##67236-Videoscapre 3-D
22-May-87 13:12:47
Sb: #68698-##67236-Videoscapre 3-D
Fm: Mike Schulte 72436,771
To: Aegis Development 76067,2500
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One of the reasons I made the suggestion about the public port was that I
checked out our 1" machines at work the other night (Ampex VPR-2's &
VPR-80's) and none of them have the serial edit control interfaces. Only
the standard "dumb" interface port is there. I imagine that this is true of
the machines bought by many television stations. Little thought was given
to the thought of computer control and in-house animation when we went from
2" to 1" machines several years ago. When you walk into management and tell
them what wonders could be done with an under $200 program they're all ears
until you mention that another computer must be aquired or another little
black box must be wired in get it to work. Even in our top 10 market they
won't spend the extra dollars required. Your serial port file is a good
idea and I would still keep it in for users who have an intelligent
controller to talk to, but it would be nice to have the user programmed
option available, after all, isn't that what sets a multitasking machine
apart from the crowd?