#AMIGA 2000
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Hello. I am a recent refugee from the HP Forum. I am in the cable TV
business and am AMAZED at what I saw an Amiga Computer do in my friendly
neighborhood computer store with graphics. I thought before I parted with
my hard earned (are they ever earned any other way?) bucks I would ask some
friendly folks about the ability of the AMIGA 2000 to deliver professional
graphics via GENLOCK to 3/4 inch tape recorders with a viable broadcast
quality signal. When I ask my friendly neighborhood computer guy he looks a
little vague and says "Yeah I think so". Well we all know what that means!
Hacking answers and head bging. Soooo Help! Does the AMIGA have agenlock
device availa ble? If so who makes it, and about what does it cost? What
software provides the highest level of Video resolution? Where can we find
it? Does the AMIGA have any way to run all of this MSDOS software we have?
Thanks in Advance!
Yes, there are genlocks available, ranging from home use to near-network
quality. Price for one of the best is about $780, and there are more in
the pipeline. Hardware ranges from the decent to the really good stuff.
There are some embelishments available tht reach true professional level.
Drop a line in AmigaVend for the details. (oh, it's the SuperGen genlock
that I'm talking about.)
As for MS-DOS, current bridgeboard is an XT clone, with the new AT
(80286) being released RSN. The nice thing about it is that it runs
concurrent with the 68000, full speed, with the display running as a task
on the Amiga side. You get IBM slots in the bargain, allowing use of most
hardware from the IBM to be plunked into the 2000. Two of them are AT type
slots, with the other two being XT.
Video software ranges from Paint programs to Text Titling to whatever,
with hardware now coming out to turn it into a multi-milion color very
high resolution machine. Contact ASDG over in 'Vend for details on the
hardware if you're interested. It seems there's a lot of support for the
graphics end being available, and more coming out everyday.
What you would be most interested in, I think, is software that supports
overscan. Most of the newer graphic soft/hardware will easily handle that,
all that's left for you to do is find what you need. I can't list all
that's available, as it would be a very long list. 8) Talk to Stan
Kalisher, over in AmigaVend in Syndesis.
You might also want to talk to Mike Berro here. He's a video consultant,
and very knowlegable on what's out there. He will be the most likely to
help you out. You will find him here AmigaVendor in MicroIllusions.
I think you'll find the Amiga more than just a inexpensive paintbox as you
come to know it and discover just what it can do. I've seen the 'best'
offered to the public, and the Amiga beats all but the _very_ expensive
hands down.
On HBO about three nights ago, they were having technical difficulties,
so they displayed the typical "Please stand by" message. That message
screen was being generated by an Amiga.
The Amiga generates all of the graphics _and_ sounds for the game show
"Lingo", which was hosted by Mike Reagan (there'll be a new host this
September), and broadcast nationwide in Canada and selected cities in the
U.S.
ABC used the Amiga to generate quick graphics between winter Olympic
events. Maximum resolutions are 768×482 in 16 colors and 384×482 in 4096
(with some limitations) colors. The color range can be extended greatly
with add-on cards. To compare with characters generators, it corresponds
to a "rise time" of 82 nanoseconds. Many character generators have a
faster rise time, but they don't do 3-d, paintbox, animation, digitized
sound or read time code, let alone word processing, data base, etc.