GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA (Gern) (10/03/86)
What machine do you have. I was thinking about building one for my Zenith Z-100 (S-100) CP/M-85, MS-DOS machine, but I just use on rare occasions a Data Translation device on an PC-BUS at work and copy the data for use with my programs on the Z-100. I was thinking of designing one for RS-232C, but even at 9600 or 19.2K Baud, it would take a minute or more to save/load images. Also, aside from the novelity, what good is it really? And the most important question - How much would you and/or the public be willing to pay for one? With development costs, PC-board design and manufacture, loan interests, parts (FLASH Video A2Ds are VERY expensive), I figured that a 640x480x256 grey scale device would cost about $600 to produce at cost, about $400 more for color. You might be better off designing a BUS Interface and be able to plug in S-100 or PC-BUS products into your machine. Cheers, Gern -------