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From: shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick)
Subject: Re: MPEG splitter?
Organization: Vallen Software
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 00:39:43 GMT

In article <1i5ajdINNn7m@pith.uoregon.edu>, christ@cie.uoregon.edu (Christian G. Smith) says most sayishly:
>
>  Is there any MPEG splitter (a la Glib) which can split an MPEG
>animation into individual frames for later conversion to IFF (or
>whatever)?
> 
>-christian

Ditto.  I know someone out there (Aikido@IRC) has a friend who wrote
a prog to save MPEG frames to QRT-24 bit files, but I lost that
executable. :)

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From: bberg@unlinfo.unl.edu (bruce berg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: New Real 3D?
Date: 29 Dec 1992 14:10:18 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlinfo.unl.edu

Hi All,
  I'm in the process of putting together a major system upgrade and 
one of the vital components will be a 3D program. I, however, have 
zero experience in 3D and so really have no idea of what I'm in for or
what to buy. I've narrowed my choices to Calagari 24, Aladdin, and a 
new version of Real 3D that I heard about a while back in this 
newsgroup, but no one seems to know about. Does anyone have any 
information on this new release of Real 3D, and also, does anyone have
any recomendations for me on a 3D program. I will be using it for 
Video work and it has to work with the 4000. 
  I've read this group for some time and have found the help 
experienced users provide for those of us who are not so experienced 
is most gratifying. Thanks in advance for any help that can be 
provided.

Bruce Berg
MVP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: mtymp03@staff.tc.umn.edu (Neil Smeby)
Subject: Quadsync monitors?
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 07:27:13 GMT

With all the talk about AGA and multisync monitors, I noticed
the mention of quadsync monitors.  Does anyone know anything
about these.  What's the difference between these and multisync?
(My guess is that they sync to both 15 and 30 Hz)  When are these
new monitors coming out?

Thanks.

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-Neil Smeby   Internet: mtymp03@ux.acs.umn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: dburnett@emunix.emich.edu (Don Burnett)
Subject: Re: Banding Still Imminent in AGA 256,000 color mode!
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:14:48 GMT

There will still be banding in ham8 mode, even though there are more
color registers available.. It's not as noticeable and especially if
you try ham8 in super hires (1280x400) lace.. It will look great if 
you try to dump this to video tape however though. I have seen some
anims done with it, and it's really really good..

=DonB=


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
From: seb@LNS62.TN.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Summary: graphics tablets
Nntp-Posting-User: seb1@cornell.edu
Reply-To: SEB@lns61.tn.cornell.edu
Organization: Wilson Lab, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY, 14853
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 14:10:26 GMT

Gentle folk,

Here's an updated summary of responses to my recent posting:

me>I am interested in getting a graphics tablet for my Amiga.
me>I would greatly appreciate it if people using tablets would
me>send me e'mail describing what they are using and how well it works.
me>I'll post a summary.

Three of the four responses were from the U.S.

A correspondant in Germany recommends the 12"x12" 'Protheus' tablet,
which he has used for three years.
It includes 'Gadgets' on the tablet which can emulate choosing a menu, 
pressing a key, clicking the mouse, starting an arexx script or entering 
a complete string. It can be configured for DPaint 3 & 4, PPage, PDraw, 
PageStream, Modeler3d, Reflections, Turbo Silver and other software.
For information call MacSoft Amiga Shop, +49 231 161817.

One site has used the small (~$250) Wiz tablet for about a year.
It works great for tracing but has no provision for overlays.
Its configuration program lets you set the density, work-space size,
reprogram the buttons etc and save different settings into multiple
configuration files. A recent software upgrade is supposed to fix 
problems with overscan screens. 

Another person reports that he had a lot of problems with a Dakota
tablet, and was unable to get them resolved. He highly recommends
Summagraphics tablets (1-800-729-7866, 203-881-5400 for tech.info)

A fourth person reports that although Summa tablets have long been
favorites, the pressure sensitive Wacom tablet is fast becoming the new 
"king of the hill". Unfortunately, only OpalVision is reported to support
variable pen pressure. 

WACOM Technology Corp.
502 SE Columbia Shores Blvd.
Suite 300
Vancouver, WA 98661
800-922-6613

I hope to be able to include model numbers and approximate prices
in a future update.

I found Wacom's address mentioned in two recent (Nov&Dec) issues of 
AV/Video, an industrial multimedia magazine. For some reason, AmigaWorld 
didn't bother to mention Wacom's address in their recent OpalVision review.
From what I've seen of it, AV/Video seems to have an unusually
well balenced coverage of video related equipment, including
Macs, PCs and Amigas.

AV/Video, The magazine of Production and Presentation Technology
Montage Publishing, Inc.
Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc.
701 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604

Subscription rates: US$48/year in the US, US$60/year Canada & Mexico, 
US$80/year elsewhere by Air Mail. 

Selden Ball
seb@lns61.tn.cornell.edu
From: blackbelt@cup.portal.com (Ben - Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: ASDG - Never Again
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 22:32:57 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <1992Dec23.065229.2758@pro-freedom.cts.com>

Ed BRown,

Yes, you bet. ES300 is just the first one; it may even come out with more
than that, hard to say right this second.

We're also going to be releasing a fair amount of new image readers and
writers with 9.24, too - it'll be a pretty hefty upgrade.

Ben
From: trat@amiganet.chi.il.us (Tom Reamer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Creating a HAM8 anim?
Date: 21 Dec 92 01:09:31 CST
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

So whats better?  ImageFX or Imagemaster?

--------------The power of an AMIGA is the soul of a 4000!----------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: dfs5716@usl.edu (Seidel Daniel F)
Subject: A4000 NEC3D and a *NEW* black border
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Distribution: y
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:06:48 GMT

ummm I have an A4000 and a NEC3D ... at first in NTSC there was no black
border on the left...as fate would have it I had to re-install the system
software ... now there is a black border on the left...

Does anyone know what gives!?!?!
From: wolfie@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: CBM-RTG?-When?
Date: 24 Dec 92 06:49:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: drycas.1992Dec24.114909.2790
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

I have a questions for the Commodore people (Chris? Peter?).
I'm certain CBM hasn't set release dates yet, but do
you have a rough guess as to when 4.0 (or the version with
RTG) will be out? Specifics aren't necessary, but 1 year?
3 years? 3 months (chuckle)?

Thanks,
Marc

I have a question for the Commodore people (Chris? Peter?).
I'm certain that Commodore has not set a release date ye
From: shogun@tension.UUCP (Jay Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
Date: 25 Dec 92 10:17:53 EST
Organization: High Tension BBS

Commodore was the first with CDTV.
        JAy Brown

==============================================================================
IBM MAKES IT IN BULK...MACINTOSH MAKES IT POPULAR, BUT ONLY AMIGA MAKES IT     
                           POSSIBLE.
==============================================================================
From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
Date: 26 Dec 92 16:33:10 GMT
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie

In <72408@cup.portal.com> Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com writes:
>I strongly disagree with the statement that the Amiga doesn't need a CD-ROM
>drive.  More collections of images and text are becoming available on CD-ROM
>(as mentioned in some text I deleted) and we need access to them, just as
>any MAC or MS-DOS/Windows machine has - there's an awfully large amount of
>good raw data out there for us to use.  Secondly, PhotoCD from Kodak appears
>to require a CD-ROM drive if you want to get the images into a computer,
>including the Amiga (without having to hook a PhotoCD player up to a
>frame-grabber, a dumb solution IMHO).

Exactly. And that is possible _now_. Accesing the 'awfully large amount of
good raw data' is not a problem with one of the available ISO filesystems
and a standard SCSI CD-ROM. At least AsimCDFS supports the Mac filesystem (HFS)
too.

What you do not get is some smart retrieval software and you may need to convert
the data to a format that an Amiga program understands. There are also databases
in proprietary formats that come with machine specific retrieval software which
you can't use either.

Regards,
-- 
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From: jkrutz@burner.com (Jamie Krutz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: AGA anim speed
Date: 24 Dec 92 08:19:58 MST
Organization: The Back Burner BBS (via C-Net Amiga)

Adam Benjamin writes:
>Well, I have come up with similar results using 704x480 HAM8 and PPsho30...
(stuff delete) Geez, glad I kept my DCTV.

What kind of speeds are you getting with DCTV on your A4000?

Thanks,
-Jamie

--- Via UCI v1.17 (C-Net Amiga)
From: v064qpfu@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Christopher S. D'Arrigo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: MPEG player any way to get clear pic ?
Date: 31 Dec 92 23:24:00 GMT
Organization: UB


   Hello everyone, 

     I just starting using mpeg_play and I tried viewing a MPG that I have
   and I could barely see it. The best scenario seemed to be using the dither
   option set to gray and choosing a low-res screen. I was wondering if this 
   was how it was supposed to work or if I was just using it wrong. I heard 
   some talk about needing X11 ? I'm trying to run this on a A3000. Any help,
   suggestions would be greatly appreciated ! 


                                            Thanks in advance, 

                                                 Chris 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: Re: which machine should I buy?
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:37:09 GMT

In article <18754@mindlink.bc.ca> Jeff_Holinski@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeff Holinski) writes:
>
>You can definitly get good 3D software for a 486. Autodesk's 3D Studio is one
>of the cheaper and more popular packages. I've heard it has a very good
>modeler and the renderings I've seen done with it looked pretty good. You can

I think the best modeler is Caligari. It is similar to ALIAS RESEARCH
SYSTEM.
From: 2416millingd@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Nucleus Personal SFC FOR SALE
Date: 28 Dec 1992 10:12:11 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2416millingd@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

  I have a Nucleus Single Frame Controller for sale.  We bought it about
2 weeks ago but unfortunately it does not work with our BR-S811U and
SA-F911U serial to parallel converter combination.  We were forced to
purchase a BCD2000A controller and thus don't need the Personal SFC
and longer.  The unit is registered in the name of my associate and he
will write a letter of transfer of ownership for the remainder of the
warranty (cable is under warranty for 3 years.)  I'm asking $285
including shipping and COD.  If you are interested please leave email.
Thanks.

Dan Milling
2416MILLINGD@VMS.CSD.MU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
From: nrichers@trentu.ca (NIKOLAJ RICHERS)
Subject: Re: Domino Graphics Board from Germany
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Trent Computing and Telecommunications Department
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:01:00 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.122044.2807@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes...
>Does anyone know of an American company that's going to import the 
>Domino graphics board from Germany? If you do would you please 
>post that company's name address and phone number. Thanks.
> 

Check out the November issue of AmigaWorld. In there I saw an add for the 
Visiona graphics card, which is made by the same company as the Domino.
That add has the name and address of the North American distributor in it.

You might want to wait for the Retina graphics card; it costs about the same 
as the Domino, but supports 24-bit in up to 1024x768 @ 53Hz, comes with a 
24-bit paint programme, and has a blitter, whereas the Domino uses the CPU
for blitting operations.

Nikolaj (1)

__________

(1) Nikolaj Peddie-Richers, Trent University, Canada, nrichers@trentu.ca
From: jamiller@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: sunclock
Date: 30 Dec 92 14:17:57 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <salnick.07fo@dejavu.spk.wa.us>, salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us (There is no substitute for displacement...) writes:
> I have completed making v1.1 of sunclock - it is available via bms from 
> dejavu.spk.wa.us as bms:pub/sunclock.lha.
> 
> sunclock is not your ordinary clock - it is a world map showing the 
> actual position of the terminator (day/night division).  This version 
> will disconnect from the cli-window which started it (the main reason I 
> fiddled with it) so that it can be put in the startup-sequence.

Could someone upload this to physik or somewhere.  I had trouble
access the dejavu.spk.wa.us address.

> bob
> --
> RW Salnick, Spokane,WA  |  Home: salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us
>   Amiga 1000, WB 1.3    |  Work: mfgsys!salnick@kaiser.spk.wa.us
>       WA9BVE            |
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_chicchai .sig no ho ga ichiban iin janai ka..._
             Enlightenment Happens?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: m92mmy@tdb.uu.se (Mattias Myrberg)
Subject: Where do I find a *flexible* Gfx-Ripper ?
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 08:43:04 GMT


I need a flexible gfx-ripper, used 3rdday before..
before I formatted the wrong disk that is :)

I haven't found anything like it (nothing at all to be honest),
could someone tell me if there are any other good gfx-rippers out there,
and where to find them, please ?


/Mattias

_______
Mattias Myrberg

m92mmy@bellatrix.tdb.uu.se
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Subject: Re: Banding Still Imminent in AGA 256,000 color mode!
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:33:33 GMT

In <1992Dec22.222102.2756@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:

>A *real* 24-bit display will eliminate this.

No. It will eliminate banding often but not in all situations.

Regards,
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: mark@westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
Subject: Re: In reference to Mark Thompson's pictures on ftp.
Organization: Radiant Image Productions, Merrimack NH.
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:32:12 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.085252.26655@wam.umd.edu> davereed@wam.umd.edu (Michael Robert Bromery) writes:
>  If any of you are really into seeing some cool amiga graphics, you must
>pick up the Mark Thompson jpegs called Markfilm.lha on hubcap.clemson.edu.
>Hey Mark, you've wom me.
                  ^^^
Glad to here it, whatever "wom" is.

> --- Now from what I understand, this was animated?????? Boy ,I
>would love to see it animated. Probably would pay just to go over
>and see the thing.

Yes, all three pics are from animations. I have been innundated with requests
for video tapes and questions as to where it can be seen. Well if you live in
the Boston vicinity, I am proud to announce that "One Stormy Night with Fred
Floaty" will premiere at the annual New England Siggraph Film and Video Show.
The date is January 6th at BBN's Numan (sp?) Auditorium.
For more information contact:   bcruff@tasc.com (Barry Ruff)
For video tape availability, email me. If I don't respend, call me because
it means my mail to you is bouncing.

> --- Signed, Mike -- A new Mark Thompson fan.

Gads, my head is already beginning to swell to the size of an over grown
rutabaga :-) I do really appreciate all the compliments.
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From: Blue-Knight@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Babylon 5
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:55:31 GMT
Organization: Blue Knight Productions

In article <1992Dec28.182138.427@sol.cs.wmich.edu> 22black@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Martin Black) writes:
> >Babylon 5 is being carried on something called PTEN (Prime Time ENtertainment).
> >I believe PTEN is starting like FOX did, and picking up small local stations
> >and making them affiliates. The Indianapolis area will be getting Babylon 5
> >on WTTV 4.

	I have a question for you... where is all the Talk about B5 on
Usenet/Internet ????

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
From: "jay rymal" <jay.rymal@canrem.com>
Subject: cdrom amigas
Reply-To: "jay rymal" <jay.rymal@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 26 Dec 92 12:55:25 EST


MNB>   How many disks does the Amiga SCALA software come on?  **15**.  How
MNB> many
MNB> disks does the Amiga Video Toaster software come on?  **20**.  Some
MNB> Video
MNB> Toaster picture libraries are being distributed on very costly
MNB> removable hard
MNB> disk packs because they consume so much storage.

MNB> > If
MNB> >an Amiga game came on that many disks, I'd expect an awful lot from
MNB> it.
MNB> >The only game that I have seen on remotely that many disks was
MNB> Dragon's
MNB> >Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle <sp?>.  It was five disks, and, in
MNB> >my opinion, a disappointment.

MNB>   Why was it a disappointment?  IMO, it was because they hacked it down
MNB> too
MNB> much so the game would not take so much space.  If the game were ported
MNB> to AGA
MNB> and enhanced, it could easily consume 20 disks.

MNB> >Commodore hasn't released a computer with a CD-ROM drive because
MNB> they're
MNB> >computers don't NEED a CD-ROM drive,

MNB>   You are the epitomy of vision and innovation, indeed.

Well Marc, I missed who said the last quote, but you're right, amiga's do
need CD-ROM drives!  And they can have them!  Just go out and buy AsimWare
Innovations' AsimCDFS and a nice scsi cd-rom drive and yer all set!  The
only difference between the Amiga and the PC/MAC (besides the newest machines
that are bundled with cd rom drives) is that when a user goes out to buy a
cd-rom drive for his computer (PC/MAC) the drive will probably be bundled with
a controller (PC) and drivers (PC/MAC).  That is due to the market share
situation.
But buying a CDFS for the Amiga is possible and not expensive.  you can use
most of the CDTV titles, clip art, FF disks, Gif cd's, fonts (un-protected),
and hopefully new software for the Amiga will come out in CD-ROM versions.
(VideoToaster 3.0 is rumoured to be released on CD-ROM.)

        Jay Rymal
        UofT Computer Shop
        Toronto.

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From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 18:47:04 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <BzKqr1.JCy@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <Bzqrqn.Cvo@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>

>Commodore hasn't released a computer with a CD-ROM drive because they're
>computers don't NEED a CD-ROM drive, but that doesn't mean that they
>don't OFFER one.
>
>jf
>--
>John Franklin
>franklin@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
>franklin@elfie.async.vt.edu
>

I strongly disagree with the statement that the Amiga doesn't need a CD-ROM
drive.  More collections of images and text are becoming available on CD-ROM
(as mentioned in some text I deleted) and we need access to them, just as
any MAC or MS-DOS/Windows machine has - there's an awfully large amount of
good raw data out there for us to use.  Secondly, PhotoCD from Kodak appears
to require a CD-ROM drive if you want to get the images into a computer,
including the Amiga (without having to hook a PhotoCD player up to a
frame-grabber, a dumb solution IMHO).

Fortunately, we don't have to wait for Commodore to come out with a CD-ROM
drive for the Amiga.  There's a large number of drives that can be connected
directly to your SCSI bus, and all you need to get them to work are the
device drivers in the form of CD-ROM-FS, or other available package.  So
basically, quit whining, buy a NEC, Sony, Toshiba, Chinon, or whatever kind
of drive you want, as long as it's supported by your CD-ROM drivers.  That's
what I'll be doing in a little while.  BTW, the newest Pioneer CD-ROM
changer (with it's quadruple speed mode) works great on an Amiga 3000, I've
seen it done.

Tom
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