km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) (03/22/90)
I see that all the new Mac video cards say they support interlaced
RS-170 standard timing. However, this sounds short of having a standard
NTSC color video output that can be recorded on a VCR.
What additional hardware is needed?
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km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >I see that all the new Mac video cards say they support interlaced >RS-170 standard timing. However, this sounds short of having a standard >NTSC color video output that can be recorded on a VCR. >What additional hardware is needed? >-- >Ken Mandelberg | km@mathcs.emory.edu PREFERRED >Emory University | {decvax,gatech}!emory!km UUCP >Dept of Math and CS | km@emory.bitnet NON-DOMAIN BITNET >Atlanta, GA 30322 | Phone: (404) 727-7963 Unfortunately, the 4.8 8.24 and 8.24GC only provide MONOCHROME NTSC output. There is no RCA connector on these cards so you must hack together your own cable to get the signal out. You must also set the card to 60Hz (somehow!). With RGB to NTSC converters running at around $1000, there seems to be a definite market for a low-cost RGB to NTSC converter. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pascal Gosselin | Internet: pascal@altitude.CAM.ORG | | Computer Connection Inc. | (514) 674-1514 CIS: 72757,1570 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
sands@apple.com (Michael Sands) (03/28/90)
The cards do support NTSC output in color, not just monochrome as mentioned. You can set the NTSC in the monitor control panel using the option key. The cables do have to be cobbled up or you can use some third party video boxes. If the results are poor, please contact me as there is a hack to improve the display quality on some third party boxes. You can hack up a cable bringing out the RGB signals. You have to fool the sense lines to imitate the Apple II monitor as well. Michael Sands system extension group (408) 974-6108 novice driver, just my thoughts