cs41fc49@csufres.csufresno.edu (Kelly Dodge) (09/07/90)
Has anyone out there come up with some clever way to gram a flicker fixer on a 500 yet? Kelly dodge
kinks@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Karl E Aldinger) (09/13/90)
In article <29688@nigel.ee.udel.edu> cs41fc49@csufres.csufresno.edu (Kelly Dodge) writes: > > Has anyone out there come up with some clever way to gram a flicker >fixer on a 500 yet? > > Kelly dodge This is an interesting question, with the Toaster requiring a video slot. Does anyone know if it is possible to simulate the video slot with an adapter mated to the expansion port of a A500. This could allow the use of Flicker Fixer, the Video Toaster, or any other framebuffer. Karl Aldinger
presley@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Presley) (09/14/90)
In article <6908@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> kinks@vax1.udel.edu (Karl E Aldinger) writes: > >This is an interesting question, with the Toaster requiring a video slot. >Does anyone know if it is possible to simulate the video slot with an >adapter mated to the expansion port of a A500. This could allow the use of >Flicker Fixer, the Video Toaster, or any other framebuffer. > > Karl Aldinger Some company has made some adapter so that you can put a flicker fixer somewhere other than the video slot. This device has been tested with both the Toaster and a Flixer in the same machine and it worked fine. This info from October Amiga World article on the Toaster. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Presley (UCLA CS Grad. Student) & (JPL CS dude) Internet (presley@cs.ucla.edu) or (matt@sapphire.jpl.nasa.gov) "Twisted yellow puppies play loudly broken flutes..."
dca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) (09/14/90)
In article <6908@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>, kinks@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Karl E Aldinger) writes: > In article <29688@nigel.ee.udel.edu> cs41fc49@csufres.csufresno.edu (Kelly Dodge) writes: > > > > Has anyone out there come up with some clever way to gram a flicker > >fixer on a 500 yet? > > > > Kelly dodge > > This is an interesting question, with the Toaster requiring a video slot. > Does anyone know if it is possible to simulate the video slot with an > adapter mated to the expansion port of a A500. This could allow the use of > Flicker Fixer, the Video Toaster, or any other framebuffer. > > Karl Aldinger I expect the major signals in the video slot which are not on the connector on the back is the raw 4 bit per color digital values. To reproduce these signals from the RGB port would require 3 very fast 4 bit A/D converters which operate at video speeds. Now, I'm not up on such hardware but I expect these would probably be expensive. Microway already makes an adapter which fits under the Denise chip and allows you to relocate your FF out of the video slot and into a more convenient location freeing up the video slot in the 2000. I had thought that the 500 and 2000 Denise chips are equivalent. If so, a more promising hack might be to use this adapter and some sort of external box to provide the FF capability on the 500. David Albrecht
tjhayko@thunder.lakeheadu.ca (09/17/90)
There was a hack about a year ago in AmigoTimes Issue 1.5 that explained the nessecary hardware to hook a flickerfixer to either an A500 or A1000. ********************************************************** * Tom Hayko * only the Amiga /// * * tjhayko@thunder.lakeheadu.ca * (if only Commodore /// * * * knew that) \\\/// * * * \XX/ * ********************************************************** QUIT
lkoop@pnet01.cts.com (Lamonte Koop) (09/17/90)
tjhayko@thunder.lakeheadu.ca writes: >There was a hack about a year ago in AmigoTimes Issue 1.5 that >explained the nessecary hardware to hook a flickerfixer to either >an A500 or A1000. > > >********************************************************** >* Tom Hayko * only the Amiga /// * >* tjhayko@thunder.lakeheadu.ca * (if only Commodore /// * >* * knew that) \\\/// * >* * \XX/ * >********************************************************** > > > >QUIT No real need to hack anything now. MicroWay's DEB extender board reportedly will work fine with an A500...and allow the FlickerFixer to be hooked up... although it probably will have to go outside the case. "The most original .sig file yet: A non-existant one!" UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!lkoop ARPA: crash!pnet01!lkoop@nosc.mil INET: lkoop@pnet01.cts.com