Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Volker Wertich, Germany / ICS Electronics, UK | Date 1988 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Radio Data Codec
- encoder/decoder for data transmissions over radio
- audio frequency signal supported - a transceiver is needed that uses resp. provides the demodulated AF signal
- automatic cutoff frequency control, no trimming potentiometer needed
- supports the following modes: SSTV (only receiving), Fax
- sends and receives images with 16 grayscales
- custom image format used during recording, supports images with only 396 lines - conversion to IFF format requires additional tool
- when stored to disk, supported image width is only 640 pixels (less than transmitted weather maps) - recording to RAM allows higher resolution, albeit only in b/w (no grayscales)
- small expansion, size 11×5 cm
- installs into the parallel port
- Notes
- floppy disk with the application is copy-protected, preventing installation on hard disk
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