bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) (05/23/91)
In article <4529.28286031@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> harrism@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: |Hi. | |A simple question that I think belongs here, instead of the video or computer |graphics groups. I want to design a workstation that has video included. The |question is what ways can I do it and which is the best in picture quality, |refresh rate, and cost. The ability to sync the video with real time data is |important. An example would be, a rocket lifting off and the video is shown |on your screen, while data your collecting about the liftoff is also shown. | |I started looking into it and am getting overwhelmed by the number of platforms |(IBM,DEC,MAC,SUN...), boards(matrox,targa,SFPS...), and video chips(Intel....) What you want is called the Commodore Amiga A3000, with some sort of genlock or timebase corrector attached. You also should inquire about such products as the NewTek Video Toaster, a fully configured effects processor with an NTSC paint program etc. etc. The Amiga hardware is designed to be NTSC and PAL compatible; it employs custom blitter and video scheduler chips, as well as 4 channels of sound support. The CPU is a 68030 at 25Mhz with 68882 floating point unit. A 68040 cpu add-in will be available shortly. SCSI interface is builtin, and an ethernet card may be provided. Either AmigaDos, a real-time multitasking message-passing O/S, or Amiga Unix System V Release 4 is available on the hardware. Prices for everything are currently *very* competitive. -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!utai!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "It's the death of the net as we know it (and I feel fine)" - R.A.M.