is no rumor!
	 Sega glasses work with an interface.
Keywords: Glasses, 3-d
Message-ID: <2399@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 90 23:38:59 GMT
References: <4668@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA
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In article <4668@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) writes:
> I heard a rumor that the new version of Turbo Silver will support not only

No rumor here.  Turbo Silver SV ("Stereo Vision") has been shipping
for a few months now.  You don't get it when you buy Turbo Silver
from a dealer (for some reason I don't quite understand). You have
to upgrade to it for about $30 directly from Impulse.

> ray-traced animations for the X-Specs glasses, but also the Sega video game
> systems 3d glasses. Does anyone know if they are essentially the same?
>
The Sega glasses and Haitex X-Specs are functionally identical. 
Outwardly, the Segas project more of a "Joe Cool" image instead
of the X-Spec's "Nerd from Mars" appearance ;-)
 
> I looked at a pair of the Sega glasses. They use a simple LCD to block one
> lense at a time. The input to the glasses is a stereo headphone-type jack-
> which leads me to think that they are controlled by software to blink. (One
> power line for each of the LCD's and a ground.) To me, this says that they
> could possibly be hooked up to the parallel port.  
>
Possibly, but me no hardware smart boy so I have no idea. However,
for $49.95 Impulse also sells a Sega Glasses -> Amiga Mouse Port #2
interface box. Plug the Segas into the box, plug the box into
Mouse Port #2 and you're in business. 
 
> Note #2: Sega 3-d glasses are being carried by a local KayBee Toy & Hobby
> for $40. I'm pretty sure that this is cheaper than the X-Specs, so the idea
> is probably worth looking into.
>
If you add the price of the Impulse Sega interface to the toy store
price of the glasses you're with $10 of the price of the X-Specs
alone so it comes down to which design you prefer - sunglasses
or goggles.  Some people have told me the X-Specs have a wider
field of vision but I can't see much difference between the two
brands of glasses.  All software that works with the X-Specs will
work with the Segas/Interface.  What you lose by buying the Segas
is the disk of nifty software that comes with the X-Specs - a
bunch of Stereo IFF pictures, the 3-d game "Space Spuds" and a
few 3-D picture making/modifying utilities written by Wade 
Bickel, when he worked for Haitex. 


 
> My questions are:
> 	1) How do the X-Specs hook to the Amiga?
> 	2) Does anyone know how the Sega glasses hook up?
> 
The X-Specs plug into mouse port #2. See above for the Sega
info. 


> -- 
> BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN
> Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332


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