Manufacturer “Digital Micronics”
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Digital Broadcaster 32 (Digital EditMaster)
Manufacturer
Digital Micronics / Applied Magic, USA
Date
1994
Amiga
A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2129 / 6
    non-linear editing system
  • true online broadcast quality component non-linear editing
  • LSI Logic full-motion JPEG chipset:
    • L64735 block DCT processor
    • L64745 JPEG coder - stand-alone lossless DPCM codec, dynamic Huffman
    • L64765 raster-to-block and colour-space converter
    • 27 MB/s on CCIR601 frames
    • 4:2:2 digital video resolution, 640×480 to 768×486
  • realtime video capture (requires Fast SCSI 2 controller and hard disk)
    • NTSC: 525 horizontal lines @ 30fps (60 fields)
    • PAL: 625 lines @ 25fps (50 fields)
    • selectable JPEG compression ratio from 15:1 to 70:1
  • frame-by-frame recording is also supported
  • the Sunrize sound boards are fully integrated using SMPTE time code for simultaneous digitizing and editing of both audio and video tracks
  • realtime video display and recording to tape
  • SMPTE time code reading and writing
  • NTSC - PAL conversion
  • component I/O breakout box
    • inputs: component video (Y, R-Y, B-Y), SVHS, NTSC, PAL
    • outputs: as above + RGB
  • 32 bit DMI bus header - allows direct connectivity with the Vivid 24 graphics coprocessor card
  • component digital 4:2:2 format throughout the board
  • software transition effects (cuts, wipes, fades, dissolves, etc.)
Photos
Digital Micronics / Applied Magic Digital Broadcaster 32 (Digital EditMaster) - front side
front side
Manual
Driver / Installation Disk

Resolver
Manufacturer
Digital Micronics, USA
Date
1991
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2129 / 1
    RTG graphics card
  • Texas Instruments TMS34010 @ 60 MHz graphics processor
    • up to 1280×1024 non-interlaced
    • up to 2048×2048 interlaced
    • 256 colours from the 16.7 million palette
    • 16 colour overlay
    • two hardware cursors
  • up to 4 MB video RAM - 32 ZIPs
    • Resolver A - 1 MB VRAM, 1024×768, without double buffering
    • Resolver B - 2 MB VRAM, 1600×1200, with double buffering
    • Resolver C - 4 MB VRAM, 2048×2048
  • up to 1 MB overlay video RAM - 8 ZIPs
  • up to 8 MB DRAM for resident applications (2 MB standard) - 16 ZIPs
  • 2048×2048 can be displayed even on a Commodore 1950 monitor that is 800×600 only
  • 3 BNC output connectors
  • SAGE (Standard Amiga Graphics Environment) driver
  • X-Windows driver for Amiga Unix System V Release 4
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1991-09

Vivid 24
Manufacturer
Digital Micronics, USA
Date
1992
Amiga
A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro III
Autoconfig ID
2129 / 2
    rendering engine
  • TMS 34020 @ 40 MHz graphics processor
    • up to 2048×2048 interlaced resolution in 24 bit
    • up to 1280×1024 non-interlaced
    • 32 bit pixel depth (including 8 bit alpha channel)
  • up to four TMS 34082 coprocessors (optional)
    • 32 bit math / graphics coprocessor
    • 3D vector support and rendering engine
    • parallel processing capability
    • 40 MFLOPS per piece - 160 MFLOPS total
    • 25,000 shaded polygons per second - 100,000 total
    • 512 kB static RAM per coprocessor
  • up to 16 MB video RAM (4 MB standard)
    • 4 MB: 1024×1024 non-interlaced, 1024×1024 interlaced
    • 8 MB: 1280×1024 non-interlaced, 1600×1280 interlaced
    • 12 MB: 1280×1024 non-interlaced, 2048×1536 interlaced
    • 16 MB: 1280×1024 non-interlaced, 2048×2048 interlaced
    • the video memory can also be used as system memory by the Amiga
  • up to 8 MB DRAM for resident applications (4 MB standard)
  • upgrade modules:
    • single graphics math coprocessor upgrade kit (1× TMS 34082) with 128 kB of 32 bit static RAM module (max. 2 per board)
    • double graphics math coprocessor upgrade kit (2× TMS 34082) with 256 kB of 32 bit static RAM module (max. 1 per board)
    • video memory upgrade kit - 4 MB VRAM (max. 4× per board or 3× with video encoder module)
    • program memory upgrade kit - 4 MB DRAM
    • broadcast quality digital video encoder (NTSC, PAL, SVHS)
      • allows high resolution graphics to be taken directly to video tape retaining their broadcast quality
      • supports NTSC or PAL and SVHS
      • genlocks the Vivid 24 using either a sync generator or any external video source
      • plugs into the same location as a video memory module
    • video effects generator (for use with the video encoder module)
      • provides input for two video sources
      • special effects
      • allows the mixing of both sources based on the Vivid 24 computer generated graphics
  • SAGE (Standard Amiga Graphics Environment) driver
Photos
Digital Micronics Vivid 24 - front side
front side
Digital Micronics Vivid 24 - back side
back side
Driver / Installation Disk
  • Vivid24.dms
    Install Disk
    sage.library v36.2 (1.5.1992), vivid.library Vivid 38.4 (16.7.93), Vivid24 Tweek v1.04
    531 kB