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StarShip 5 MINUTE Weekend Newscast (1993 09 24)
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/ ___) *StarShip* 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast
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/ (__ very weekend the *StarShip* on GEnie presents a new 5-MINUTE Weekend
(_____) Newscast in Communications Room 10 in the Real-Time Conference Area.
Featuring late-breaking stories from the Amiga community, these dynamic,
scrolling newscasts cycle every 5 minutes, so you can stop by between 6PM and
3AM Eastern time on Friday, or 3PM and 3AM Eastern time on Saturday or Sunday
and learn everything that happened during the preceding week. Industry news,
product announcements, upgrades, rumors, special *StarShip* activities, trade
show reports, GEnie usage tips, humor, recommended files to download...
... the works -- and it ONLY takes 5 minutes!
Each 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast is available on *StarShip* Menu #10 during the
following week. Periodically, newscasts are combined and made available for
downloading from the *StarShip* Library.
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Special thanks to...
Denny Atkin, Journalist Extraordinaire
Tim Walsh, AmigaWorld Senior Editor
For generous assistance to the *StarShip* News!
Here we go!...
DateLine: September 24, 1993
This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories:
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1. Commodore Bits:
Dionne Resignation Confirmed
4th Quarter Financial Report Still MIA
Commodore in the Media: Roboflight, Business Week, Sights&Sounds
A-Talk III Returns to Felsina Software
2. Wil Wheaton's Toaster 4000 Tour
3. DevWare Releases Home Manager Professional
4. Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences - EMPLANT this Sunday!
5. Lightwave 3D Without the Toaster? Solution: Lightrave!
6. DevWare Video & Atomic Toaster Announce Merger
7. DevWare Video Releases ConcoonMorph
8. DKB Displays Five New Products at World of Commodore Show
9. Personal V-Scope & TBC III from Digital Processing Systems
10. Lion's Compugraphic-Style Fonts
*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
1st of 10 Stories
Commodore Bits
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/ ___) *StarShip* News Network -- September 24, 1993
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(_____)onfirming last week's *StarShip* 5-MINUTE News scoop on the then-
rumored resignation of Commodore President Jim Dionne, Commodore Multimedia
Applications Specialist Lauren Keffer confirmed to the *StarShip* News
Network that Dionne did indeed announce his resignation at the Commodore
Dealer Meeting held in conjunction with the World of Commodore Show in
Pasadena, CA. earlier this month. The company made no official announcement
of it at that time, nor have they done so as of this writing.
Keffer also stated that effective September 20, 1993, Jeff Stilley is the new
General Manager of Commodore U.S., and Dionne's position as president will
not be filled.
_ 4th Quarter Financial Report Still MIA
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(_/ \_)s mentioned here last month, Commodore's fiscal year-end financial
report was released last year __________________________________
by August 20th, and the year | |
before by August 14th - yet as | Commodore Business Machines |
of September 23, 1993, we were | June 30, 1993 |
not able to find it posted in | Year End Financial Report |
the usual places for their | |
fiscal year which ended on | |
June 30, 1993. | |
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Although we're not encouraged | ____ |
by this, we sure hope their | / __ \ |
4th Quarter earnings were | (_/ ) ) |
better than the whopping | / / |
losses posted in this year's | | | |
3rd Quarter. | |_| |
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Stay tuned for further | |
developments! | Where ARE you? |
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(____/tarShip member Gary Goldberg reports that after taping "Dune" last
Saturday night on the Science Fiction (cable) Channel, he watched an
approximately 10-minute short following it called "Roboflight." In LARGE
TYPE, the credits for Roboflight noted that all the computer graphics were
done on the Amiga personal computer!
As reported by *StarShip* member Omar Siddique on the Bulletin Board earlier
this month, the September 13th issue of Business Week magazine included
reasonably favorable mention of Commodore's new Amiga CD32 console in their
Bits&Bytes column, mentioning that it had been introduced (in the U.S.) on
September 10th.
And here's an interesting find posted by Denny Atkin on the *StarShip*
Bulletin Board:
I just got a flyer for Sights&Sounds, a videotape technology magazine. One of
the products covered is "Media Magician" from User Interface Technologies. It
says it's a "friendly interface that lets you control virtually every system
in your house -- from lighting and HVAC to jacuzzis and your home theater --
using just one remote. You can even control all these systems through your
telephone! Simple menus make Media Magician easy to operate and install. And
because the system is CD-ROM based, it will never be obsolete!"
(And if you believe that last sentence, I've got some property you might be
interested in...)
Anyway, the reason this is interesting is that the remote control pictured,
although it has a UIT logo, is a _CDTV_ remote. Add that in with the CD-ROM
reference, and I think we've found one of Commodore's CDTV OEM resellers.
The ad lists the phone number 714/659-4580, if anyone is interested.
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/ ___) A-Talk III Returns to Felsina Software
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(_/ormerly distributed by New Horizons Software, *StarShip* member M.DUFF
[R/C Pilot] reports that the popular, powerful Amiga communications package
A-Talk III is being handled again by Felsina Software.
For more infomation or product assistance, contact Felsina Software at 4440
Finley Ave #108, Los Angeles, CA 90027.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
2nd of 10 Stories
Wil Wheaton's Toaster 4000 Tour
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/ \/ \ *StarShip* News Network - September 1993
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(_/ \/ \_)idwest and east coast stops for Wil Wheaton's Toaster 4000 tour
are as follows:
Thurs, September 30, 2 PM, Omni International Trading, 316 Westlake Avenue
North, Seattle, WA, telephone (206) 628-2923.
Monday, October 4th, through Wednesday, October 6th, Image World/Video Expo
New York. Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, call 800/847-6111 for free pass.
Friday, October 15th, 10 AM, Microtech Solutions Inc., 1885 North Farnsworth
Avenue, Aurora, IL, (708) 851-3033.
Friday, October 15th, 3 PM, Ring Software, 726 East State St, Geneva, IL,
telephone (708) 232-0009.
Video Toaster experts Jason Linhart, Christina Knighton, and Brad Peebler
will be appearing with Kiki Stockhammer and Wil Wheaton and the following
times and places:
Monday, October 11, 10 AM, Custom Supply, Inc., 2509 5th Avenue South,
Birmingham, AL, telephone (205) 252-0141.
Monday, October 11, 10 AM, ACS, 5344 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA,
telephone (404) 263-9190.
Tuesday, October 12, 10 AM, Vision Communications, 4000 Peidmont Parkway,
High Point, NC (919) 841-6988.
Wednesday, October 13, 10 AM, Modern Business Machines, 4609 Fairfield St.,
Metairie, LA, telephone (504) 885-5961.
Wednesday, October 13, 10 AM, Eagle Computers Inc., 1122 S. Wickham Road,
West Melbourne, FL, telephone (407) 951-9732.
Thursday, October 14, 10 AM, Micro Search, 9000 SW Freeway, Suite 330,
Houston, TX, telephone (713) 988-2818.
Friday, October 15, 10 AM C & G Video, US 31 Highway 225, Spanish Fort, AL,
telephone (205) 621-1971.
Call the dealer location nearest you for more information.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
3rd of 10 Stories
DevWare Releases Home Manager Professional
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/ __ ) Poway, CA -- August 5, 1993
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(______/evWare, Inc., the California-based direct marketer and distributor of
software and videotapes for the Amiga, announced that is has released Home
Manager Professional for the Amiga.
Home Manager Professional is a personal information manager appropriate for
both home and professional users. Consistent with DevWare's product marketing
philosophy of offerng the best product values for end users, it is feature
laden and lower priced than any competing products. Home Manager Professional
has a List Price of only $29.95.
Home Manager Professional contains the following organizing and scheduling
modeles:
Address Book -- all the fields needed for names, addresses, phone numbers,
birthdays, anniversaries, and for notes.
Appointment Calendar -- shows schedule from day to day, month to month,
and year to year.
Area Codes -- Half-screen listing of WORLD Area Codes and their matching,
major cities. Fully searchable database by Area Code, City or Country.
Contacts Database -- Keeps track of all business and personal Contacts with
all necessary information and history.
Inventory -- Keeps track of Home and Business Inventories, and also Total
Costs and Total Values. Ideal for insurance purposes. Separate module
for keeping track of all computer products.
NotePad -- ASCII Text Editor has search, replace, and other editing
features, plus an editable Macro setup for up to 10 255-character macros
and/or 20 full text file macros. Importable into any word processor.
To Dos -- Keeps track of Personal and Business To Do's.
Wallet -- Keeps track of all Credit Cards, Licenses, etc.
Config -- Configure for: type of phone line in place, which Serial device,
datafiles, location, autosave choice, iconize on startup, data and time
format.
All areas have: An online Alarm Clock function, online help window,
extensive search capabilities, palette control function, full print
features, uniform display of date and time, and much more.
Home Manager Professional was developed by Itchycoo Productions. It is
compatible with all existing Amigas. DevWare will market Home Manager
Professional to end users and dealers in North American through its DevWare
ToolChest division.
DevWare, through its DevWare Video division, is an international licensor,
marketer and distributor of commercial software and instructional videotapes
relating to the Amiga computer and Desktop Video markets.
DevWare is also a direct marketer of third-party Amiga software, hardware and
public domain for the Amiga and MS-DOS markets. Lower-priced, niche software
licensing and distribution is done through both DevWare Video and DevWare
ToolChest division.
For more information contact DevWare ato 12520 Kirkham Court, Suite 1, Poway,
CA 92064, telephone 619/679-282, fax 619/679-2887.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
4th of 10 Stories
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
5th of 10 Stories
Lightwave 3D Without the Toaster? Solution: Lightrave!
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( \ /\ / ) Richmond, VA -- September 1993
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\_/\_/arm and Fuzzy Logic, Inc. announced their solution for the Amiga(tm)
computer which allows you to use NewTek's Lightwave 3D(tm) animation system
without the Video Toaster(tm). The product is Lightrave - an all new hardware
device that resides on the serial port of ANY Amiga computer and emulates the
necessary Toaster functions that allow Lightwave(tm) to fully function on
your Amiga!
Features:
HIGH SPEED EMULATION: Lightrave is a custom hardware module that emulates all
of the Toaster functions needed by Lightwave 3D!
TOASTER FREEDOM: Lightrave enables any Amiga to run Lightwave 3D without
requiring a Video Toaster to be installed.
NEW ADVANCED FEATURES: Lightrave adds a suite of professional features never
before available to Lightwave 3D users.
FASTER!! Lightrave will render images faster than a Toaster equipped Amiga,
as no lengthy display time to the Video Toaster is required.
TRUE 24 BIT DISPLAY: Rendering is no longer limited to the Toaster's
composite display alone. Lightrave now allows Lightwave 3D to render directly
to the most popular 24bit graphic cards. Supported cards include the GVP
IV-24, Retina, Opalvision, DCTV, Firecracker, EGS Spectrum, Piccolo, Picasso,
Rainbow 3, Amiga, and Amiga-AGA displays.
PAL COMPATIBLE: Lightrave makes Lightwave 3D fully functional for European
PAL users.
FAST ANIMATIONS: Full screen preview animations previously only available on
the Toaster-4000(tm) are now available to all Lightwave 3D users. The
animations are stored in standard Amiga "Anim" animation formats and may be
transferred and edited by other Amiga programs. Direct rendering to DCTV and
OpalVision animation formats will be available shortly.
NETWORKING: Lightrave is fully network compatible. From the low cost Parnet
to the high end Ethernet solutions, Lightrave is the perfect solution for all
Lightwave 3D "Render Farms".
IMAGE PROCESSING: Render directly to GVP's ImageFX, where frames can be image
processed before being saved to disk!
FULLY COMPATIBLE: Works with the entire Amiga line of computers. Even the
Amiga 500 and the new Amiga 1200!
Requirements:
o Lightwave 3D 2.0 or 3.0 required.
o Compatible with all Commodore Amiga models, both NTSC and PAL.
o Workbench and Kickstart 2.04 or later.
o Lightwave 3D requires a minimum 512 chip RAM and 512k fast RAM.
o Extended memory and hardware acceleration are reccomended.
o 2 Megs of Chip RAM is recommended for direct rendering to GVP IV-24.
o Lightrave registration requires a Toaster registration number.
Lightrave is shipping now and carries a suggested retail price of $499. Call
your dealer or distributor for availability and product information, or
contact Michael Vunck, President, Warm and Fuzzy Logic Inc. 2302 Marriot Road
Richmond, VA 23229.
Amiga is a trademark of Commodore Business Machines, Lightwave 3D, Video
Toaster and Toaster 4000 are trademarks of NewTek Inc., ImageFX is a
trademark of Great Valley Products, Inc.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
6th of 10 Stories
DevWare Video & Atomic Toaster Announce Merger
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/ __ ) Poway, CA -- August 16, 1993
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(______/evWare, Inc., the California based direct marketer and distributor of
software and videotapes for the Amiga, and the Atomic Toaster, the Salt Lake
City, Utah-based Video Toaster Systems dealer, seminar instructor, software
developer and video producer, have announced they will be joining forces to
bring Video Toaster systems and related add-on products to new customers not
being reached by other Video Toaster dealers.
This new merger will combine the respective strenghts of Atomic Toaster and
DevWare.
Atomic Toaster has been designing and configuring Video Toaster systems,
supporting the creative and technical needs of its customers, and conducting
innovative training seminars for its corporate and university clients since
late 1990. Over this period, they have learned that anyone can sell a product
or a group of products, but it is how all products work together in a system
that makes their customer's productions successful. This is why they came up
with the Atomic Toaster Catalog, the indispensible resource and reference
guide for the Video Toaster industry, produced the Audio Production For The
Video Toaster instructional video, and developed the first product in The
Scene Machine series, Crouton Tools.
DevWare Video, launched in late 1992 as a division of DevWare, has quickly
become the largest reseller of videotapes, books, and educational software
for North American Amiga users, and one of the largest resellers of
commercial software for animation, graphics and video purposes as well.
"Our concern was how we extend our abilities and gain entry into the
expanding Video Toaster industry, and be able to properly support the
products we delivered to our customers," said Scott Pincus, President of
DevWare. "When we learned that Atomic Toaster wanted to expand their
business, it seemed like the perfect merger of our abilities."
"We knew that we were probably the greatest authority on how key software and
peripherals worked with the Video Toaster to become the most effective
systems for customers. Questions referred to us by NewTek and attendance at
our seminars were proof of that," said Harold Russell, President of Atomic
Toaster. "But we didn't have the capability to profitibly expand our
operations, and more importantly, handle the volume of business which would
result. DevWare offered us that solution with their marketing, distribution,
product purchasing, and fulfillment capabilities."
As a result of the merger, DevWare will market Crouton Tools, Audio
Production for the Video Toaster, the Atomic Toaster Catalog, future products
in The Scene Machine Series, and other new products developed by Atomic
Toaster through its DevWare Video division to end users, corporate and
university customers, and dealers. Atomic Toaster will provide creative
technical support, seminar training and continued development of The Scene
Machine modules and other products for the Video Toaster, as well as provide
technical support for other commercial software titles licensed by DevWare
Video.
DevWare, through its DevWare Video division, is an international licensor,
marketer and distributor of commercial software and instructional videotapes
relating to the Amiga computer and Desktop Video markets.
Atomic Toaster, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, has more than 20 years
experience in commercial video production and has been configuring Video
Toaster Systems for customers since the Video Toaster was first released.
Recently, they opened a California office to sell Video Toaster systems and
training seminars to corporate accounts and video producers in the greater
Los Angeles area.
DevWare is also a direct marketer of third-party Amiga software, hardware and
Public Domain for the Amiga and MS-DOS markets. Lower-priced niche software
licensing and distribution is done through its DevWare Toolchest division.
DevWare, Inc. is located at 12520 Kirkham Court, Suite 1, Poway, CA 92064.
Telephone is 619/679-2887. Fax is 619/679-2887. Atomic Toaster can be reached
at P.O. Box 9201, Salt Lake City, UT 87109. Telephone is 801/466-7330.
For further information contact Ken Blakeman at the DevWare - East Office, 4
Beth Circle, Jaffrey, NH 03452, telephone 603/532-7701, fax 603/532-4247.
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*StarShip* Amiga *Flash*
7th of 10 Stories
DevWare Video Releases CocoonMorph
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/ __ ) Poway, CA -- September 15, 1993
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(______/evWare, Inc., the California based direct marketer and distributor of
software and videotapes for the Amiga, announced that it has acquired the
international rights to exclusively distribute CocoonMorph from Ironworker
Studios.
CocoonMorph is a fast, high quality, powerful morphing system for the Amiga
computer that is easy to learn and use. It includes high-end features found
in more expensive systems - without a Rolls Royce price! The list price of
CocoonMorph is $99.95.
The group of unique features found only in CocoonMorph are:
* Built-in "virtual memory" to conserve RAM
* Full control over the transition rate of each pixel using
alpha channel images
* Automatic variable level, transparent color compositing
* Ability to composite with any background being transparent
* Interface displays source and destination images in color
* Automatic image scaling
CocoonMorph will load any IFF image, including AGA formats. You can save
frames as 24-bit, HAM, HAM-8, or 16-level grayscale. It also allows editing
of form and color transitions, with smooth curve fitting.
CocoonMorph works on any model Amiga with at least 3 MB of RAM or more. Eight
(8) MB are required to render high resolution morphs.
A hard drive is required with less than 4 MB of RAM, and highly recommended
otherwise.
DevWare will market CocoonMorph through its DevWare Video division. Atomic
Toaster, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and now working with DevWare Video
as their Video Toaster sales and new product development division, will
provide technical support for CocoonMorph.
DevWare, through its DevWare Video division, is an international licensor,
marketer and distributor of commercial software and instructional videotapes
relating to the Amiga computer and Desktop Video markets.
DecWare is also a direct marketer of third-party Amiga software, hardware and
Public Domain for the Amiga and MS-DOS markets. Lower-priced, niche software
licensing and distribution is done through its' DevWare Toolchest division.
DevWare, Inc. is located at 12520 Kirkham Court, Suite 1, Poway, CA 92064.
Telephone is 619/679-2828. Fax is 619/679-2887. For further information
contact Ken Blakeman at the DevWare East office. telephone 603/532-7701, fax
603/532-4247.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
8th of 10 Stories
DKB Displays Five New Products at World of Commodore Show
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/ __ ) Wixom, MI -- September 1993
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(______/KB, a leading manufacturer of hardware and software for the Commodore
Amiga line of computers, displayed five new products in their booth at the
World of Commodore Amiga Show in Pasadena, CA, earlier this month. This
dramatic expansion in DKB's product line is due in part to its new
rleationship with Helfrich, Internationa, which has namedd DKB the sole
distributor of its products in the United States, Canada, and Austrlia.
The DKB 3128 is the first high-capacity, 32-bit Zorro III memory board for
the Amiga 3000, 3000T, 4000, and 4000T computers. A single board allows users
to expand their total memory up to 146 megabytes -- enough to manipulate an
hour of CD-quality audio, hundreds of frames of full-color animation, or a
full-page scanned image in 24-bit color at 600 dpi. The DKB 3128 is versatile
as well as powerful. It accepts a wide variety of industry-standard 4 MB, 8
MB, 16 MB and 32 MB memory modules (SIMMs), and can use modules of varying
sizes at the same time.
DKB had two new graphics boards on display. The Piccolo is a high-
performance, low-cost display card for the Amiga 2000, 3000, and 4000 series
of computers. It increases both the size of the display (up to 1280x1024
pixels on an appropriate monitor), and the number of colors that can be
displayed at once (up to 16.7 million colors on any analog RGB monitor).
While affordably priced, the Piccolo still provides "state of the art"
features like a dual-speed bus (works at a slower speed for the 16-bit bus on
the Amiga 2000, but speeds up when plugged into the 32-bit bus on the Amiga
3000 or 4000), and automatic switching between the standard Amiga display and
the enhanced Piccolo display on a single monitor. The Video Layer is a 32-bit
display card for the Amiga 3000 or 4000 which provides up to 16.7 million
colors at video display resolutions (768x476 NTSC or 768x576 PAL). The board
can output either computer-style RGB video at 31.25 KHz horizontal, or
television-style video, NTSC or PAL composite or Y/C separated, at 15.75 KHz.
As its name suggest, the Video Layer board is able to merge graphics from its
own 24-bit color output, the native Amiga display, and external video source
into a single display, for a rich "layered" look. Both the Piccolo and the
Video Layer board use the industry-standard EGS libraries for compatibility,
and include TV-Paint Junior, the premier 24-bit paint package for the Amiga.
DKB also showed the first MPEG full-motion video products for the Amiga.
Peggy is a video decoder board which allows you to play full-motion 24-bit
video directly from storage devices like a CD-ROM or hard drive. Its
integrated genlock allows you to mix Amiga graphics and MPEG video on the
same screen. C-Cube's MPEG chip compression technology drastically reduces
the storage requirements, allowing you to play back minutes of video, not
seconds. And with the optional MPEG encoder software, you'll be able to
create your own ISO-standard MPEG movies.
DKB had a number of its current products on display at the World of Commodore
Amiga show, as well. These included the DKB 1202 memory board for the Amiga
1200, THE CLOCK, a clock calender card for the Amiga 1200, the DKB 2632
memory expansion board for the A2630 accelerator, and the MegAChip 2000/500,
the original graphics memory expansion board for the A500, A2000 and CDTV.
All of the current products and several of the new products were available
for sale at the show. DKB Software exhibited at the World of Commodore Amiga
show, both as an opportunity to present new products to the public, and to
meet its customers face-to-face. According to DKB President Dean Brown,
"We're in the business of solving problems for people, so it's as important
to hear what they have to say as it is to show them what we can do for them."
For more information contact DKB Software, 50240 W. Pontiac Trail, Wixom, MI
48393, telephone 313/960-8752, fax 313/960-8752.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
9th of 10 Stories
Personal V-Scope & TBC III from Digital Processing Systems
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/ \ Florence, KY -- September 1993
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(_/ \_)s the market leader in broadcast quality Time Base Correctors,
Digital Processing Systems (DPS) proudly offers the Personal V-Scope -- the
latest in our line of innovative PC based products designed to give your
system the power, look and flexibility of broadcast quiality hardware but at
a software price. The DPS Personal V-Scope Model VM-2000 is the world's first
Waveform Monitor and VectorScope for desktop video.
The DPS Personal V-Scope produces a digitally synthesized Waveform Monitor
and VectorScope display which can be superimposed onto any video signal. This
plug-in card is both Amiga and IBM PC compatible and comes with control
software. Any NTSC video signal may be input to the DPS Personal V-Scope
which provides a buffered video output, a superimposed (software controlled)
video output, and a full-time waveform/vector video output. When combined
with the DPS Personal TBC II, the V-Scope provides a fully integrated video
processing, manipulating and monitoring environment.
DPS Personal V-Scope Model VM-2000
Features
o Waveform, Vector or Dual Display modes
o 6MHz Bandwidth
o Accuracy better than 1%
o Hardware Rasterizer for real-time display update
o Dedicated Full-time Output
o Superimpose Display over Live Video
Waveform Monitor
o Displays Video Signal Level
o Graticule calibrated in IRE/mVolt scales
o 2H and 1H display modes
o Switchable low pass filter
Vectorscope Mode
o Display Color Component signals
o Graticule targets for Color Bar test signal
o Linear Quadrature Decoder
Software Control
o Amiga/IBM PC compatible RS-232 control
o Integrated control with the DPS Personal TBC II
o Selection of Waveform/Vector modes
o Enable/Disable superimpose mode
Personal TSG Test Patterns
o Software for more than 30 industry standard test signals
to display with your Video Toaster
VM-2000 Specifications
Video Input 1 V p-p 75 Ohms
Video Output 1 V p-p 75 Ohms
Superimpose Output* 1 V p-p 75 Ohms
Dedicated Output* 1 V p-p 75 Ohms
Frequency Response +\-0.25 cB to 5.5 MHz
-1 cB @ 6MHz
Accuracy +/- 1% of Full Scale
Power Consumption 10 Watts
+5V @ 560 mA
+12V @ 500 mA
-12V @ 100 mA
Serial Data Input RS-232 Levels
9.6/31.25 KBPS
* Color or B/W Jumper selectable
TSG Software Test Patterns
SMPTE Color Bars Black Field 7.5 IRE
EIA Bars Gray Field 50 IRE
Full Field Bars White Field 100 IRE
Bars/Luma Bars Red Field
Bars/Red Modulated 5 Step
Bars/Reverse Bars Luma 5 Step
Bars/Modulated Timing Pulses Modulated Ramp
Luma Only Bars Luma Ramp
Multi-Burst 60 IRE Demodulator Alignment Ramp
Multi-Burst 100 IRE FCC Composite
Line Sweep 0-4.1 MHz with Markers NTC7 combination
Chroma Sweep 0-500 KHz with Markers Multi-Pulse
Pluse & Bar with Window Sin (X)/X
Convergence Grid Matrix (5 Types)
List price of VM-2000 Personal V-Scope Waveform Monnitor/Vectorscope Display
on a plug-in PC Card for Amiga, IBM PC and other ISA bus computers is
$995.00.
DPS Personal TBC III
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/ __ ) Model VT-2500 TBC Plug-In Card
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(______/PS, the market leader in broadcast quality time base correction,
proudly presents the latest in our family of desktop video products, the DPS
Personal TBC III. Featuring both composite and S-Video (S-VHS or Hi8) inputs,
the TBC III interfaces virtually any VCR, laser disk player or camcorder to
production switchers or computer video systems like the NewTek Video Toaster.
Special Effects including Rock Solid Freeze (both Field and Frame), Variable
Strobe and Forced Monochrome are standard. The DPS Personal TBS III can be
installed in any IBM PC compatible or Amiga 2000/3000/4000 series computer,
or in a DPS ES-2000 Series Expansion System.
All video proc amp functions, system timing, scene memories and even color
balance can be adjusted with our intuitive DPS Personal Series software.
Amiga, MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows versions are available. The DPS Personal
TBC III is also compatible with our multi-channel RC-2000 desktop remote
control. Both control schemes permit you to mix and match DPS Personal TBC
III and TBC II cards with DPS-230 rackmount TBCs and the DPS Personal
V-Scope.
The DPS Personal TBS III -- if you want to look your best, insist on the
latest in technology from the company that invented the Personal TBC.
Features
o Rock solid Freeze and Strobe
o Ideal VCR interface for NewTek Video Toaster
o Plugs in to Amiga and IBM compatible computers
o Switchable composite and S-Video inputs
o Forced Monochrome
o Software controlled Proc Amp and color balance controls
o 5.5 MHz S-Video bandwidth
o Addressable RS-232 interface
VT-2500 Specifications
Video Input (NTSC mode) .................. 1V p-p
V Input (S-Video mode) ................... 1V p-p
C Input )S-Video mode) .... 286mV p-p burst level
Video Output ............................. 1V p-p
Reference Video Input .................... 1V p-p
Advance Sync Output ...................... 2V p-p Jumper Selectable for REF
Loop, 2nd Video out or
advance sync out.
Bandwidth:
S-Video mode ........................... 5.5 MHz
NTSC mode .......................... 4.2 MHz 888 Heterodyne Luminance
Bandwidth 2.5 MHz in NTSC
mode.
Correction Window ...................... Infinite
Signal-to-Noise ........................... >58dB
Differential Phase ................... <2 degrees
Differential Gain ........................... <2%
K Factor:
Y/C Input ................................... 1%
NTSC Input .................................. 3%
Residual Time Base Error .............. <15 nsec.
Serial Data Input RS-232 Levels @ 31.25/9.6kB/s.
Proc Amp Controls:
Video Level ............................. +/- 3dB
Black Level .......................... +/- 20 IRE
Chroma Level ....................... -40 to + 6dB
Hue Phase ........................ +/- 45 degrees
Horizontal Position .................... +/- usec
Color Balance Controls:
R-Y Shift ............................... +/- 20%
B-Y Shift ............................... +/- 20%
Genlock Timing:
Coarse ............................... +/- 4 usec
Fine ............................ +/- 360 degrees
Power Consumption ..................... 8.4 Watts
+ 5V @ 500mA
+ 12V @ 400mA
- 12V @ 90mA
On a Commodore Amiga computer the Personal TBS II plugs into one of the PC
expansion slots. No bridgeboard is required.
The VT-2500 Personal TB III Infinite window TBC card, plugs into any IBM
compatible or Amiga 2000-4000 series computer. Freeze Frame/Field (1-3),
Strobe and Forced Monochrome. Software or optional hardware control.
Suggested List Price is $850.00.
For more information contact your authorized Amiga dealer or Digital
Processing Systems, Inc., 55 Nugget Ave, Unit 10, Scarborough, Ontario, M1S
3L1 Canada, telephone 416/754-8090, fax 415/754-7046, or at 11 Spiral Drive,
Florence, KE 41042, telephone 606/371-5533, fax 606/371-3729.
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*StarShip* NEWS *Flash*
10th of 10 Stories
Lion's Compugraphic-Style Fonts
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/ \ San Francisco, CA -- September 19, 1993
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(_/ \_)t the World of Commodore AMIGA show in Pasadena I was offering for
the first time two packages of Compugraphic-style fonts. "70 NEW Compugraphic
Fonts for $40.00" & "70 More Compugraphic Fonts for $20". The first package
is 100% my original work, and the second set is conversions of BMUG shareware
fonts by other artists. These fonts work in PPage 3 or 4, PDraw 3, PageStream
2, and other programs, about 70% or so work with the 97 pound-weakling
CG-font-engine of Workbench 2/3.
I still have a few of these packages left for mail-order, but not many of
each, so hurry if you want them. Due to the user boycott of fonts products
distributors have ceased carrying my fonts products despite high praise in
reviews in AmigaWorld and other mags. It has become a cult item, word-of-
mouth. In exchange for fonts unlike you'll find in the "Me Too" copycat
collections that everybody sells over and over, these are unusual, different.
There are cartoonist & comicbook fonts, handwrite scripts (the hardest to
make, and that's why most companies stay away from trying), Western woodtype,
contemporary Condensed, invitation Fancy, many nice Deco styles and humorous
headline Novelty types. You cannot find a larger collection. You cannot
find a better selection, and ther are no places to go for lower prices. As
the person who has made more Postscript fonts from scratch than any other
person in the world, and made more CG fonts than anybody who works at
Compugraphic, it's time you trust the World's Foremost Expert on Amiga Fonts!
For more information contact Lion's Computer Fonts, 482 Hayes Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 863-1781, or see *StarShip* Bulletin
Board Categor 5, Topic 16.
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If you are after a SINGLE PROGRAM on a Fish Disk, SEARCH for it
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