Dave@daami.van-bc.UUCP (Dave Allen) (06/07/88)
>Any comments or experiences anyone has with the LIVE hardware are welcome. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Hal Meeks Velveeta has topped $4.00 a pound in > netoprhm@ncsuvm.bitnet in Tokyo. The free market reigns..... > hgm@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu Well, I have been fortunate toi have worked with A-Squared's Live unit since early 1986. We used a prototype to set up a security system with the trailblazer 19,200 bps modems. The results, even with the early prototype (#16) and old software were exceptional. 16 grey scales provided a very clear picture that we could send from here to Calgary in less than 30 seconds! (That would be real time I think). The project died on the vine for other reasons but that original prototype works just fine. We have since received the newer commercial product for the 1000 and I have been using it in conjuction with Pro Page from GoldDisk to assist in putting our promotional material together as well as our club newsletter (the VIEW from PaNorAmA, the Pacific Northwest Amiga Association). There are a couple of programs that come with LIVE! that are very useful such as Riffmaker (as the name implies) and playriff. A riff is a series of still frames that when combined provide animation. With my 2 meg Comspec I can create a riff using the LIVE! software that has up to 56 frames! To play it back I simply load it into Playriff and (P)lay it. The main drawback with LIVE! is that it does not handle colours anywhere near as well as Digi-View so I would recommend getting both units as they are relatively inexpensive compared to the Incredibly Boring Machines peripherals. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Allen (604) 270-0064 The MIND LINK BBS - (604) 533-2312 9651 Alexandra Rd. 8 Lines running Xenix RSI // Richmond, B.C. // Canada V6X 1C6 "thou shalt not offend the \\ // or; dave@daami.UUCP Net gods" \X/ ^^^ - something to remember ---------------------------------------------------------------------