#PAR
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All PAR users…the more I read about DPS – PAR, the more I want to get one
myself. Do you need a fast hard drive (how fast, I have a Seagate 16ms SCSI HD
440MB) and a fast video card to get real time animation using the PAR???
My video card is &*#$% and I want to get another, what card will allow live
video to be applied (chroma Keyed?) onto an animation background (blue)?
Thank You,
Denise
Denise,
<< .. interested in the PAR.. >>
Download PAR_FA.txt from the Hardware/Sysop/Video section of the lib for more
details.
jonas[adesk]
Denise
You need a dedicated IDE hard drive and I think only the Micropolis drives are
recommend right now and it doesn't matter which graphics card you have as the
PAR is independant of it. It is great!
TedB
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The DPS PAR requires a dedicated IDE hard drive. The Micropolis 2210A and
2217A are the only two worth having although there is a Seagate on the approved
list it will not work as efficiently as the Mic's. The PAR runs with software
from the DOS screen so any VGA card will do that supports 16 colors at 640X480.
Regarding chroma keying 24 bit animations, when you figure out how to do that
with current day low end hardware let me know. I can do it here but it
requires my FAST video machine to do. That has a starting ticket of $4000 for
the lite version. If you want to chroma key 256 color animation flcs then your
in luck. there are many cards on the market. These are called genlock VGA
overlay boards. I use a Magni VGA Producer PRO here. It will output at
640×480 res. and with a signal stability that meets broadcast standards
(RS-170(a)).
Hi Don,
How do you like your FAST board? Can you tell me what are some of the other
comprable boards on the market?
Thanks,
Tom
I'm still evaluating the thing, I landed three infomercials editing that I'm
putting the thing to test with. I can tell you one thing that I found many
surprises in the package. Both good and bad. While it has taken me a quantum
leap into easier scripting of video projects, it certainly is no time saver
over conventional editing. A lot easier to use than the toaster as it does
deck control. While I think the Matrox Studio has more edit flexibility with
additional video channels, I think, the two people I spoke with were switching
to the VM because they said the Studio just works 20% of the time. Of course I
heard the same thing about the FAST from some but it seems some of these people
would have trouble running Notepad in Windows. <G> Plain and simple I don't
think there is anything to match the FAST VM for quality, features, and
upgradeability. While I have had several disappointing discoveries of the
limitations in the FAST they have been offset with discoveries of " GEE I
didn't realize I could do that!" The biggest disappointment of all is a well
documented feature doesn't work in the VM's SC box. That is the control L
inputs. FAST is working on this one.
Check back with me in a month and I'll let you know how I feel about it then
after I see what kind of response I get on the problems.
Thanks for the info Don. I saw some presentations from FAST here in Germany
and am interested in how it really works for a user.
Good luck with the work.
BTW, where are you located?
Tom
I'm in Jacksonville, FL
>>The DPS PAR requires a dedicated IDE hard drive.
Does this mean I can not use my Micropolis 2217AV external drive?
It is a SCSI-2 drive, and the primary reason I purchased it was because I was
under the impression I could use it with the PAR.
Please say it isn't so!!!
Andrew
Andrew:
PMJI Sorry to bring you the bad news:
The PAR currently supports only IDE drives. These drives are connected
directly to the PAR card so they are not controlled by your host adapter.
However, (Possibly good news) the Micropolis 2217A is on the list as being
supported by the PAR. The confusion is now about whether your drive is
actually a SCSI-2 drive, are you certain about the model number (your message
mentions the 2217AV as opposed to the 2217A), is the PAR manual incorrect on
its model number, or is it some other cosmic reason not yet considered?
Bob
My drive is a SCSI-2 drive. There is a differece between the 2217A and the
2217AV. The 2217A is the IDE drive, the 2217AV is a SCSI-2.
Good news though, the drive was new (only one week old) and the place I
purchased it from agreed to exchange it for the IDE since I was originally told
this drive would work. I guess they didn't know the difference.
Andrew
Andrew:
Great to hear you'll be able to swap the drives. Wait'll you get the PAR,
animation gets seriously fun.
Bob
>>Please say it isn't so!!!
OK! It isn't so that you can use the SCSI-2 drive with the PAR. The PAR uses
IDE drives, not SCSI-2