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In article <536@jolnet.UUCP>, rich@jolnet.UUCP (Rich Andrews) writes:
> >  Yes, this is called genlock. The idea is to take your ST's signal,
> >synchronize it with your VCR/TV's signal, and blend the two together. Genlock
> >
> Neither Antic nor Atari nor anyone else is going to genlock the ST unless
> Atari engineering reworks the glue chip.  There have been several different
> versions of the GLUE chip around and the very first rev. was able to be 
> genlocked, but that version has not been made in over 2 years.  The only
> way to genlock it now is with a frame synchronizer (read $5,000).  It 
> appears that Atari does not plan to make the ST genlockable.  Maybe 
> in the "new" machine it will be able to be genlocked "easily".
> 
   ... Stuff delete that shows the author is well versed in genlock
> 
> Rich Andrews

   I saw an add by Pratical Solutions for a RGB to composit video adaptor.  I
have also heard of a genlock device that takes in any video signal and locks 
it to another.  I forget the name, but I will get the details.  As I understand
it isn't that expensive (less than $1000, I think) and gives better results 
that the cheap genlocks that are normally used for Amigas.  Note that the Amiga
has a more flexible external video sync control than the ST.  If all this is
true, it would give the ST a much more flexible genlock device than just a 
genlock designed for the ST.  One could genlock a ST and Atari 800 for example.
I try to find out the details and post more later.  I think it is much better
to try and genlock the signals rather than genlock the computer.

                                   Wayne Knapp