Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “Mimetics”
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Manufacturer Mimetics, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port |
- genlock
- a very simple genlock which synchronizes with and overlays graphic on a video signal
- it was introduced as ImaGen, but theat name was already copyrighted by a printer manufacturer company
- works only in interlaced screen modes
- composite input and output
- connects directly into the RGB port
- DB9 RGB passthrough connector
- separate NTSC and PAL versions
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1988-03
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1988-03
Manufacturer Mimetics, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II |
- framebuffer
- can display images with a 21 bit palette only (2 million colours)
- 768×484 resolution
- up to 1 MB RAM (32 DIP chips), 80 ns
- BNC connectors for composite input and output
- bad video output quality - weak colours, radio frequency "ghosts" record onto tape
- reads IFF (including HAM), 24 bit RGB (DigiView compatible) and raw data
- directly supported by AdPro, Sculpt 4D, 3D Professional, Mega Paint and Caligari Broadcast
- framegrabber
- optional FrameCapture chipset
- grabs NTSC video frames in 1/15th of a second into IFF or RGB24 format
- 1 MB framebuffer is required for framegrabbing
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Manufacturer Mimetics, USA | Date 1986 | Amiga A1000 | Interface serial port |
- MIDI Interface
- external interface which is plugged in the Amiga's 25 pin serial port
- MIDI ports: 1× MIDI-IN, 1× MIDI-THRU, 1× MIDI-OUT
- supported by Mimetics' SoundScape Pro MIDI Studio sequencer
- suitable only for the A1000 due to different serial port pinout compared to later Amiga models
- small expansion, electronics integrated in serial cable connector
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1986-07
Manufacturer Mimetics, USA | Date 1987 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface serial port |
- MIDI Interface
- external interface which is plugged in the Amiga's 25 pin serial port
- MIDI ports: 1× MIDI-IN, 1× MIDI-OUT
- supported by Mimetics' SoundScape Pro MIDI Studio sequencer
- not suitable for the A1000 due to different serial port pinout - a A1000 specific model is the SoundScape MIDI HMC-1, which also features a MIDI-THRU port
- small expansion, electronics integrated in serial cable connector
Manufacturer Mimetics, USA | Date 1986 | Amiga A500, A1000, A2000 | Interface joystick port |
- Sound Sampler
- external 8 bit sound sampler
- claims to be a stereo sampler but the inputs are mixed into a monoaural signal
- 18 kHz fixed sampling rate with companding
- one microphone input and two inputs for stereo patch cords
- the proprietary SoundScape sample format allows storing only 64 kB per octave (older version only 32 kB)
- supported by Mimetics' SoundScape Pro MIDI Studio sequencer
- connects to the joystick port
- case designed to fit directly to the A1000 joystick port, so a short extension cable is needed for the other Amiga models
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Case opened, top side
- SoundScape.dms
program disk
527 kB
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1986-07