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From: cathy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Catherine Godfrey - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: AmigaVision Pro - more Questions
Keywords: AmigaVision
Date: 20 Nov 92 15:52:05 GMT
Reply-To: cathy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Catherine Godfrey - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <pl159410.722102578@academ01> pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Garza Gonzalez) writes:
>     When you say 'a path', what kind of a path?? Linear?? Curved? Splined?
>Accelerated/deaccelerated?? 

As in the author defines points in the Object Editor, then AV Professional 
moves an object from point to point. You can create simple linear or complex
curved paths. You can specify that an object "bounce" along its path or 
"loop" through it. 

There is no direct support for accelerating an object along a path, but with
a little creative thinking, it can be done. If path points are very close
together, it looks as though the object is moving slowly, if path points are 
farther apart, the object moves faster. So you can vary the closeness of 
path points to make the object look as if it were speeding up or slowing 
down. You can also specify the speed at which an object moves along a path 
(and by changing that speed during runtime, you can create acceleration). 

Because path points are simply X/Y co-ordinates, you can also store them in 
an array and then mathematically create or modify a path during runtime.

>And can you ping-pong an animbrush (as you
>can in DPaint... have it play forwards, then backwards, then forw. etc..?)

As with animations, AV only supports playing an ANIM Brush forward.

>>There is basic support for the AA chip set (AGA graphics). AmigaVision
>>Professional can display AA pictures and brushes and play AA animations. 
> 
>    Basic as in 'support for all currently defined modes'?? 
Yes.  

>Will all transition effects work in these modes?

All of our old transitions work with the new AA graphics, but about half of 
the new ones....well, I won't say that they don't work, but when you run 
them, the output looks "interesting" to say the least. :-)  

>BTW, will AV respond to MIDI messages? Serial msgs? Messages from a CDTV 
>IR controller? (For CDTVs only, of course). And what kind of laserdisk/
>VCR drivers will we see in it? Is there the possibility that it will include
>drivers for IR-based control? (Control a VCR thru a joystick port with an
>IR LED attached... as with AirLink from Geodesic software?)

No. 
Not directly. 
Yes, full support.
The same drivers as in AV1.7. 
Not in this version.

Cathy
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              Cathy Godfrey   {rutgers,uunet}!cbmvax!cathy
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              Commodore Applications and Technical Support 
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From: ins739l@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (William Fang)
Subject: Re: CDTV/Amiga-CD base?
Organization: Monash University
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Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:25:13 GMT

Steven Hurdle (Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP) wrote:
: In my last post here, I suggested we put to a vote the creation of some
: sort of CDTV base, or maybe a comp.sys.amiga.cd-rom base to be the
: alter-ego of csa.multimedia (the former for using CDs, the latter for
: discussion of issues involving creation/generation which is what most of
: the messages here are about).

Why not right here?  It's not exactly flouded with millions of posts...

: In the interim I have bought a CDTV, and am extremely happy with it!  It's
: living up to my expectations wonderfully.

Nice to hear somebody is happy :-)

: Here's my problem now.  If the latest issue of AC's Guide to the Amiga is
: anything to go by, a huge number of discs are available.  Many look
: extremely interesting, such as the educational North Polar Expedition
: simulator and the strategy war-game Dominion.  I'd also like to hear from
: others who've bought discs that are upgraded versions of normal Amiga
: titles, to hear how they're improved to decide whether to have my dealer
: order them.  Interest seems to be growing and I think a dedicated base
: would fly.  Either way, could other CDTV/A570 owners tell me what they
: recommend?  Trying to wade through csa.games is extremely impractical, and
: technically as a CDTV owner it isn't even within the official mandate of
: that newsgroup (though I'm sure everyone there would accept it anyway). 
: Here's one way that a CDTV-dedicated newsgroup would be extremely useful. 
: Thoughts?


How about I post up the reviews from Amiga Format (October 1992) special about
CDTV? [I hate vi, next line]
It runs to about ten pages of Software reviews.  I don't know exactly about
the legality of transcribing 10 pages of a magazine, but I think it's well
under the 10% fair trading, for review purposes, etc of Australian copyright
laws.

: Steven Hurdle..........  The Swindler.......... author of "Virtual Rumours"

Jim Fang 
FAQ poster-man (using brother's account...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
From: ruocco@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (sergio ruocco)
Subject: Italian Financial Newspaper confused CD-I with CDTV ;-)
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:53:47 GMT


The 'Il Sole 24 Ore', the most prominent italian financial newspaper ,
publish every friday a four-pages extra on EDP & computers.
Last friday, 13 Nov 1991, appeared an article on CDTV:
An english teaching school (British Institute) will replace magnetic tapes
and recorders with cd-rom and CDTV; the funny thing is that to explain
what CDTV is, the author said in the beginning that _CD-I_ and multimedia disk
are read by CDTV, then that CD-ROM, CD+MIDI, CD+G and plain music CD's can be
played by the CDTV.
My personal opinion is that Philips paid to advertise CD-I system, but people
see preminently CDTV in consumer electronics stores and computer magazines;
Result: the mass perception is that CD-I is a Commodore's CDTV player 
special disk format (!).
Thanks Philips to help C= to sell CDTV ! ;-)

- Sergio

PS)
	I don't watch frequently TV, so a my friend told me that
	in Italy, after pushing it like multimedia reader,
	Philips is promoting CD-I as Photo-CD reader !

PS/2 ) :(
	Sorry for the bad English

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From: duncan@loris.cisab.indiana.edu (Shan Duncan)
Subject: edit color of video seq.?
Organization: Indiana University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:18:25 GMT



  In a research project we would like to change the color of a
subject and then replay the video for reaction.

  For example if we have a fish that is red on the belly we would like
to take a display sequence of that fish and change the red color
all through the video sequence before we play it back to another fish.



  How?   Any and ALL suggestions welcome including hardware and software
suggestions!!!!!!!!!!


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
From: Anu.Kapoor@launchpad.unc.edu (Anu Kapoor)
Subject: AGA CDTV?
Keywords: AGA CDTV CD-I
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:45:27 GMT


Hmmm... seeing as C= just released a new chipset...any word on a CDTV-AGA
capable of 30fps HAM8 anims that'll make CD-I look pathetic? :)

Just hoping...

Anu Kapoor

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From: LadyHawke@cup.portal.com (Classic - Concepts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: New Voice,FAX, data and video system
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 11:26:20 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

How does this Hydraworks multimedia/fax system compare/contrast cost and
feature-wise with the PhoneFax from GVP?  What enhancements are planned for t
GVP board?  Has anyone tried it?  Is it good?  We are looking for something t
fax/voicemail/modem and would prefer something which could answer phones,
direct messages (to answering machine, if necessary, fax if necessary, etc.)
and which could send documents formatted in a desktop publishing program,
either PageMaker, Propage or ...  We don't want to use a conventional fax
machine since 80% of our faxes DON'T need to be printed, only read and noted
(or stored electronically) and we want to save on trees by using a system
like this.
                                J. Petersen
From: Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP (Steven Hurdle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re:    CDTV and what can it do.
Distribution: world
Date: 15 Nov 92 02:20:10 PST
Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

 > I have recently purchased a CDTV unit and have used it for a few
 > things, but I am looking forward to the CD+G disks that will combine
 > Audio and Video.  I understand some titles are now available in the
 > U.S. in the CD+G disks.

 > Is this true?

It definitely is true.  I'm in Canada, but I'm sure we have all the same
CD+G discs available for the most part.  There's a good Hendrix CD+G
available, but the best is probably "Remember the Mamba" from some band I
can't recall the name of.

 > So far I am really enjoying the machine, only had it a couple of days.

 > Another question, can one really get a keyboard for this thing and
 > use it like an AMIGA?

I certainly hope you can get a sleek black keyboard for the CDTV from
Commodore, and use it like an Amiga, because if not I'd better look into
just what this thing is that I hooked up to my CDTV that I'm typing on
right now!!!  :)  Any Commodore dealer should have no trouble getting in
the official Commodore CDTV keyboard.  Don't bother with an adapter to hook
up an Amiga 2000/3000 keyboard, as the CDTV keyboard is generally priced
quite reasonably.  It's just a black A3000 keyboard anyway, so the quality
of the design and the tactile feel are both exceptional!  You'll also need
a disk drive and a mouse to run Amiga stuff, though (that is, unless you
want to use the controller emulating a mouse which is NOT ideal! :).

The only disc I've bought for my machine to supplement those that came with
it is "The Heroic Age of Space Flight - Nasa... The 25th Year".  I really
like it.  What have you picked up so far?  Labyrinth is DEFINITELY on my
list of things to get once it's available!!!  It's reportedly a
tremendously huge RPG.

BTW, to the person who asked what Epic was.  Epic is a space
combat/flight-sim with more than a nod in the direction of Wing Commander
(which is supposedly also due for an eventual CDTV/Amiga-CD release).

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Subject: Best way to scan/obtain images?
From: dyer@nrlvx1.nrl.navy.mil (Doug Dyer)
Date: 16 Nov 92 11:41:15 -0400
Organization: NRL SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION

Hey!

	Whats the best way to obtain images into the computer?  Hand scanner?
Digi-view? Whats a "xapshot"?  

thanks,

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From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: Best way to scan/obtain images?
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:12:20 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

>Hey!
>
>	Whats the best way to obtain images into the computer?  Hand scanner?
>Digi-view? Whats a "xapshot"?  
>
>thanks,
>
>-- 
>Doug Dyer   *    STI   *    dyer@nrlvax.nrl.navy.mil    | "(2B) | !(2B) -> ?"

Don't you hate people who answer questions like this with "well, it
depends"?? 

Well, it depends. :-)

1. How much ya wanna spend?
2. Ya wanna carry the digitizer around with ya?
3. Ya want the highest possible quality but willing to spend more for it?
4. Ya real cheap and yer destination images will be low-res so high
quality isn't important?

For flat artwork, books, magazines, etc. the best way to get the images
into an Amiga is with a 24bit flatbed color scanner. A good one, like
the Epson ES300C plus driver software is gonna cost ya about $1000 give
or take.  "Hand scanners" are generally b&w only.

Digiview is real cheap, but you need a camera, lights, a copy stand,
and a helluva lotta patience to use it and its quality won't approach
that of a good scanner, altho talented folks can do good things with it.

A framegrabber can grab frames from live television or running videotapes.
Many are out there, quality and prices vary. Figure about $300 minimum.

A slow-scan digitizer like DCTV or DigiView can grab frames from still
video sources, or paused VCR tapes if they have a rock-solid pause
mode, preferably digital freeze-frame although if you add a time-base
corrector, this can make up for a less-than ideal paused source.

A Xapshot is a hand-held very compact still video camera made by
Canon USA Inc., officially called the RC-250. It has color NTSC
(television) output and can be input fed into a DCTV for excellent
results. A Xapshot/DCTV combination will set you back around $700
again give or take. But this combo will not approach the quality
you'll get with a nice 24 bit flatbed scanner, because scanners
have higher resolution. 

I've used all these devices and currently own the Epson scanner,
the Canon Xapshot, and DCTV so I can help you with specific questions
on those. You'd be best off finding a quality Amiga dealer who can
demo these devices for you and show you what kind of software 
interfaces them to an Amiga.  Such dealers do exist but they are
rare.
Regards, Harv
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From: raist@rmece02.upr.clu.edu (Ricardo Hernandez | 802-36-4453)
Subject: AmigaVision Pro - more Questions
Organization: UPR-Mayaguez--ASEL Lab
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 19:04:38 GMT

  Is AmigaVision Pro out there now?  If not when?
  
  Will it support AGA?  IFF24?  AnimBrushes?

  Will it allow to specify frame/sec speed in anims so you won't have
to go to the original package and change the speed? (as with Dpaint, for
example).


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From: LadyHawke@cup.portal.com (Classic - Concepts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: New MULTIMEDIA Organization
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 11:02:08 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na

The following is for information only.  The orgnization is new and I don't
know enough about it to endorse it.  I mention it here for two reasons:

     1.  Folks here might be interested in getting involved
     2.  Commodore's name is conspicuously absent (yet again)

Some excerpts from an ad in Advanced Imaging Magazine (available through
PTN Publishing Co., 445 Broad Hollow Rd., Melville, New York  11747):

"Industry experts forecast that by 1995, multimedia will explode into a
15 to 20 billion dollar industry.  By the year 2000, every computer will
be a multimedia machine....  The IMA is a non-profit, international
trade organization made up of software suppliers, hardware
manufacturers, systems integrators, publishers, application
developers, users, distributors, replicators and educators.

     Interact with representatives from Apple, DEC, IBM, Intel, Kodak,
Lotus, Microsoft, NCR, Pioneer, Sun and more than 250 other member
companies ....  For more information, including a list of events,
discounts, and other member benefits, call us at 410-626-1380."

So, Commodore, have you made contact with this organization?  For others
you might consider becoming a member, or at least finding out more
about this group.
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From: colins@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Colin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Looking for Kiosk information
Keywords: kiosk, amigavision
Date: 24 Nov 92 02:17:07 GMT
Organization: CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland


 I'm looking for information, or pointers to articles concerning using
the Amiga as a basis for an information kiosk.
 
 I'd appreciate it if anyone who makes such kiosks could email me a profile
of their company/business or just some general information about the
kiosk you make using the Amiga.
 
 Specifically, I'd like some information about St.Claire Interactive, a
Canadian based company (Montreal I think), who have done kiosks for the
Canadian government. Anyone who's seen an article in a magazine or
anywhere else, please contact me.


Colin Stuckless
colins@cs.mun.ca
From: Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP (Steven Hurdle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: CDTV/Amiga-CD base?
Distribution: world
Date: 15 Nov 92 02:08:53 PST
Organization: AmUsers - The Amiga Users Group of Victoria BC

In my last post here, I suggested we put to a vote the creation of some
sort of CDTV base, or maybe a comp.sys.amiga.cd-rom base to be the
alter-ego of csa.multimedia (the former for using CDs, the latter for
discussion of issues involving creation/generation which is what most of
the messages here are about).

In the interim I have bought a CDTV, and am extremely happy with it!  It's
living up to my expectations wonderfully.

Here's my problem now.  If the latest issue of AC's Guide to the Amiga is
anything to go by, a huge number of discs are available.  Many look
extremely interesting, such as the educational North Polar Expedition
simulator and the strategy war-game Dominion.  I'd also like to hear from
others who've bought discs that are upgraded versions of normal Amiga
titles, to hear how they're improved to decide whether to have my dealer
order them.  Interest seems to be growing and I think a dedicated base
would fly.  Either way, could other CDTV/A570 owners tell me what they
recommend?  Trying to wade through csa.games is extremely impractical, and
technically as a CDTV owner it isn't even within the official mandate of
that newsgroup (though I'm sure everyone there would accept it anyway). 
Here's one way that a CDTV-dedicated newsgroup would be extremely useful. 
Thoughts?


Steven Hurdle..........  The Swindler.......... author of "Virtual Rumours"
               V.32bis SupraFAXmodem and CDTV power!  :)

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From: sl1zm@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: Tandy VIS finally surfaces
Date: 18 Nov 92 04:09:11 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Nov17.232006.1645@zds-oem.zds.com>, easton@zds-oem.mi04.zds.com (Jeff Easton) writes:
>   In todays mail I got the latest Radio Shack flyer.  In it they
> have a two page spread on their new Memorex MD-2500 VIS player.
> This is yet another CDTV style CD-ROM interactive entertainment
> system.

Yep, I got a flyer today too.  The controller looks hoky with the colored
buttons... but I guess that would be good for kids.

>   They've got it priced at $699.95 and apparently doesnt come with
> any discs except a special bonus disc of Comptons Multimedia
> Encyclopedia.  Several other titles were mentioned but no pricing
> or part numbers were listed.

Were selling CDTV's for $550 here... with the usual intro disk and cupon
for the Encyclopedia for $50.

>   From a EE Times article the VIS supposedly runs a Intel Processor
> and a special version of Microsoft Windows.  The screen shots in the ad
> didnt impress me very much, even though the text hyped a 16 million 
> color display.

It's a unique (to say the least) version of windows.  I talked with a developer
working on a multi-media Bible CD for it... they weren't too fond of the unit
they were working with.  But it wwas probably a beta version of everything at
that time.

The 16 million color display is the same as their multimedia computer systems
they are pushing.   I hope for their sake it's not just their standard or it
wont get used by developers that much... why write two versions when one
will do for it and PC's.

>   I'm not sure what the CDTV is going for these days, but based on
> features alone, I see nothing in the VIS that would make me rush
> out and buy one.

Just becouse it's advertised doesn't mean the stores all have em yet... I'll
check tomorrow if it's here.
CD-I is also for sale around here... but I don't think they have sold too many
of them (if any...).

James Diffendaffer
From: cse_stu@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: HELP AB20 CD-ROM and CDTV
Date: 16 Nov 92 16:19:38 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Memphis State University

>>It's a known problem; the AB20 disc doesn't work with the CDTV.
>>I don't know of a fix, but you should be able to get a refund.....
> 
> 	Just FYI, Walnut Creek's literature says:
> 
> 		"If you are dissatisfied with any disc for any
> 		reason you may return it for a full refund."
> 
>
It will work. The AB-20 disc crashs CD0: (CDTV cd file system) but it will work
if you use ASIM file system and you don't try to get to CD0:. That means you
cann't load workbench or run info. If you run asim from cli and don't go to
CD0: you will be ok. Iv'e been running this type of system for more than a
month now. I run ASIM on the CDTV and parnet it to a 500 with a harddrive. It
works great. Another thing I used that helped me from making mistakes was GOMF!
it will stop the CDTV from crashing.
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Date: Monday, 16 Nov 1992 15:30:03 CET
From: <TPATTERS@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: CDTV and what can it do.
Distribution: na

Hi Harv

I was interested in your discussion about the Parnet program for linking a
CDTV to an Amiga. I have an A500+ with a GVP Hard Disk in the expansion
port - exactly where an A570 unit would sit. And I believe there is no way
to have them both connected at the same time i.e. no through-port on the A570.
I also have an old A500 (1.2 KS, 1/2 Mb chip) which I could use for a CDTV
upgrade offer. The price difference between a CDTV and an A570 is not that
greate, and you get a much sexier looking unit with the CDTV as well as
a remote controller... so the big question is, with parnet will my A500+
be able to use the CDTV as though it were an A570, and allow me to use my
Hard Disk as well - or do you know a way of connecting the two at once.

Yours in ignorance 8-)

Tim
From: Ric_Ocasik@amwbbs.rain.com (Ric Ocasik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: A2000HD Giveaway :)
Date: 16 Nov 92 21:44:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: amwbbs.Ric_Ocasik.01hk
Distribution: world
Organization: The Amiga Connection BBS (503)667-5852

I have an A2000HD w/1MEG and keyboard/mouse that I would like to give to
someone for .. oh .. let's say the FIRST $450 takes it..
Mail here, or for faster response call (503)669-7770 and let's work out the
shipping to ya. YOU Pay shipping of course  :) THanks

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