hugh@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Hugh D. Gamble) (12/12/90)
In article <2117@shodha.enet.dec.com> kaye@FSCORE.dec.com (Mark Kaye - Where's my Kama Sutra pop-up book for Zero-G) writes: ... >I saw a VCR in a multimedia demo at the Commodore Show in Toronto. It had >an EIA port & was controlled via an Amiga. I think it was a Panasonic, but >Technics comes to mind also. It is not available to the general public yet, >and may not even be a consumer-type VCR. There were quite a few VCRs at the Toronto World of Commodore Amiga show. Most of them were being shown for video editing, connected to NewTek Video Toasters, etc. What I think you are talking about though, is what NTT Systems Inc. (and myself in particular) were demoing in the Commodore booth. We were showing how an NEC PC-VCR could be used with AmigaVision and a little custom s/w and AREXX interfacing we put together, for interactive multimedia training applications. We were using the PC-VCR much like you would use a LaserDisc. Unlike LaserDisc though, you can record your own material without the time and expense of LaserDisc mastering. >Also, a company in Mass. modifies decks to get access to the control tracks >and supplies software for the Amiga to use these decks in an editing-suite >application (Mediaphile i think, check out AmigaWord) The company is Interactive Microsystems. They sell a whole slew of h/w and s/w for controlling VTRs. >Mark Kaye | | | >Box 72, Munster Hamlet | 613-838-3580 | kaye@fscore.dec.com | >Ontario, Canada K0A 3P0 | | DEC fscore::kaye or kaye @kao | # Hugh D. Gamble, NTT Systems Inc. (at DCIEM (416) 635-2156) Std. Disclaimers # # hugh@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca, hugh@kink.UUCP # # ** Neural net; holds your mind hour after hour. ** # -- # Hugh D. Gamble, NTT Systems Inc. (at DCIEM (416) 635-2156) Std. Disclaimers # # hugh@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca, hugh@kink.UUCP # # ** Neural net; holds your mind hour after hour. ** #