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Grex Hardware Item 42: Dumping from PC to VHS?
Entered by fishy on Thu Jun 25 17:26:40 UTC 1992:

Anyone know anything about dumping graphics/animations onto VHS?  I believe
it requires a card of some type that starts around $500.  Is my info correct,
is there any any other way of doing that, and where do I go about finding such

things?  Thanks!

3 responses total.

#1 of 3 by mistik on Thu Jun 25 17:36:09 1992:

Those machines were prohibitingly expensive about 10 years ago, now you seem
to be pretty good with a $500 card, if that is all you need.  Have you
considered the CPU power you may need for creating the animation?

I would look in magazines such as Byte or PC Magazine, I remember having seen 
some reviews where you could edit frames (add text etc.) and then dump on
a video recorder.

#2 of 3 by jdg on Fri Jun 26 01:56:55 1992:

You might be able to obtain an Amiga 500 for about the same price, and
be able to manage both video output as well as having a second, fairly
neat little computer.

#3 of 3 by klaus on Fri Jun 26 12:08:30 1992:

You may also want to check out the Oct. 91 issue of Radio Electronics.
On page 33 there is an article on building a VGA to NTSC (TV) converter.
Complete kit with all the parts and software is $164.  You may even be
able to buy it assembled from the same people.
Contact: Video Control
         3314 "H" St.
         Vancouver, WA  98663
         (206) 693-3834

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