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Company NewTek, USA	Date 1986	Amiga A1000	Interface parallel port

Company

NewTek, USA

Date

1986

Amiga

A1000

Interface

parallel port

framegrabber

digitizes colour images in three pass using a colour filter wheel
the wheel has to be mounted on a monochrome camera and rotated for each successive scan - an optional motor drive (Digi-Droid) allows automatic rotation of the wheel
the composite video signal is fed to the RCA jack on the DigiView unit
12 bit accuracy in colour, 4 bit in monochrome
connects to the A1000 parallel port, requires gender changer for later Amigas
supports all Amiga resolutions for digitizing and display, from 320 × 200 to 768 × 480
uses the Amiga RAM as framebuffer - requires at least 1 MB memory for functioning

front side

Advert (US)
1986-05

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1987-01

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1987-09

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1987-10

Company NewTek, USA	Date 1989	Amiga any Amiga	Interface parallel port

Company

NewTek, USA

Date

1989

Amiga

any Amiga

Interface

parallel port

framegrabber

digitizes colour images in three pass using a colour filter wheel
21 bit accuracy in colour, 7 bit in monochrome
composite input (RCA)
separate PAL and NTSC versions
connects to the parallel port
supports all Amiga resolutions for digitizing and display, from 320 × 200 to 768 × 480 (NTSC overscan)
uses the Amiga RAM as framebuffer - requires at least 1 MB memory for functioning

software

DigiView 3.0
- displays 2-32, 64, 4096 colours in lores modes
- displays 2-16 colours in highres
DigiView 4.0
- displays 2 - 4096 colours in all screen modes
- Dynamic HiRes allows 768 × 480 images in 4096 colours - achieved using separate 16 colour palettes for each line
- supports 020+ processors