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From: ray@madnix.uucp (Ray P. Hill)
Subject: Lotus 123 CD-ROM For Sale
Organization: ARP Software
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:26:51 GMT

I have a brand new copy of Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows with Multimedia SmartHelp
(Release 1.1) for sale. This program was included in a PRO 16 Multimedia
System. It is still unopened and unregistered since I don't need a spreadsheet.
This software is on CD-ROM and requires Windows 3.1 and DOS 3.3.

I'm not sure what this software is worth, at least several hundred dollars I'm
sure. Please e-mail or call with any reasonable offer.

						Ray Hill
						ray@madnix
						(608) 274-4505
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From: jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu (Jon Gorrono)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Authorware for UNIX?
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:07:37 GMT
Organization: Instruction and Media Support, UC Davis
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1a2



Does anyone know what plans(timelines) Macromedia has for putting
Authorware on the UNIX platform?  Since as far back as version 1.5, there
has been at least some hint of this.

Any rumors, confirmed hear-say?

______________________________________
Jon Gorrono
Media Integrator
Instruction and Media Support
UC Davis
(916)752-0218
jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu
_______________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: thorjc@dhhalden.no (THOR JOHAN CHRISTENSEN)
Subject: Soundmaster II drivers for WINDOWS 3.1 please :-)
Organization: Ostfold College
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 12:49:24 GMT

I have a SoundMaster II card from covox. And I need drivers for windows 3.1. 

Is there anyone who can tell me where I can find them ??

Thanks. 

Johan III- Norway
From: bobjen@darwin.ntu.edu.au (Bob Jenner)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Saving presentations to video tape
Date: 12 Oct 92 07:12:34 GMT
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Organization: NTU

In article <1992Oct8.183737.1959@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
jmj5g@galen.med.Virginia.EDU (John M. Jackson) wrote:
> 
> messina@netcom.com  writes:
> > 
> > I was wondering if there are some either software or hardware products
> > (or combination) that would allow saving animation or presentations
> > (such as from Power Point) directly to video tape.  Platform would be
> > PC (but I would be curious also about Mac).
> > I understand that it can be achieved easily on the Amiga using Video
> > Toaster.  Any equivalents on the PC side?
> > 
> We just bought a Videologic Mediator for abour $2000 for that
> purpose.  It is a box that plugs in to any VGA card (which must
> be running at 640x480) OR any Mac video source and outputs NTSC
> or PAL video.  It will genlock, has SVHS output as well as
> composite, will under or overscan, and has several other useful
> adjustments.  It is a nice multi-purpose box that gives a very
> good picture for the price.
> --
> John Jackson                            jmj5g@galen.med.virginia.edu

Tell me John, what does text from your mediator look like. The reason I ask
is that we have one here (A$4500 ~US$6000) and so far, I have been quite
disappointed with it. I don't believe the quality is even adequate for
output to tape and I am having trouble getting the suppliers to acknowledge
a problem.

Cheers
Bob Jenner
Northern Territory University
Darwin, Australia
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: casavant@elmer.orl.mmc.com (John Casavant)
Subject: CD-ROM Driver problem Toshiba 3301A
Organization: Martin Marietta
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 12:04:46 GMT

I am trying to attach a Toshiba 3301A CD-ROM to my NEC 486/33 EISA PC, but	
can not get it to work in DOS.  I have an ADAPTEC 1740 SCSI controller in the
4th EISA slot at D000H, all the drivers seem to load, but when I try to	
access the CD-ROMs logical drive the PC hangs. The controller is SCSI id 7,
and the CD-ROM is SCSI id 2.  Windows 3.1 can access the CD-ROM through 
media player(eject disk, etc), but filemanger choaks.

In my config.sys I load:
DEVICE=ASPIEDOS.SYS /d
DEVICE=ASWCDTSH.SYS /D:CDROM
LASTDRIVE=K:

and in my aytoexec.bat I load:
MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDROM /M:10 /L:I

The ASWCDTSH.SYS says it is for a toshiba 3201B, but is the only toshiba
driver with the ASW-410 drivers.
The Toshiba CD-ROM is a HP A1999A (Hewlett Packard OEM), and came with the 
Appollo 843 workstation.

Heres the strange thing....
I have a pre-beta release on Microsoft Windows-NT, and the install from the
CD-ROM worked fine, and I can access the CD-ROM when in Win-NT.  
After I tried to get the drive to in DOS and Windows 3.1, I gave the NT install 
a try and found out it worked with the CD-ROM drive.  The AHA17XX.SYS driver
that shipped with Windows NT will not work in DOS.

What am I doing wrong here??? 


John Casavant
/---------------------\
MIAGD
From: ivo@pyramid.unr.edu (Ian (Ivo) Veach)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: info on Midisoft Studio or other MIDI software??
Date: 8 Oct 92 22:42:21 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno  Department of Computer Science

Hello.  I was wondering if anybody could give me feedback on Midisoft
Studio (for Windows), as I am currently thinking of purchasing it.  In
particular, I wanted something not neccessarily technical yet fully
functional (I want my cake and I'm gonna eat it too).  I want to be able
to use MIDI input, but also by mouse (putting a graphical note on a staff),
and preferably, to output that musical notation to a printer (laser or other).
Anyway, they don't have a demo, so I wondered if anybody could give me info
about Studio.

Any recommendations on Midisoft Studio or another MIDI interface package 
(within the budget of a mortal man) would be helpful.  Thanks!


Ivo                 :: "If Cyrano De Bergerac Fell pray to the blades of fifty
ivo@pyramid.unr.edu ::  men, With a heart and sword he'd drive them back
                    ::  Perchance to see Roxanne's eyes light up the sky again"
                    ::		- Blues Traveler (Sweet Pain)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: zilla@ccrl.nj.nec.com (John Lewis)
Subject: Re: Full Screen-Full Motion -Quicktime Video
Keywords: Quicktime 
Organization: C&C Research Labs, NEC USA, Princeton, N.J.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 00:49:48 GMT

Supermac Digital Film is a nubus board or two, $6000?, that can do
640x480 quicktime at 30 frames/sec. with stereo sound.  This
one was demoed at MacWorld.  The quality looked VHS-ish to me.
They claimed the quality depends on how much disk bandwidth
you want to purchase; this *claim* makes sense technically.

I have not seen the other products:

RasterOps Moviepak is a daughterboard for their *TV boards, ?$2000.
A brief MacWeek article said it can do full-screen quicktime at 
"up to 30 frames/sec". MacWeek quoted beta testers who said the 
quality was excellent; the "up to" part sounds troubling though.  
Perhaps they mean you need a quadra & a fast disk.

I believe Radius VideoVision is *not* a quicktime accelerator
at the present time-- it is like the 24STV, Nuvista, and other
boards:  It can display video in a window and capture into memory
(or disk at a slow speed), but it does not do JPEG compression.
It is distinguished from the 24STV in having some filtering 
when scaled video is displayed (??) (better quality).
> There are hints that Radius may make a JPEG compressor as a 
daughterboard.

================

Other full frame/full speed products are Avid's, > $10K, 
and something from Data Translation, which cost about $10K
but as of last spring did not seem to be quicktime compatible.

Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Date: Wed,  7 Oct 1992 15:49:04 -0400 
From: Jeffrey C Kunins <jk75+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!

In response to all the C/C++/programming in general/MM presentation
design vs. MM system design/ etc., etc., I think that the problem here
is not a matter of what courses/type of program would be good for a
"Computer-based Multimedia Development" degree, but rather what exactly
IS such a degree supposed to entail.  IMHO, there are several angles
from which this degree could be viewed, ALL of which equally valid and
somewhat independent of one another.  The way I see it, these varying
approaches could each be like a "concentration" in the general field of
MultiMedia Technology; just like an Information Systems major (like me)
can concentrate in Computer Science (like me) vs. Public Policy vs.
Artificial Intelligece/Expert Systems.  Again, IMHO, the "Multimedia
Major" could develop a concentration in:
                        1) Multimedia Technology / Computer Science
                        2) MM Applications Development 
                        3) MM Design
                or      4) MM Education

Since there is no established "Multimedia Major" here at Carnegie Mellon
(I'm also a student here - Sophomore Information Systems/Jazz Vocal
Performance), once more IMHO, the thing to decide is which of these
areas you would want to specialize in, and then come up with the set of
courses that are tailored to that concentration. (ie. hardware and comp.
engineering courses for option 1, software design/programming for #2,
graphic design/music composition for #3, and education courses for #4,
in addition to a course base for all 4 of music theory, computer
graphics, recording technology, electronic music, etc.  

All in all, Multimedia is such a broad and expansive field... no one
person can be expected to be a hardware designer, programmer,
presentation specialist, and educator all in one.  Once the choice is
made as to where you want to go, the courses involved, I think, would
become a little less subject to debate...

Have a good one and keep making music...

                                                -Jeff Kunins


Normality is the flagship of the uncreative...

S mile
M ore
I n
L aughing
E nchantment

Jeff C. Kunins
(412) CMU - GALS
(412) 268 - 4257
 
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: jjames@leven.appcomp.utas.edu.au (Jeff James)
Subject: Re: Visits to multimedia sites in California 
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 18:16:22 GMT

I am currently on a study leave tour, visiting sites where
multimedia software is being developed to use in colleges and
universities.  

I will be in California in January.  I would appreciate it if
anyone who knows of work being done in this area could let me know.

There must be contacts in California (San Diego, USC, UCLA,
Berkeley, Stanford, etc. etc.)

Thanks,

Jeff James

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School of Applied Computing             Voice:  (003) 260 476
University of Tasmania at Launceston    Intnl:  +61 03 260476
AUSTRALIA   7250                        fax:           260368
From: swix@prism.gatech.edu (SWIX,SCOTT R)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Motion Video Boards for OS/2
Date: 15 Oct 92 03:45:46 GMT


The IBM M-Motion Video Adapter/A is supported in the DOS, Windows,
MM Windows, OS/2 1.3, OS/2 2.0 and will soon have support for 
the OS/2 Multimedia Presentation Manager (MMPM).  This adapter
provides motion video functions including:
   - 3 NTSC or PAL inputs, or 2 Y/C inputs
   - Output to a standard VGA or XGA compatible monitor
   - Video scaling, cropping
   - Image capture and restoration
   - graphics overlay in 16 or 256 color modes
   - Line audio support (2 stereo inputs, 1 stereo output)
   - Software control of video attributes (brightness, etc)
   - Software control of audio attributes (volume, etc)
   - Audio capture and playback in DOS & Windows
   - A large software catalog of ISV produced training, marketing, and
     other courses and products.
   - A compatibility mode for operation with IBM InfoWindow software
     products.
   - Selectable video scanning algorithms, etc 


Scott R. Swix
IBM Visual Subsystems Development
and Georgia Tech
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From: chim@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (IM Chol Hong)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Video Editing tool
Date: 14 Oct 92 04:46:24 GMT
Distribution: comp.multimedia
Organization: Dept. of Information Science, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan.

I am seeking references and implementations on digital video editing tool and
digital video database. Any help will be appreciated.
--
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Im Cholhong
E-mail chim@rabbit.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Transfering animation to film (or big video projectors)
From: alanb@sdl.mdcbbs.com (Alan Braggins)
Date: 07 Oct 92 17:00:14 GMT
Followup-To: comp.multimedia
Organization: Shape Data (Division of EDS), Cambridge UK

I want to produce an animation which has to be seen on a large screen
(4000 seat auditorium). High resolution isn't important, but it does have to
be seen with a certain amount of ambient light (though there isn't a lot
happening on stage at the time, which is why the director wants this animation
in the background). A couple of animations (which needn't be synched) either
side of the stage is also a possibility.

This is for something at the 1995 World Science Fiction Convention, in Glasgow,is case anyone is interested.

As I see it, my options are

i) Render to video, use a video projector. The conference center's video
projector is in a different room, and unlikely to be movable. We have doubts
a projector which will be bright enough is available (or rentable at affordablecost).

ii) Render to 35mm slides (just taking screen shots with camera and monitor
on a rigid framework, unless someone tells me about a cheap film recorder),
fading successive frames into each other over a few seconds. Possible, but
the director would prefer actual animation.

iii) Get a 200 exposure magazine for my 35mm still camera, and splice the
results into a film (probably to be run at less than normal speed, assuming
suitable projector).

iv) Buy an 8mm cine camera with single frame advance. Pay someone to transfer
it to 35mm film (probably - would a smaller format be bright enough?).

v) Buy a 35mm cine camera. Too expensive.

vi) Render to video, and pay someone to transfer it to film. This seems the
most plausible. (I do have a genlock already).

Any advice?
--
     Alan Braggins, alanb@sdl.mdcbbs.com, abraggins@cix.compulink.co.uk
Shape Data - A division of EDS-Scicon Limited.   Cambridge, UK +44-223-316673
   "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
 "My employer does not necessarily share my views - but I'm working on it."
From: duvall@eagle (Mike Duvall)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: test
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:04:09 GMT
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Organization: Sangamon State University
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: lagemaat@cs.utwente.nl (Jeroen van de Lagemaat)
Subject: Toolbook and Authorware for PC
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:41:27 GMT

I am gathering info on the Subject. Could you inform me of
the differences (including the prices, especially in the US).

Thanks.

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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
From: awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu (Art Winterbauer)
Subject: Re: Dual-platform Authoring or Presentation Software info desired
Organization: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 20:46:26 GMT

"Plus" by Spinnaker works well on both machines (tho' I've never gotten
its report functions to work).  Plus is a Hypercard look-alike and
have used it for several work-related projects.


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Internet:  awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu
Packet:    awinterb @ N0OQS.#NECO.CO.USA
From: jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu (Jon Gorrono)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Dual-platform Authoring or Presentation Software info desired
Date: 13 Oct 92 19:02:04 GMT
Organization: Instruction and Media Support, UC Davis
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1a2



From: zimmer
Subject: Dual-platform Authoring or Presentation Software info desired
In article  , zimmer@gw.wmich.edu writes:

>I'm looking for presentation software and multimedia authoring software
>that is available for both the DOS and the Mac platforms.  For example,
>I know that Authorware is available on both.
>
>Anybody have some examples of this and, even better some experiences
>to share?  If you want to respond to my address below, that's fine.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>W  WWW   WWW  MM   MMM   UU  UUU  U      Roy Zimmer
>W  WW    WW  MM    MM    UU  UUU  U      zimmer@gw.wmich.edu
>W  W  W  W  MM  M  M  M  UU  UUU  U      University Computing Services
>W    WW    MM  MM    MM  UUU     UU      Western Michigan University
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From: Art Winterbauer, awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu
Subject: Re: Dual-platform Authoring or Presentation Software info desired
In article  Art Winterbauer, awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu writes:

>"Plus" by Spinnaker works well on both machines (tho' I've never gotten
>its report functions to work).  Plus is a Hypercard look-alike and
>have used it for several work-related projects.
>
>
>-- 
>Art Winterbauer  N0OQS
>Internet:  awinterb@du.edu OR awinterb@diana.cair.du.edu
>Packet:    awinterb @ N0OQS.#NECO.CO.USA


We are currently reviewing cT, developed at Carnegie Mellon and
distributed by Falcon Software. cT has a learning curve since it is an
Authoring Language(as is hypercard; but, not Authorware).  The language
used to create the product can be compiled on PC, Mac, and UNIX machines
running X11. The graphics(referred to as "icons") can be converted to
either platform via an intermediate format(".fdb").  I have not seen the
results of porting, yet.  But, but the end of Wed...  If the target DOS
machines may not have Windows or even be Windows capable, cT can help...

Also, cT code can be written to allow different screen sizes: the fonts
and graphics get scaled.

You can reach a Falcon rep. at (617)235-1767

I am not associated with Carnegie Mellon or Falcon Software, Inc.
______________________________________
Jon Gorrono
Media Integrator
Instruction and Media Support
UC Davis
(916)752-0218
jpgorrono@ucdavis.edu
_______________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.mail.multi-media
From: phade@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Frank Gadegast)
Subject: Looking for MPEG ...
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 10:45:59 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking for everything about the coming video-standard MPEG (its
like JPEG for video).

I'm specially interested in:

	contacts,
	the current MPEG draft,
	MPEG-Player for every system,
	MPEG-Movies,
	MPEG-converters (to whatever video-format) ... and, and, and ...

So if you know something, please E-MAIL to: phade@cs.tu-berlin.de or
                                            phade@uropax@contrib.de


Thnx in advance ... Phade

------------------------------------------------------
PHADE SOFTWARE Leibnizstr. 30, 1000 Berlin 12, GERMANY
Inh. Frank Gadegast            Fon/Fax: +49 30 3128103

phade@cs.tu-berlin.de          phade@uropax.contrib.de

Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.ibm.pc.misc
From: Denny.Chuang@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Denny Chuang)
Subject: Re: New Developments in Multimedia
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 22:50:09 GMT

	I think best thing about multimedia is the video inputs (ie,TV, VCR)
to Windows Enviornment.   Imaging working on spreadsheets and watchin TV or
other videos at the same time.  It's really some new technology.


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From: mguyott@eriador.prime.com (M. Guyott)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
Subject: Multimedia upgrade recommendations wanted.
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:41:31 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Prime Computer R&D


I have a Gateway 486/33C and I would like to add multimedia support for
MS Windows.  Are there multimedia upgrade packages available that will
include everything I need?  Is it better to buy the parts separately?  I
have a reasonable amount of hardware knowledge.  Interrupt numbers, SCSI
device numbers, DMA channels, and mapped memory are all things I am familiar
with.  As long as the device has reasonable instructions I should be able
to set things up.

My PC does currently have an internal modem which uses one of my COM ports.
I also have a 3c503 ethernet board in my PC.

If I buy the parts separately do I need to get only a CD-ROM drive and a
sound board?  Will I also need a SCSI controller?  What will this do to my
current hard disk?  I don't know what the controller is, it's the standard
controller from Gateway, but I'm almost positive it's not SCSI.

Any and all advice, recommendations, etc are welcome!

Thanks in advance, Marc
----
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is nice but not necessary, and a knowledge of sex is necessary but not nice.

Marc Guyott              Constellation Software, Inc.          (508) 620-2800
                         Framingham, Mass. 01701 USA                Ext. 3135
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From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Re: Film Recorder & Film Maker
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 04:22:04 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.015051.2816@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> eva@next.csc.cuhk.hk (Eva Cheung) writes:
>Are you using Film Recorder or Film Maker?  Any comments on Kodak's
>products?  We'll use on both PC and Mac platform.  Do you have any
>experience on these products?  Any advises are appreciated.  Thanks.

I recommend Polaroid instead of Kodak. It was awarded by PC Magazine as
Editor Choice. I use it daily with my Amiga. Certainly, it also supports
PC and MAC. Two models are CI-3000 and CI-5000.
From: chewcg@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Chye Guan CHEW)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 09:09:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Multi-media object-oriented DBMS wanted...
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia

Hi,
   You may want to try Objectivity Inc (El Camino Real, CA).
   I don't know as to whether it has it on windows.  All I know is that
   GAIN(multimedia software on unix) is based on Objectivity.


   regards

   chye-guan
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,alt.binaries.pictures.utilities,alt.graphics.pixutils