vrr@cbnewsj.att.com (veenu.r.rashid) (08/19/90)
Hello out there. I'm just about to purchase a pair of the x-specs 3D. I'd like to find some technical specifications on these specs. I program graphics extensively on the Amiga, and I have two questions about these specs: 1) Where can I obtain technical information about the specs that would allow me to program for them. I mean specific details such as kind of signals, which bus and/or registers are being affected and software codes sent to the specs. 2) Can anyone send me a list of software which supports these specs: games, animation packages, whatever. Somebody mentioned Digipaint3, but I have a hard time seeing how it could. Thanks for any info, ruze veenu@mtfmi.att.com -or- vrr@cbnewsj.att.com Please email the information to me directly. I will summarize if there's any interest. Thanks very much.
vrr@cbnewsj.att.com (veenu.r.rashid) (09/01/90)
For all those who tried to contact me email for information: I couldn't get in touch directly so here is the information for the developer's kit from Haitex for the X-Specs 3D. The kit can be purchased from: Haitex Resources, Inc. P.O. Box 20609 Charleston, SC 29413-0609 It comes with manual, docs and disk. Send check or money order for $49.95 plus shipping, or for credit card orders, call Haitex: (803) 881-7518 BBS: (803) 881-7522 The kit contains an assembly language library for use from C programs and sample source. There is also a (different) PD library available from CompuServe or GEnie - I don't know how to get it, but anyone who can mail it to me will be thanked! Also, additional specs for the kit (without adaptor) can be purchased for $49.95. All the above information is from Haitex where I called today and had a representative give me the info. The phone number has been changed from the one printed on earlier versions of the manual (mine had a 215 area code number which had been disconnected!). Thanks very much to all who replied. I couldn't have contacted them without the phone number! Email or post any additional info. Ruze
thinman@cup.portal.com (Lance C Norskog) (09/16/90)
I looked at the spex today in a store. They're pretty cute, but there was a severe flicker (at least for me, I have a high sensitivity to it anyway). I want to hook them up to my PC and do some hacking. They plug in to the joystick port. Does anyone know exactly what the port does to the display circuit. I'd assume it just does a +5/0V square wave, but the Amiga joystick port does a lot more than the PC joysticks or parallel ports do. Has anyone run a 'scope on the joystick signals and figured out exactly it works? Thanks, Lance Norskog thinman@cup.portal.com
thinman@cup.portal.com (Lance C Norskog) (09/16/90)
Well, I just called up the bulletin board at Haitex, read everything,
and have enclosed the interesting stuff. They have a few cute images
and a space blasters game. I got a pretty severe jitter on a 500.
I don't know my Amigas, so I don't know what the refresh rate is.
This was not marked copyright or trade secret. I have no connection
with these people, and have no notion of their size, solvency, adherence
to the civil rights/discrimation laws, or anything else. Enjoy!
X - S P E C S 3 D
STEREOSCOPIC GLASSES
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Description
The X-Specs 3D glasses contain two liquid crystal optical
modulators, one for each eye. They have two optical states: one
light transmitting, one light blocking. By operating them out of
phase, stereoscopic image pairs can be viewed field sequentially.
The drive signals (25v p-p @ 500 Hz) are supplied by the driver
interface which has been adapted to the Amiga computer. Using X-
Specs compatible software, sync signals are generated for the
driver interface by the computer to trigger left and right images.
X-Specs Driver interface
INPUT
Supply: +5V @ 33 mAmps supplied by computer control port pin #7.
Ground supplied by computer control port pin #8.
Control: High low state of computer control port pin # 6
Control Signal Transmitting State (clear)
High Right Eye
Low Left Eye
Low- 2 horiz. periods Both transparent
Note: If a "low" state persists more than two horizontal periods,
both eyes declare transparent.
OUTPUT
Extinction State: 0V p-p
Transmitting State:25V p-p
Frequency of Frame Rate: 60 Hz gated
Connection: three pin miniature stereo jack (dual port).
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X-SPECS 3D SOFTWARE SUPPORT
AVAILABLE:
C-Light Peterson
(Simple ray-tracing program) Enterprises
DigiPaint 3 Newtek
(HAM paint program)
Opticks Incognito
(ray-tracing, 3D modeling)
Page Render 3D Mindware
(3D modeling)
Turbo Silver SV Impulse
(Ray-tracing)
FORMERLY ANNOUNCED:
Doug's Math Aquarium Seven Seas
(higher math learning package)
Forms in Flight Micro Magic
(3D animation program)
Page Flipper + Mindware
(Page animation)
INFORMALLY ANNOUNCED:
Adventure game Tri-Tech
Adventure game Haitex Resources
Space flight simulator Haitex Resources
PRODUCTS that can be easily used to create IFF images to
be displayed with X-Specs 3D:
Turbo Silver Impulse
Sculpt 3D Byte By Byte
Digiview NewTek
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