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#PAR, TBC IV and Y/C Plus

    04-Oct-94 01:39:58
Sb: #PAR, TBC IV and Y/C Plus
Fm: Leo Hurtado 72351,1270
To: All
Hello all, Maybe somebody can give me a hand with this problem. I have two T4000s, one each in an Amiga4000. In one of the A4000s I have the Y/C Plus card attached to the Toaster card, and it's with this computer and Toaster switcher that I edit our videos. I also have the Z3 FastLane SCSI controller in this Amiga talking to our Bernoulli 150 Box. On the other side, the other Amiga is used mostly for 3D (this was bought before NewTek unbundled LW, so it also has a T4000 card). This other Amiga has the Ethernet card required to talk to the Screamer, and the PAR board from DPS. I also have the Toaster Toolbox, which has the Micropolis 2217A drive in it as well as the TBC IV from DPS. These two are in communication with the PAR board in the second Amiga. Now, can anyone tell me how to hook it all up so that I can have live-video capture with the TBC and the PAR, and also have the output (animations) of the PAR go into Input 2 of the first Amiga (the one actually used for switching and editing) without losing reference and timing? This input must go in the Y/C Plus, not in the Toaster. I have tried doing it several ways, just from looking at the PAR manual, but the configurations it shows do not have the Y/C Plus card. Every time I tried, the video coming in would not be visible. I have the PAR working as animation playback, but would really like to incorporate it as an Input to be able to overlay CG's, etc. And I got the TBC IV mainly for the live-video capability if used with the PAR… Hell, the TBC is not even doing anything, surely because my connections are all messed up! Well, I appreciate all your help in advance! POlo