| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I have an old beat-up Polaroid Palette film recorder that I would like
to hook-up to my Amiga.
This device uses a tiny hi-res CRT to display a monochrome image and
then photograph this through filters to build up a colour image.
After some experimentation I have got it to take the composite video
output from my A500 and display it on the small CRT inside.
But it then just sits there waiting
for some commands (via an RS-232 cable) that tell it to rotate
red/green/blue filters, expose the film and advance to the next frame.
Does anyone know where I might find out what commands are used and what
status messages it returns?
This thing once worked with PRO/SIGHT on the Professional so
someone in DEC must know how to drive it.
If I could get it to work I could use Photon-Paint to create my own
slides for presentations. So I sure hope somone out there can help or
point me in the right direction!
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| 4120.1 | ELWOOD::PETERS | Fri Sep 14 1990 21:40 | 8 | ||
There ia a commercial package called liquid Light that will
control the polaroid palette. It might be worth looking into.
Steve
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| 4120.2 | more than you would think... | GIDDAY::LAWSON | Sun Sep 16 1990 22:45 | 35 | |
I bought an ex PRO palette....and bought a commercial driver called
"IMAGE MASTER" from NERIKI, the people who make genlocks. The software
is, to say the least, crude (unpolished) and not cheap. But then, this is a
specialised market.
However, re .0:
Great that you can get the image onto the tiny crt!
Just say that you are going to make a slide out of a HAM image. It is
possible that this thing will do up to 48 exposures ( up to 16 on each of
the red, green and blue filters). (shutter is set to "B") Then, there are
different film speeds AND compositions which need to be considered.
It is also necessary to calibrate the Palette because there are minor
variations in the signal outputs on each and every Amiga AND each and
every Palette. My palette takes about an hour to warm up. The IMAGE MASTER
Package comes with a 16 level grey scale calibration IFF. This calibration
sequence needs to be carried out every time the system is fired up. It
drifts all over the place for that first hour. Take a slide too quickly
and its either over or under exposed.
I guess that what I'm trying to say is that there is a lot of
"management" going on back in the Amiga.
If you are going to write your own - good luck. I'll be a test site for
you.
Cheers,
Glenn
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