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Re: request: composite output boards (RAM->NTSC)

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From: Ken Lam
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:36
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perelet@avignon.wri.com (Oleg Perelet) writes:

>I'm trying to find video output board, that can play
>back images from computer (RAM->NTSC). Not simple scan converter,
>but board that will let me generate something like
>MPEG, JPEG (or whatewer) from computer generated images
>and then produce fast composite (NTSC) output. Not 
>necessary from disk, RAM is fine.
> I saw some posts about PC-Hurricane, but seems like
>it works in different direction (NTSC -> RAM).
>Thanx.

RasterOps has a compression board based on a RISC or TI chip which
will work with a variety of Multimedia boards.  Radius is also coming
out with one, I believe.  These are a tad expensive.  But if you have
gobs of memory and want to make a movie the rasterops will do it.

Release date is sometime late 92 or early 93.

Ken

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