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In article <754@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu>, luksa@cubbie.ils.nwu.edu (Frank Luksa) writes...
>I am working with a group developing software targeted at high-school students.  
>This software is going to be very video intensive.  We have a pioneer LD-V8000
>laser disc player that we can control from a PS/2.  
> 
>The problem is, we think we now need to add the capability of the student saving 
>some of the video to VHS tape.  This would mean we need to be able to control a 
>"conventional" VCR as well as the laser disk player (simple commands like start, 
>record, pause, etc.).
> 
>If you know of any VCR models that allow connection to a serial port, could you 
>please e-mail me?  I'll gladly post the list if I get any responses.

Well, they don't have serial ports, but some Sony VCR's have what are 
called Control-S and Control-L ports.  I believe that the Contol-L ports 
are the more sophisticated of the two.  Anyway, I know that you can access
basic functions and more complex ones through these ports.  They are used 
for hooking up to other VCR's and edit controllers, so I suppose all you 
would need would be the pin outs and the correct software and cables.
Acquiring software would probably be the hardest part (unless you could 
program it yourself)

> 
>Thanks.
> 
>Frank
> 
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> 
>Frank Luksa
>Institute for the Learning Sciences
>Northwestern University
>luksa@ils.nwu.edu (129.105.49.1)