[comp.sys.mac.hardware] From Mac To Video with PAL

multisil@rapola.tut.fi (MULTISILTA JARI) (09/17/90)

Does anybody have any experience about recording images from the macs screen to
the videorecorder? I know there are a few cards for Mac II machines but I am 
especially interested Apples INIT+cable system (MacWorld, September 1990).


Where do I get this init? Is there PAL version?


Jari Multisilta, Tampere, Finland
E-mail: multisil@rapola.tut.fi

lindahl@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Charlie Lindahl) (09/19/90)

Got this in the mail recently, thot it might be of general interest
(I haven't tried it yet). 

Charlie S. Lindahl
Automation and Robotics Research Institute
University of Texas at Arlington
Internet EMAIL: lindahl@evax.arl.utexas.edu
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Apple Introduces New Video Utility
 
CUPERTINO, Calif.--September 7, 1990--Apple Computer, Inc. today introduced
VideoSync version 1.0, a Macintosh system software extension designed to
improve the video recording of Macintosh monitor screens by standard consumer
video camera equipment.  When the VideoSync file is added to the Macintosh
System Folder, the user can adjust the timing of an Apple display card from the
Monitors Control Panel.  The resulting Macintosh monitor image appears stable
when viewed by an external NTSC video camera.  In addition, there are several
third-party products that allow users to create NTSC timing for directly
recording Macintosh screens to a videocassette recorder.
 
VideoSync requires any Macintosh II personal computer; Macintosh System
Software version 6.0.4 or later, or A/UX 2.0 or later; an AppleColor
High-Resolution RGB Monitor; and a Macintosh Display Card 4%8, 8%24, 8%24 GC,
Apple High Resolution Video Card, or Macintosh II Video Card.  It is also
compatible with some third-party displays that support Apple video cards.
 
"VideoSync will provide all types of Macintosh users with an easy-to-use,
low-cost tool for recording high-quality Macintosh monitor images to
videotape," said Doug Camplejohn, product manager, Apple Video Integration
Products. "Developers can also integrate VideoSync into their own applications.
This product is the latest example of Apple delivering on its commitment to
integrate video with the Macintosh."
 
Developers can license VideoSync directly from Apple as a stand-alone utility
for video integration applications.
 
VideoSync is available immediately through APDA for $35.  Those interested in
obtaining a copy of VideoSync and documentation can contact APDA in the United
States at 800-282-2732.



-- 
Charlie S. Lindahl
Automation and Robotics Research Institute
University of Texas at Arlington
Internet EMAIL: lindahl@evax.arl.utexas.edu