Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer Newtronic Technologies, Italy | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port, parallel port |
- Framegrabber
- slow-scan video digitizer with internal color splitter
- grabs color or b/w images in all resolutions of the OCS chip set including interlaced overscan screen modes in one pass
- works internally in 4 bits (16 colors per color)
- resolutions: 320×256/512 or 640×256/512 (Lo-res/Hi-Res), overscan resolutions in 384×282/564 or 768×282/564
- supports 16 colors / grey shades, 64 colors (Half-Brite mode) or 4096 colors (HAM mode)
- Hi-Res mode is limited to 16 colors / grey shades
- level, brightness and color controls on the front plate
- two push buttons select either direct input signal passthrough ("Video") or display of computer screen ("Comp.") - useful for settings on an attached camera
- Slow and Fast Scan modes - digitization in Fast Mode takes > 1 min per image
- software effects include Zoom, Multipic, Mosaic, Threshold, Negative
- texture mapping function allows wrapping a picture around a built-in shape, e.g. cubes, hexagons, pyramids or cylinders
- images are only saved in IFF format, no other formats supported
- 1× composite input (BNC or RCA connector, depending on model revision)
- 1× 23 pin RGB Amiga input
- 1× 23 pin monitor output
- 1× parallel port connection (header), no passthrough
- analog bandwidth 3.7 MHz (b/w images) and < 3 MHz (color images)
- external 15V DC or 5V DC power supply (depending on model revision)
- metallic desktop case
- Notes
- digitizer can be used with a 512 kB Amiga using the Slow Scan command
front side
rear side
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