humphrey@skat.usc.edu (Steve Humphrey) (10/10/87)
In the movie "The Big Easy", a mac is shown on the district attorney's
desk at one point. Problem: no cables coming out of the back of it.
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"There is beauty all around, when there's love at home."mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) (10/10/87)
In article <4669@oberon.USC.EDU> humphrey@skat.usc.edu (Steve Humphrey) writes: >In the movie "The Big Easy", a mac is shown on the district attorney's >desk at one point. Problem: no cables coming out of the back of it. And no external disk drive. And I think it was an "old" Mac, i.e., a 512 or 128. Set designers seem to like the machine, though. It's small, and shows how "in" the stars are...:-) Once, long ago, didn't they have EPSONS in the office? I also seem to remember an episode where the security office somewhere had a row of five Macs acting as MONITORS. Each one had black electrical tape across the disk drive and logo... :-) And now the "value" part of the message: the few pictures I have seen of Macs turned on have been on the news. They are always in the background, and in- variably FLICKER like mad. I know people on this newsgroup have often written that it's possible to aim a camera at the screen and get a good picture. Can someone comment on the other type of "background" filming? -- Robert Dorsett {allegra,seismo}!sally!ut-ngp!walt!mentat University of Texas at Austin {allegra, seismo}!sally!ut-ngp!auscso!mentat
singer@endor.harvard.edu (Richard Siegel) (10/11/87)
In article <452@auscso.UUCP> mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) writes: >In article <4669@oberon.USC.EDU> humphrey@skat.usc.edu (Steve Humphrey) writes: >And now the "value" part of the message: the few pictures I have seen of Macs >turned on have been on the news. They are always in the background, and in- >variably FLICKER like mad. I know people on this newsgroup have often written >that it's possible to aim a camera at the screen and get a good picture. Can >someone comment on the other type of "background" filming? If I had to guess, I'd say that the flicker is because of the difference in scan rate between the computer screen and the TV (or movie) camera. This also shows up occasionally on the evening news, whenever they show a shot of a television screen over in Europe (which uses a 50Hz cycle rate for their TV sets, in general). How to work around it, I don't know. Whoa! That wasn't a LightspeedC question! Whoops... ;-) --Rich **The opinions stated herein are my own opinions and do not necessarily represent the policies or opinions of my employer (THINK Technologies, Inc). * Richard M. Siegel | {decvax, ucbvax, sun}!harvard!endor!singer * * Customer Support | singer@endor.harvard.edu * * THINK Technologies, Inc. (No snappy quote) *
russell@acf3.NYU.EDU (Bill Russell) (10/13/87)
As incredible as it may sound: If I am not out doing something constructive (like eating or drinking) on Tuesday nights, NOVA is on opposite Moonlighiting in NYC -- so I've NEVER seen it. Honest. No kidding. I too was wondering how somebody I've never heard of could be so damn important in the Mac community.... -r (Richard Reich as russell@nyu) Relay-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU From: russell@acf3.NYU.EDU (Bill Russell) Date: 12-Oct-87 23:27 EDT Date-Received: 12-Oct-87 23:27 EDT Subject: Re: HyperCard stack multi-access Message-ID: <170028@acf3.NYU.EDU> Path: acf3!russell Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU Organization: New York University References: <1051@cive.ri.cmu.edu> Yes, indeed. The stack backup problem kills me -- it makes a brilliant utility like DiskFit into a painful-to-use chore. Even though we all know why the problem occurs -- it should be considered a BUG. It is a great pitty that Atkinson thinks that saving is something the lowbrow user can NEVER be taught to do. So we all have to suffer. -r (Richard Reich as russell@nyu)
jimm@mitsumi.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) (10/15/87)
In article <2975@husc6.UUCP> singer@endor.UUCP (Richard Siegel) writes: >In article <452@auscso.UUCP> mentat@auscso.UUCP (Robert Dorsett) writes: >>In article <4669@oberon.USC.EDU> humphrey@skat.usc.edu (Steve Humphrey) writes: >>And now the "value" part of the message: the few pictures I have seen of Macs >>turned on have been on the news. They are always in the background, and in- >>variably FLICKER like mad. > > If I had to guess, I'd say that the flicker is because of the >difference in scan rate between the computer screen and the TV (or movie) >camera. This also shows up occasionally on the evening news, whenever >they show a shot of a television screen over in Europe (which uses a 50Hz >cycle rate for their TV sets, in general). > > How to work around it, I don't know. > --Rich Nice guess. Different scan rates will cause problems, but even with the same (or similar) scan rates, problems will occur if pieces of video equipment are not synchronized (a black band will appear on the monitor in the picture). Synchonization of video sources/cameras is called genlock. I don't know the scan rate of Macs. Some PC's can benefit from aftermarket genlocks. The Amiga was designed with Genlock in mind (the computer's internal clock is synchronized to external video), and with the genlock peripheral can be used in video scenes. Genlock synchronization is also needed when mixing video sources, such as graphic overlays of video, which is another function of the Amiga Genlock peripheral. It is said that all computer displays on Max Headroom (except Max, his ownself) are now generated on Amigas. I haven't seen much truly wild, but the simple graphic overlays of videophones and the like are easy to do with an Amiga and Genlock. jimm -- Jim Mackraz Mitsumi Technology, Inc. 408/980-5422 {amiga,pyramid}!mitsumi!jimm
cgeiger@ut-ngp.UUCP (10/22/87)
> In the movie "The Big Easy", a mac is shown on the district attorney's > desk at one point. Problem: no cables coming out of the back of it. I saw that one. Also, some new Chevrolet ad (I think maybe for a barretta(sp?)) toggles back and forth between a woman typing at her computer (maybe typing a review of the car) and driving the car. The computer is a Mac II. cheers, from charles s. geiger ARPA: cgeiger@ngp.cc.utexas.edu cgeiger@ut-ngp.ARPA UUCP: ihnp4!ut-ngp!cgeiger allegra!ut-ngp!cgeiger gatech!ut-ngp!cgeiger seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!cgeiger harvard!ut-sally!ut-ngp!cgeiger