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53 expansions found
Manufacturer Edotronik, Germany | Amiga A2000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2064 / 4 |
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Manufacturer Digital Processing Systems, Canada | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface ISA |
- realtime digitizer
- realtime capture card for the Personal Animation Recorder DR-3150
- PAL only
- full proc amp controls, freeze frame and freeze field
- connects to the PAR with a 50 pin ribbon cable via the Component Video Exchange (CVE) bus
- composite (BNC), S-VHS, component (3 BNC) inputs
front side
Manufacturer MicroSearch / SunRize, USA | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga |
- colour splitter
- allows grabbing of colour images with monochrome digitisers
- manual or automatic operation
- splits colours automatically for Perfect Vision and DigiView
- composite input with loop (2× RCA)
- hue and saturation adjustment knobs
- external power supply
Exterior, front side
Exterior, rear side
Case opened, top side
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1989-08
Manufacturer JCL Business Systems, UK | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- digitises video inputs in 64000 colors in 1/50th second per frame resp. 1/25th second for interlace modes (realtime)
- comes standard with 192kB internal framebuffer
- supports lo-res, interlace and hi-res resolutions
- internal memory can be extended up to 256 kB of CMOS SRAM memory (32k×8, ≤120ns) to support interlace fullscreen images
- outputs files in HAM, EHB, 4 - 32 color or monochrome (16 grayscales)
- PAL and NTSC versions available
- framestore can be used to display images in 64k colors on external monitors or video equipment by uploading them to the Colourpic (e.g. 24 bit images)
- brightness, contrast, saturation and NTSC hue controls - the latter doesn't work in PAL models
- composite (RCA) video input at the front
- later hardware models (sold from 1992 onwards) feature a Y/C input connector (4 pin mini-DIN)
- output connectors at the rear side:
- 1× 8 pin DIN connector for combined RGB and composite video output
- 1× RCA connector for UHF TV output
- connects via parallel port to the Amiga, connector is at a ribbon cable fed through the metal case
- external 15V AC power supply
- delivered with ColourPic software and, for later models, with the more capable Cabaret software, which provides in addition:
- 24 bit capable (for lo-res modes)
- overscan support
- software control of image parameters (e.g. brightness, color and color balance)
- image flip
- image filters
- blending, masking
- Sculpt interface
- plotter support
- optional AniMate Expansion
- special 512kB memory expansion card
- allows digitising short video sequences in realtime or in single step mode
- single images or sequences can be joined with the AniMate software
- with the extra memory, the base unit can also digitise interlace and overscan modes
- Notes
- the ColourPic is also available with a Genlock option, named SuperPic
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1989-12
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1991-12
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1992-06
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1992-11
Manufacturer JCL Business Systems, UK | Date 1992 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- larger version of the ColourPic with additional memory, interfaces and software capabilities
- digitises video inputs in 64000 colors in 1/50th second per frame resp. 1/25th second for interlace modes (realtime)
- supports lo-res, interlace and hi-res resolutions
- comes standard with 512kB internal framebuffer
- internal memory can be extended up to 1 MB of CMOS SRAM memory (32k×8, ≤120ns) to support hires interlace overscan images and longer animations
- outputs files in HAM, EHB, 4 - 32 color or monochrome (16 grayscales)
- PAL and NTSC versions available
- framestore can be used to display images in 64k colors on external monitors or video equipment by uploading them to the ColourPic Plus (e.g. 24 bit images)
- brightness, contrast, saturation and NTSC hue controls - the latter doesn't work in PAL models
- video input connectors, selected by rotary knob at the rear
- 1× composite (BNC) video input
- 1× Y/C input connector (4 pin mini-DIN)
- 1× Amiga RGB
- output connectors:
- RGB monitor pass-through and composite video output
- 1× RCA connector for UHF TV output
- RGB output is used for monitor pass-through, UHF and Composite for TV output of captured frames
- connects via parallel port to the Amiga
- internal power supply
- delivered with standard ColourPic software and with Cabaret Plus software, which provides the following functions:
- 24 bit capable, support hi-res and interlace modes
- overscan support
- software control of image parameters (e.g. brightness, color and color balance)
- image flip
- image filters
- extra image filters like Uniform, Kuwahara, Posterize, Median and Gamma
- emboss, dropshadow and combine features
- blending, masking
- Sculpt interface
- plotter support
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1992-06
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1992-11
Manufacturer Digital Creations / Progressive Image, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port |
- video display and digitiser
- DCTV - Digital Composite Television - turns digital data from the RGB port to composite television signal
- uses the RGB port as an I/O port for sending compressed video information:
- the information is encoded into special Amiga display screens that DCTV recognises by a signature in the upper-left corner
- these screens contain the digitised and compressed form of the analogue waveform data required to create the composite display
- the resulting composite image quality is far better and much worse than a normal Amiga RGB display:
- for pictures that contain a lot of colour changes (like photographic materials) the quality is as good as everyday television
- in case of pictures with a lot of detail (like text) the display is blurry
- uses the Amiga RAM as framebuffer - requires at least 1 MB of memory for functioning
- supports resolutions from 640×200 to 736×482/566 (NTSC/PAL) in 24 bit
- slow scan video digitiser - captures a still video frame in 6 to 10 seconds
- the parallel port is used for sending digitised images to the Amiga
- composite (RCA) input and output
- DB23 RGB connector passthrough for connecting two monitors at the same time - one for the Amiga (RGB) and one for the DCTV (composite)
- although DCTV does not interfere with normal genlock operation, its output cannot be fed into a genlock without the DCTV RGB Converter
front side
- dctv.DMS
Installer's Heaven
install disk
436 kB - dctvdev3.lzh
Installer's Heaven
developer disk
32 kB - dctvlib3.lzh
Installer's Heaven
developer disk
9 kB
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1990-10
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1992-01
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1992-01
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1992-03
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1992-04
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1993-04
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1993-09
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1993-11
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1994-07
Manufacturer Hagenau Computer, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- grabs images in 256 gray levels
- 24 bit colour images can be obtained in three pass using an optional color splitter
- supported resolutions are 320×200, 320×400, 384×240 (overscan), 384×480 (overscan)
- video input RCA jack
- video output RCA jack for monitoring
- connects to the parallel port, power is taken from the joystick port
- DeluxeView-40m.dms
tool disk with DLV v4.0m
279 kB - DeluxeView-41e.dms
tool disk with DLV v4.1e and v4.0q
201 kB - DeluxeView-Anim-20.dms
DeluxeView Animator v2.0C
515 kB
Advert (DE)
1989-01
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1989-07
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1989-10
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1989-11
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1990-01
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1992-10
Manufacturer Klaus D. Tute, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- 1989:
- grabs 4096 colour (HAM) or 16 gray level monochrome images
- eight resolutions from 320×256 to 704×560 (overscan)
- composite input
- 1993:
- supports the AGA screen modes, including HAM8
- composite and Y/C inputs
- software revision 3.0
- saturation, brightness and contrast knobs
- test mode: grabs 75 monochrome images per second in 320×256 using a fixed palette for each picture (not user definable)
- in lores modes Digi Tiger captures images continuously and stops only when a mouse button is pressed
- in hires modes only a single frame is captured while the display is turned off due to the limited data rate to Chip RAM (except on Amigas with AGA chipset)
- built in colour splitter
- external power supply
Exterior, front side
Exterior, rear side
- DigiTiger2.pdf
Handbuch
161 kB
- DigiTiger2-24.dms
install disk v2.4
596 kB - DigiTiger2-32.dms
install disk v3.2
501 kB
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1990-10
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1991-10
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1992-01
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1992-04
Manufacturer Klaus D. Tute, Germany | Date 1995 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
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1995-11
Manufacturer 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
front side
bottom side
- DigiViewGold_v4.0.DMS
Installer's Heaven
install disk v4.0
419 kB
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1988-12
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1989-01
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1989-04
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1989-05
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1989-12
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1990-03
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1990-04
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1990-05
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1990-09
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1990-11
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1991-01
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1991-12
Manufacturer JCL Business Systems, UK | Date 1988 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- digitises video inputs in 64 grayscales in 1/50th second per frame (realtime)
- supports 320×200 resolution for digitizing and display
- 64 kB internal framebuffer
- as 6 bit grayscale extends the Amigas capabilities, display in full accuracy requires an optional EGSA module which plugs between computer and monitor
- RGB output for control monitor
- connects via parallel port to the Amiga
- digitizes colour images in three pass using a colour filter wheel
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1988-03
Manufacturer Peter Biet Computerdesign, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga |
- colour splitter
- allows grabbing of colour images with monochrome digitisers
- splits colours automatically for Deluxe View and DigiView
- composite and Y/C inputs
- separate monitor output
- adjustable colour, contrast and luminance levels of the video input
- internal power supply
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1989-11
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1990-05
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1990-08
Manufacturer Videocomp, Germany | Date 1991 / 1992 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port |
- Genlock
- DVE = Digital Video Effect
- genlock, digitizer and multi effect processor
- DVE-10P
- delivered with Scala 500 Software
- fully controllable by Scala via serial port
- supports rolling title, superimposing and other effects
- provides two video input channels, one regular channel for mixing, and one channel for picture-in-picture (PIP)
- two stereo audio channels
- adjustable brightness, contrast, color saturation, hue and RGB of the source video signal and the Amiga output
- manual input connector selection (FBAS or S-VHS), bypass and delay setting for the source video channel
- PIP video channel can only be adjusted in contrast and color saturation
- supports NTSC and PAL norms
- setup and menu operation with jog dial and two menu buttons
- PIP video channel is digitized before displaying
- position of PIP can be set with joystick
- keying options include video or Amiga source only, and various options for PIP display (foreground, background etc.)
- four wipe effect patterns (horizontal, vertical, circular, from lower right corner)
- manual fading - the faders serve to set the degree of blending (video faders) resp. the volume (audio fader)
- AUTO buttons for audio and video sources for automatic fading with adjustable time
- video inputs: 2× Composite/FBAS (BNC connector), 2× Y/C (S-VHS), Amiga RGB 15 pin
- video outputs: 2× Composite/FBAS (BNC connector), 2× Y/C (S-VHS)
- audio inputs: 4× RCA (two stereo channels)
- audio outputs: 4× RCA (two stereo channels)
- Digitizer
- built-in digitizer DigiTiger for the video channel - video adjustments can still be applied
- digitizer supports all Amiga resolutions and overscan
- monochrome images are digitized in 5s, HAM images between 30 and 50s
- parallel connector to output digitized content
- Notes
- two-line LCD for menu and parameter display
- 10 memory slots to store and recall settings
- special cable needed for connecting Amiga to the Genlock (23 pin to 15 pin), wired as follows:
- at the Amiga RGB port, pins 1, 11 and 12 are connected with 470 Ohm resistor in series to pins 2 + 13, and with 330 Ohm resistor in series to pin 23
- Pin Connections
| Amiga RGB Connector Pin |
Videocomp Input Connector Pin |
| 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 |
| 17 | 10 |
| 18 | 9 |
| 19 + 20 | 13 |
| 22 | 15 |
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1991-05
Manufacturer Elsat, Poland | Date 1994 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port, PCMCIA |
- realtime framegrabber
- composite input (RCA)
- 512 kB framebuffer
- grabs images quickly into its own memory but transferring and displaying through the parallel port is slow
- grayscale preview in 160×64
- grabs images up to 736×512 in 256 colours, 640×256 or 320×512 in 24 bit
- can save images in any AGA screen mode and IFF24
- teletext decoder downloads and saves pages as text or image - supports terrestrial TV signals only
- external power supply
top side
rear side
PCB, front side
Advert (GB)
1994-12
Manufacturer Elsat, Poland | Date 1995 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port, PCMCIA |
- realtime framegrabber
- composite (RCA) and Y/C (4 pin mini-DIN) inputs selectable from software
- grayscale preview in 160×64 or 320×128
- 512 kB framebuffer
- grabs images up to 736×512 in 256 colours, 640×256 or 320×512 in 24 bit
- can save images in any AGA screen mode and IFF24
- the hardware supports PAL and SECAM in all resolutions, but NTSC in non-interlaced only - an NTSC only version is available which can handle NTSC in interlaced mode
- Photogenics and AdPro loaders
- teletext decoder downloads and saves pages as text or image - supports terrestrial and satellite TV signals
- external power supply
- optional PCMCIA interface
- provides up to five times quicker transfer speed compared to the parallel port
- speeds up animations up to 11 fps (mono) and 3.5 fps (colour)
- allows saving animations with sound (separate sound sampler hardware is required) as ANIM5 + 8SVX
FG 24 Plus, top side
FG 24 Plus, rear side
Graffito 24, front side
Graffito 24, rear side
- Graffito24-260d.dms
Graffito 24 v2.60d
286 kB - Graffito24_260b.dms
Graffito 24 v2.60b
270 kB
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1995-08
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1996-12
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
front side
back side
Manufacturer Progressive Peripherals & Software, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- realtime digitizing in 1/60th of a second - but transferring the image to the Amiga takes several seconds
- separate PAL and NTSC versions
- supported NTSC resolutions are 320×200, 384×240 (overscan), 320×400, 640×200, 640×400
- can digitize in colour (except in 640×400) in 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 (EHB) or 4096 (HAM) colours, in 16 grays or in definable pseudo colours
- uses its own built-in RAM to digitize
- external control knobs for intensity (brightness), hue (colour bias) and saturation
- composite input (RCA connector)
- connects to the parallel port (Centronics) and between the monitor and the RGB port (2× DB9)
- external power supply
- FrameGrabber 2.0 software
- pre-digitizing options:
- Over Sampling - digitize an image any specified number of times up to 50 and combine them into a composite (gives far better results than a single capture)
- Multiple Exposure - gives two samples
- Mirror Image
- Weighted - modifies the automatic contrasting performed
- Auto Zone - improves image quality in the center at the expense of the border areas
- these options can be combined in a variety of ways
- post-digitizing options include: edge detection, sharpening, averaging, photographic negative
- slow-scan mode - digitize a still object through the supplied colour wheel with a black and white camera
- supported file formats:
- IFF, IFF24, RAW
- DV21 (DigiView Gold's 21 bit format)
- Brush (for areas smaller than the screen)
- Palette (for saving only colour information)
- LUT (contains information for the pseudo colour option)
- ANIM
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1988-06
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1990-11
Manufacturer Progressive Peripherals & Software, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port, RGB port |
- Framegrabber
- grabs images in 256 gray levels (the original colour capable FrameGrabber can achieve 16 gray levels only) - suitable for capturing 24 bit images in three pass
- 24 bit colour images can be obtained with three pass digitizing using the supplied colour wheel
- cannot digitize in realtime - digitization takes 1/30th of a second and transferring the image to the Amiga plus displaying it takes 5 to 25 seconds
- uses its own built-in RAM to digitize and display 256 gray levels on the Amiga screen (framebuffer)
- supported resolutions are 320×200, 320×400, 384×240 (overscan), 384×480 (overscan)
- external control knobs for intensity and black level
- four composite inputs (RCA connectors) working in two ways:
- all inputs accept independent video signals, each of which can be either monochrome or colour composite (treated as monochrome) - the active input is selected via software
- the first three inputs accept colour video as separate red green and blue signals, and the fourth accepts the composite synchronization signal - in tandem with a colour RGB video camera, a colour image can be taken without colour wheel, in three pass
- connects to the parallel port (Centronics) and between the monitor and the RGB port (2× DB9) - monitor display can be switched between Amiga output and video source
- external power supply
Manufacturer Electronic Design, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- realtime framegrabber
- 24 bit realtime framegrabbing
- 320×256 - 704×570 (PAL), 320×200 - 704×458 (NTSC)
- composite and Y/C inputs - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- 3 MB, 40 ns DRAM on board
- grabs images quickly into its own memory but transferring and displaying through the parallel port is slow
- digitised images are stored in YUVN format and can be saved in IFF24, RGB8, YUVN and EDAN formats
- FrameStore software v2.0 (1993) adds support for the AGA screen modes
- ADPro loader
- ARexx port
- external power supply
Exterior, front side
Exterior, back side
PCB, front side
PCB, back side
- FrameStore-121.dms
install disk v1.21
450 kB - FrameStore-201.dms
install disk v2.01 including AdPro loader
274 kB
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1992-08
Manufacturer Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II, video slot | Autoconfig ID 2017 / 32 |
- multi-function video card
- framebuffer:
- provides 12 or 24 bits of colour information to an Amiga screen
- 1.5 MB as two banks of 12 bit RAM
- double buffered 12 bit (4096 colours) animations or a single buffered 24 bit (16.7 million colours) image
- 768×625 (PAL) or 768×525 (NTSC) maximum resolution
- framegrabber:
- realtime digitizing at up to 25 fps
- freeze, grab and store 12 or 24 bit full screen live RGB video in real time frame grabbing
- composite and Y/C video requires an RGB splitter or the optional Video Interface Unit
- flicker fixer:
- duplicates and enhances the A3000's display enhancer circuitry
- even de-interlaces external live video
- the HD15 VGA output is software switchable between 15 and 31 kHz
- works only in 12 bit mode
- picture in picture:
- freeze, resize, move or scale live incoming RGB video in a window
- reverse-PIP - place a fully functional movable and scalable Workbench window on full screen live video
- works in 12 bit mode only
- genlock:
- separate composite and component (RGB + sync) genlocks
- three genlock modes - controlled by a switch on the back of the board:
- Amiga graphics only
- keyed source - allows external video to show through the background
- full external - direct feed of the RGB signal so it can be seen what the camera is pointing at or the live video to show through every colour but the background
- separated RGB, composite and Y/C inputs
- composite and Y/C outputs
- optional Video Interface Unit:
- connects to the 26 pin I/O connector of the IV24
- built-in RGB splitter converts the composite and Y/C inputs into RGB
- separate RGB, 2× composite, Y/C, external reference, key and remote control inputs
- composite, Y/C and key outputs
- software selectable sync source (external reference, composite 1 or 2, Y/C)
- optional Video Interface Unit / Component Transcoder:
- all features of the Video Interface Unit
- connects to the 26 pin I/O and the HD15 VGA connector of the IV24
- additional component input and output (Y, B-Y, R-Y), RGB output
- connects to the inline Zorro and video slots of the A3000
- can be installed in the A2000 with an optional video slot adaptor card
- does not require a time base corrector unless broadcast quality is required
- software: Scala, Caligari 24, MacroPaint, IV24 utilities
- VHI driver
Main board, front side
Main board, front side
A2000 video slot adapter, front side
Video Interface Unit / Component Transcoder, front side
Open case of Video Interface Unit / Component Transcoder, top side
- IV24-Caligari_1.dms
Caligari IV24, disk 1
285 kB - IV24-Caligari_2.dms
Caligari IV24, disk 2
379 kB - IV24-Caligari_3.dms
Caligari IV24, disk 3
382 kB - IV24-Install.dms
Install disk
fye.library v37.201
242 kB - IV24-Install_Upgrade_20S.dms
Upgrade disk v2.0S
fye.library v37.302
259 kB
Advert (DE)
1992-11
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1991-11
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1992-06
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1992-10
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1993-03
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1993-11
Manufacturer Team 4, UK | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 3084 / 12 |
- 768×576 (PAL) 32 bit framebuffer (24 bit colour + 8 bit alpha channel)
- double buffering for two 32 bit screens or four 8 bit screens
- realtime full colour RGB frame grabber
- RS343A and RS170 compatible video output
- T800 @ 25 MHz transputer for board pixel operations and image processing - frees up the host CPU so the user can enjoy fast response from the computer without waiting for graphics operations
- 4 MB VRAM for the framebuffer
- 4 MB DRAM for the transputer
- a built-in SCSI controller was planned for fast loading of images
- supported by TVPaint and Kasmin Paint (the latter features realtime hardware scrolling and transputer controlled brushes)
front side
Manufacturer A-Squared Development, USA | Date 1989 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 1005 / 1 |
- realtime digitizer
- grayscale capture in 16 shades (15 frames/s)
- colour capture in 32 (12 frames/s) or 4096 colours (4 frames/s)
- supports overscan
- does not have video buffer - the digitized data is transfered directly to the Amiga memory using DMA
- four BNC connectors - two setups can be selected by jumper
- mode 1: two inputs (FBAS) and two outputs (passed through video signal for control purposes)
- mode 2: one RGB input with sync
- very sensitive on the quality of the video signal
- PAL (1987) and NTSC (1989) versions
- the PAL version was manufactured by Elan Design, author of the Invision Plus software
- requires a hardware upgrade kit (a pal replacement and a jumper cut) in order to work in A3000s and A4000s
- Invision Plus software
- seriously enhances the abilities of the card compared to the original Live! software
- realtime effects (e.g. manipulation of colour register, fade out to black or white, wipes, strobes, looping) which can be attached to keys and mouse movements
- effects can be combined (keys + mouse)
- supports Anim-5 format
- can capture sequences as large as the amount of free memory
- multiple capture buffers
front side
back side
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1991-04
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1989-12
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1990-05
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1990-05
Manufacturer Newtronic Technologies, Italy | Date 1994 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber and sound sampler
- grabs images in all resolutions of the AGA chip set including interlaced overscan screen modes
- works internally in 24 bits
- composite (RCA) and Y/C (4 pin Mini-DIN) inputs
- the input has to be selected manually by a switch
- brightness, contrast and saturation knobs
- connects to the parallel port
- RGB output connector for previewing
- 8 bit stereo sound sampler
- up to 59 kHz sampling rate
- digitises audio and video simultaneously
- stereo audio input (2× RCA connectors, headphone jack)
- plastic case
Manufacturer Masoboshi, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2157 / 7 |
- realtime digitizer
- captures up to 3 frames/s in colour or up to 9 frames/s in grayscale
- supports all Amiga resolutions up to 720×624 with 4, 8, 16 grey shades or 16, 32, 4096 colours
- 768 kB video RAM
- two FBAS inputs
- software:
- bandwidth and color filters
- ARexx port
- VHI driver
front side
back side
- MVD819-3345.dms
install disk (MVD.library v33.45, MasoVision.library v33.98)
377 kB
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1992-12
Manufacturer Sunrize Industries, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- grabs 320×200 or 320×400 images with 16 gray scales
- grabs the entire image in one video frame time (1/60th seconds non-interlaced, 1/30th seconds interlaced) so it can digitize a moving source without smearing
- stores the frame in its own 64 kB memory
- it takes about half a second to send the image to the Amiga through the parallel port
- can grab colour images with a colour wheel or the Sunrize Color Splitter
- saves images with 16 gray shades, 32 or 4096 (HAM) colours
- produces lower quality colour images than DigiView
- composite video input (RCA connector)
- brightness and contrast knobs
- external power supply
front side
rear side
Advert (US)
1987-12
Advert (US)
1988-08
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1988-12
Manufacturer Progressive Peripherals & Software, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2026 / 68 |
- realtime digitizer and video processor
- twin board
- video and graphics, DTP, CAD system
- TMS34020 processor
- 40 MFLOPS peak speed at 40 MHz
- 32 bit architecture with 512 byte cache
- TMS34082 coprocessor
- 32 bit math / graphics coprocessor
- 3D vector support and rendering engine
- parallel processing capability
- memory
- 8 MB of 44C251 1 Mb VRAM (two 4 MB banks)
- pixel / bit aligned block transfer rate of 142 Mbits/s
- 8 MB of DRAM for resident applications
- input: RS-170A (composite), CCIR-624 (PAL), and RGB (DB9 Targa Pin Compatible)
- output: RS-170A (composite), CCIR-624 (PAL), externally synchable (genlockable) RGB (DB9 Targa Pin Compatible)
- RGB resolutions
- variable from 320×400 to 1024×1024, in 8 or 32 bits
- 1024×2048 scrollable work area by combining the two buffers
- non-interlaced: 320×400, 320×480, 640×400, 640×480, 512×512, 640×640, 800×600, 800×640, 1024×512
- interlaced: 800×800, 1024×768, 1024×1024
- thousands of other custom resolutions possible
- composite resolution: 768×480 (NTSC), 768×576 (PAL)
- pixel depth: 8 bit or 32 bit, user definable
- horizontal scan rate
- programmable 15.734 kHz (nominal NTSC), 15.625 kHz (nominal PAL)
- range 15-34 kHz
- vertical scan rate
- programmable 30 Hz (nominal NTSC), 25 HZ (nominal PAL)
- range 25-100 Hz
- interlace: programmable 2:1 interlaced, or non-interlaced
- Amiga bus interface: 4×128 kB DMA blocks, directly addressable
- hue, saturation, contrast: software adjustable via digital pots in 256 levels each
- palette
- 16.7 million colours displayable from a palette of 16.7 million
- alternative display of 256 colours from a palette of 16.7 million
- overlay
- 8 bit alpha channel with 16 colour overlay
- alpha channel colour key between buffers
- image capture
- full frame and field capture in 1/30th or 1/60th of a second
- realtime image capture in 24 bits up to 1024×1024 resolution
- grayscale image capture in 256 shades
- multiple resolutions in composite and RGB, up to 1024×1024
- two framebuffers with adjustable resolutions of up to 1024×1024 pixels per buffer in 32 bit colour
- image processing
- bit blitting
- hardware zoom and pan
- dynamic resizing
- runlength encoding
- JPEG compression support
- image enhancement, image recognition, histography, and many other functions built in hardware
- digital video effects: flipping, page turns, colourization, solarization, polarization, up to 8:1 zoom, rotations, picture in picture , live resizing, digital graphic overlay and many realtime 24 bit animation and digital video effects
- SAGE Library: over 200 graphic functions, with 2D and 3D graphic libraries: LINEDRAW, POLYDRAW, CUBICSPLINE, PHONGSHADE, GOURADSHADE, and more.
- fast image loading: NTSC overscan image in less than a second, 1.5 MB 24 bit image in less than 4 seconds
- multiple Rambrandt boards can be linked together to create exceptional virtual reality systems
front side
front side
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1992-03
Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- integrated color splitter
- digitizes a frame in color in 1/50s (real-time frame grabbing)
- frame grabbing in color and larger resolutions takes several minutes with standard Amiga parallel port - for faster digitization, the Snapshot Portcard can be utilized
- supports resolutions up to 768×576
- 24 bit color support
- AGA support (with software revision ≥6.0)
- oversampling mode samples an image four times to minimize noise
- quadruple mode (4 picture sequence in one image) and multi-picture mode (16 picture sequence in one image)
- animation support (ANIM 5 format)
- customizable motion detection omits frames which are similar, saving space
- expansion connects to the parallel port of the Amiga
- external power supply
- Notes
- software comes in two variants, for 68000 processor and for accelerator boards (68020 / 030 support)
- Snapshot_52-1_68000.dms
Install Disk, Disk 1/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68000
279 kB - Snapshot_52-2_68020.dms
Install Disk, Disk 2/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68020/68030
367 kB
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1994-01
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1994-06
Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- 96 kB internal framebuffer
- digitizes a frame of up to 352×276 in grayscale in 1/50s (real-time frame grabbing)
- frame grabbing in color and larger resolutions takes several minutes with standard Amiga parallel port - for faster digitization, the Snapshot Portcard can be utilized
- supports resolutions 176×138 - 352×276 in up to 64 or 256 greyscales (depending on the software)
- color support 16 - 4096 colors
- AGA support (with software revision ≥6.0)
- maximum resolution 704×552 with overscan support
- oversampling mode samples an image four times to minimize noise
- quadruple mode (4 picture sequence in one image) and multi-picture mode (16 picture sequence in one image)
- animation support (ANIM 5 format)
- customizable motion detection omits frames which are similar, saving space
- expansion connects to the parallel port of the Amiga
- composite video output (Cinch) to connect a control monitor
- four composite video inputs (Cinch) at the rear
- with a RGB Splitter, e.g. Snapshot RGB or Snapshot RGB 2, images can be captured in color using input connector 2 - 4
- two potentiometers at the front plate for setting black and white limits (saturation and brightness)
- external power supply
- Notes
- software comes in two variants, for 68000 processor and for accelerator boards (68020 / 030 support)
- cost-reduced variant of the Snapshot Professional, omitting the synchronization potentiometer, the audio inputs and the "Snapshot Remote" connector
top side
- Snapshot_52-1_68000.dms
Install Disk, Disk 1/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68000
279 kB - Snapshot_52-2_68020.dms
Install Disk, Disk 2/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68020/68030
367 kB
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Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface Zorro III |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- expansion was advertised, but never made it to market
- Zorro III expansion card that digitizes a color frame in 1/50s (real-time frame grabbing)
- 2D scaler
- multi-function card with 16 Bit audio sampler, genlock as well as optional SCSI controller and YUV module
- 24 Bit graphics output
- video recording / playback directly to / from hard disk
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1994-01
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1994-06
Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- 96 kB internal framebuffer
- digitizes a frame of up to 352×276 in grayscale in 1/50s (real-time frame grabbing)
- frame grabbing in color and larger resolutions takes several minutes with standard Amiga parallel port - for faster digitization, the Snapshot Portcard can be utilized
- supports resolutions 176×138 - 352×276 in up to 64 or 256 greyscales (depending on the software)
- color support 16 - 4096 colors
- AGA support (with software revision ≥6.0)
- maximum resolution 704×552 with overscan support
- oversampling mode samples an image four times to minimize noise
- quadruple mode (4 picture sequence in one image) and multi-picture mode (16 picture sequence in one image)
- animation support (ANIM 5 format)
- customizable motion detection omits frames which are similar, saving space
- expansion connects to the parallel port of the Amiga
- composite video output (Cinch) to connect a control monitor
- four composite video inputs (Cinch) at the rear
- with a RGB Splitter, e.g. Snapshot RGB or Snapshot RGB 2, images can be captured in color using input connector 2 - 4
- 3.3 MHz low pass filter on each input to reduce noise
- software-switchable filter for a 4.43 MHz color carrier
- four audio inputs (Cinch), these allow recording audio together with video
- Remote Control Port at the rear (3.5mm jack) for "Snapshot Remote", a video recorder controller, allows digitizing of sequences
- three potentiometers at the front plate for setting black / white limits (saturation and brightness) and interlace synchronization - a LED indicates the synchronization status
- external power supply
- Notes
- software comes in two variants, for 68000 processor and for accelerator boards (68020 / 030 support)
- sturdy metal case
- Snapshot_52-1_68000.dms
Install Disk, Disk 1/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68000
279 kB - Snapshot_52-2_68020.dms
Install Disk, Disk 2/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68020/68030
367 kB
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1989-09
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1990-02
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1990-11
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1992-11
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1993-10
Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Color Splitter
- RGB color splitter which generates three color filtered images from a composite input
- RCA input and output connectors
- color control at the front plate
- intended to be used with Snapshot Professional and Snapshot Mini
- external power supply
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1990-02
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1990-11
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1992-11
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1993-10
Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Color Splitter
- RGB color splitter which generates three color filtered images from a Y/C input
- RCA input and output connectors
- color control at the front plate
- intended to be used with Snapshot Professional and Snapshot Mini
- external power supply
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1992-11
Manufacturer Videotechnik Diezemann, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-time Framegrabber
- studio quality framegrabber with integrated RGB splitter in a 19" rack-mount case
- 16 potentiometers to adjust video signal
- digitizes a frame of up to 352×276 in grayscale in 1/50s (real-time frame grabbing)
- frame grabbing in color and larger resolutions takes several minutes with standard Amiga parallel port - for faster digitization, the Snapshot Portcard can be utilized
- supports resolutions 176×138 - 352×276 in up to 64 or 256 greyscales (depending on the software)
- color support 16 - 4096 colors
- AGA support (with software revision ≥6.0)
- maximum resolution 704×552 with overscan support
- oversampling mode samples an image four times to minimize noise
- quadruple mode (4 picture sequence in one image) and multi-picture mode (16 picture sequence in one image)
- animation support (ANIM 5 format)
- customizable motion detection omits frames which are similar, saving space
- color palette mapping can be manipulated to match the colors in the source material
- expansion connects to the parallel port of the Amiga
- input connectors:
- Composite Video: 4× Composite-In (BNC) + 4× Audio-In (Cinch)
- Y/C Video (Color Processor Input): Y/C, Y, C (each BNC) + 2× Audio-In (Cinch)
- RGB Input: Red, Green, Blue, C-Sync (each BNC) + 1× Audio-In (Cinch)
- audio inputs allow recording audio alongside video
- switch at the front plate to select the input source
- composite video output BNC and Audio output (Cinch) to connect a control monitor and audio amplifier
- Remote Control Port at the rear (3.5mm jack) for "Snapshot Remote", a video recorder controller, allows digitizing of sequences
- internal power supply
- Notes
- software comes in two variants, for 68000 processor and for accelerator boards (68020 / 030 support)
front side
front side
rear side
- Snapshot_52-1_68000.dms
Install Disk, Disk 1/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68000
279 kB - Snapshot_52-2_68020.dms
Install Disk, Disk 2/2
Snapshot v5.2 (04.06.92) - Version for 68020/68030
367 kB
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1990-02
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1990-11
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1992-11
Manufacturer JCL Business Systems, UK | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port, RGB port |
- Real-time Framegrabber and Genlock
- digitises video inputs in 64000 colors in 1/50th second per frame resp. 1/25th second for interlace modes (realtime)
- genlock function allows overlay of Amiga graphics on video
- supports lo-res, interlace and hi-res resolutions
- comes standard with 192kB internal framebuffer
- internal memory can be extended up to 256 kB of CMOS SRAM memory (32k×8, ≤120ns) to support interlace fullscreen images
- outputs files in HAM, EHB, 4 - 32 color or monochrome (16 grayscales)
- PAL and NTSC versions available
- framestore can be used to display images in 64k colors on external monitors or video equipment by uploading them to the SuperPic (e.g. 24 bit images)
- brightness, contrast, saturation and NTSC hue controls - the latter doesn't work in PAL models
- video input connectors:
- 1× composite (RCA) video input at the front
- 1× Y/C input connector (4 pin mini-DIN)
- 1× Amiga RGB
- output connectors at the rear side:
- 1× 8 pin DIN connector for combined RGB and composite video output
- RGB output is usable for monitor pass-through, video display or framestore display (switchable by software)
- connects via parallel port to the Amiga, connector is at a ribbon cable fed through the metal case
- external 15V AC power supply
- delivered with ColourPic software and, for later models, with the more capable Cabaret software, which provides in addition:
- 24 bit capable (for lo-res modes)
- overscan support
- software control of image parameters (e.g. brightness, color and color balance)
- image flip
- image filters
- blending, masking
- Sculpt interface
- plotter support
- optional AniMate Expansion
- special 512kB memory expansion card
- allows digitising short video sequences in realtime or in single step mode
- single images or sequences can be joined with the AniMate software
- with the extra memory, the base unit can also digitise interlace and overscan modes
- Notes
- the SuperPic is also available without a Genlock option, named ColourPic
- SuperPic-19.dms
tool disk
SuperPic v1.9, superpic.library v2.4, digipic.library v2.0
428 kB
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1989-12
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1991-12
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1992-06
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1992-11
Manufacturer Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II |
- time base corrector
- infinite window time base corrector using 8 bit 4:2:2 CCIR-601 professional quality all digital video signal processing
- realtime 24 bit video framegrabber / framebuffer for use as a digital video stillstore or signal generator
- full transcoding between Composite and Y/C (SVHS) input and Composite and Y/C (SVHS) output
- full processing amplifier (ProcAmp) control for correcting or adjusting incoming video on the fly quickly and professionally (hue, brightness, contrast, saturation)
- realtime programmable video special effects generator featuring solarization, strobing, pseudo colour, monochrome effects, and more
- NTSC / PAL / SECAM signal standards conversion to NTSC / PAL for integration into worldwide video environments automatically
- ImageFX: direct editing and manipulation in the framebuffer
- optional full SMPTE / EBU timecode receiver / generator (encoding / decoding / striping) - VITC (Vertical Interval Time Code) and LTC (Longitudinal Time Code) can be read and written
- optional digital comb filter (cleans up Composite for Y/C output and fixes cross colour by splitting the Composite signal into separate chroma and luma signals as if it were a true Y/C input) provides true wide band 5.5 MHz Composite video performance
- inputs and outputs reside on an adaptor cable
- inputs: Y/C, two Composite Video, external key signal, sync reference signal, Longitudinal Time Code (LTC)
- outputs: Y/C, Composite Video, Longitudinal Time Code (LTC)
- the Composite and Y/C inputs can be connected simultaneously and hot switched with software without having to play with cable connections
- convert the two Composite inputs into a single Y/C input, providing two switchable Y/C inputs
- up to five TBCPlus cards can be installed in a single Amiga and independently controlled
- will not overload the power supply when the maximum of five TBCPlus units are installed
- works in 30 Hz, 29.97 Hz, 25 Hz, 24 Hz drop frame and color frame modes, can put a SMPTE burn-in window anywhere over the video
- memory
- two 30 pin SIMM sockets for frame buffer memory - 1 MB installed as standard, expandable to 2 MB for improving special effects
- two 64 pin SIMM sockets for 4 or 8 MB standard Zorro II Fast RAM - accepts only 4 MB GVP SIMMs
- the Fast RAM expansion has nothing to do with the performance of the TBC Plus, it doesn't increase the frame buffer capacity - it is meant for A3000 and A4000 machines which may have problems with Zorro II DMA to Chip RAM
Comb Filter module, front side
Comb Filter module, back side
front side
back side
- TBCPlus_Extras-100.dms
extras disk v1.00
69 kB - TBCPlus_Install-100.dms
install disk v1.00
gvptbc.device v6.2 (29 Nov 1993)
291 kB - YCrCb101.lha
Aminet
YCrCb ImageFX loader
5 kB - ycbcrdatatype.lha
Aminet
YCrCb.datatype v1.0
4 kB - tbcextra.dms
GVP-M
utilities disk
68 kB - tbcinst.dms
GVP-M
install disk
291 kB
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1993-11
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1993-12
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1994-04
Manufacturer MacroSystem, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 18260 / 4 |
- realtime digitizer
- 24 bit realtime video digitizing in NTSC or PAL - does not require the video player to hold still
- capable of digitizing one frame of video in 1/30 of a second, or one field in 1/60 of a second (two fields equal one frame)
- maximum digitizing resolution is 720×611
- when images are digitized they are stored in YUVN format
- 3 MB, 40 ns DRAM
- two Composite (FBAS) inputs - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- multiple V-Labs in one Amiga are possible and controlled by the same software
- requires at least Kickstart 2.0
- VHI driver
front side
back side
- VLab-13.dms
install disk v1.3
vlab.library v1.0, VLab v1.3
367 kB - VLab-40.dms
install disk v4.0
vlab.library v7.3, VLab v4.0
338 kB - VLab-41.dms
install disk v4.1
vlab.library v7.3 VLab v4.1
340 kB - VLab-42.dms
install disk v4.2
vlab.library v8.2 VLab v4.2
378 kB
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1993-05
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1993-07
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1993-09
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1992-02
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1992-05
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1992-08
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1992-09
Manufacturer MacroSystem, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 18260 / 18 |
- non-linear editing system
- realtime JPEG compression / decompression chipset
- composite and Y/C input and output
- optional digital YUV or RGB component transcoders (50 pin feature connector)
- integrated genlock and chroma key
- 2.5 MB, 30 ns DRAM
- realtime video capture (60 fields or 30 fps for NTSC) and playback at YUV 4:2:2 square pixel quality 768×576
- integrated scaling hardware giving extended capture and replay capability with picture in picture feature
- also perfect for computer animation playback from any animation package
- motion JPEG nonlinear video edit/playback
- complete ARexx support allows digital video effects to be applied to video frames with third party image processor softwares
- no TBC, time code or dedicated hard drives are required
- fully integrated with the Toccata audio digitizing card giving simultaneous, synchronized, direct to disk CD quality audio recording
- additional adapter for direct interfacing with the Video Toaster
- MovieShop editing software
- video clips and audio are stored within special JPEG file system partitions whose maximum size is 4 GB
- cuts or sequences can be played back any time, making edits of the rough or fine cut visible at a glance
- runs directly on V-Lab Motion board minimizing CPU access time
Rev 1.2, front side
Rev 1.2, back side
Rev 1.3, front side
Rev 1.3, back side
Rev 1.3, front side
- V-Lab_Motion.pdf
User Manual
12.6 MB
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1994-11
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1995-01
Manufacturer MacroSystem, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 18260 / 4 |
- realtime digitizer
- 24 bit realtime video digitizing
- Interleaved Frame Recording (IFR): allows to digitize full 30 fps digital video sequences to hard disk by making multiple passes of the recorded video
- frame grab in 1/30th of a second, field grab in 1/60th of a second
- digitized images are stored in YUVN format
- 3 MB, 40 ns DRAM
- two Composite and one S-VHS input - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- realtime colour controls
- TBC is not required
- VHI driver
front side
front side
front side
back side
- VLab-13.dms
install disk v1.3
vlab.library v1.0, VLab v1.3
367 kB - VLab-40.dms
install disk v4.0
vlab.library v7.3, VLab v4.0
338 kB - VLab-41.dms
install disk v4.1
vlab.library v7.3, VLab v4.1
340 kB - VLab-42.dms
install disk v4.2
vlab.library v8.2, VLab v4.2
378 kB
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1993-08
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1993-09
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1994-09
Manufacturer MacroSystem, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- realtime framegrabber
- 24 bit realtime framegrabbing
- Interleaved Frame Recording
- grabs images quickly into its own memory but transferring and displaying through the parallel port is slow
- digitized images are stored in YUVN format
- 3 MB, 30 ns DRAM
- two Composite and one S-VHS input - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- TBC is not required
- VHI driver
- external power supply
PCB, front side
PCB, back side
Exterior, front side
Exterior, top side
- VLab-13.dms
install disk v1.3
vlab.library v1.0, VLab v1.3
367 kB - VLab-40.dms
install disk v4.0
vlab.library v7.3, VLab v4.0
338 kB - VLab-41.dms
install disk v4.1
vlab.library v7.3, VLab v4.1
340 kB - VLab-42.dms
install disk v4.2
vlab.library v8.2, VLab v4.2
378 kB
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1992-08
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1992-09
Manufacturer Impulse, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A500, A1000, A2000 | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- composite video input - NTSC only
- composite video output for viewing the grabbed image
- pressing the space bar, the entire colour image is freezed on the composite monitor in 1/60th seconds and stored in VD-1's own 24 bit framebuffer
- stores images in RGBN format internally
- pressing the return key, the image is sent from the framebuffer to the Amiga and converted to 320×400 HAM
- image transfer takes about 25 seconds through the parallel port
- once the image is displayed on the Amiga screen, it can be refined (RGB levels, brightness, colour dithering) without recapturing - just press the return key to transfer the image from the framebuffer with the new settings
- produces higher quality colour images than FrameGrabber
- housed in a 14×14×2 inches box with internal power supply
- framebuffer
- 768×480 (full overscan) in 24 bit
- allows outputting 24 bit raw RGB images from the Amiga
- supported by Turbo Silver v3.0
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1989-09
Manufacturer Roland Köhler / Merkens EDV, Austria | Date 1990 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II | Autoconfig ID 2009 / 2 |
- framebuffer / realtime digitizer
- 24 bit video digitizing at 50 fps
- recording of 24 bit images from hard disk to VCR
- up to 512×580 resolution (less than PAL)
- 1.5 MB video RAM
- 25 pin female connector for attaching the RGB splitter
- external RGB splitter:
- S-VHS / Hi8 and Euro-AV (Scart) inputs
- DB23 RGB output connector - can only display the framebuffer image, the Amiga image is not passed through
- external power supply
- software:
- reads IFF, RAW-RGB (Sculpt) and Beams (Reflections) formats
- does not support RGB8 (TurboSilver, Imagine)
- eleven filters: Smooth, Gauss, Median, Laplace, etc.
- ARexx port
- needs external sync signal on startup
front side
back side
- VDA-2001.pdf
fact sheet (german)
127 kB
- VD2001-310.lzx
main program v3.10
134 kB
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1992-10
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1991-01
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1991-07
Manufacturer Videocomp, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port |
- Genlock
- VES = Video Effect System
- provides multiple video functions in one package: genlock, title generator, video mixer and video digitizer
- includes the NewTek Digi-View Gold for the digitizing function, an automatic RGB splitter enhances the image quality
- brightness, contrast and color saturation controls of video input
- Amiga signal can be adjusted in brightness and contrast, no color adaptation possible
- provides different keying and effect options
- supports "hard" keying
- keying invert switch: when inactive, video is projected onto the computer image where color 0 is - when active, video is shown at positions other than color 0
- three wipe effect patterns (horizontal, vertical, circular), also in combination, controllable by WIPE slider
- effects only apply to Amiga signal
- fade-in of Amiga signal possible, controllable by MIX slider
- both WIPE and MIX effects can also be time programmed (up to 10s) and started by button press
- video inputs: 1× Composite/FBAS (BNC connector), 1× Y/C (S-VHS), Amiga RGB 15 pin
- video outputs: 2× Composite/FBAS (BNC connector), 2× Y/C (S-VHS)
- separate switch enables S-VHS in-/outputs
- 25 pin parallel port and 9 pin game port for digitizing function
- RGB monitor connector
- title generator software Videopage included
- Notes
- special cable needed for connecting Amiga to the Genlock (23 pin to 15 pin), wired as follows:
- at the Amiga RGB port, pins 1, 11 and 12 are connected with 470 Ohm resistor in series to pins 2 + 13, and with 330 Ohm resistor in series to pin 23
- Pin Connections
| Amiga RGB Connector Pin |
Videocomp Input Connector Pin |
| 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 |
| 17 | 10 |
| 18 | 9 |
| 19 + 20 | 13 |
| 22 | 15 |
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1989-11
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1990-07
Manufacturer Todd Elliot / GT Devices | Date 1991 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- grabs images in 256 gray levels
- supported resolutions are 320×200, 320×400, 640×200 and 640×400
- slow scan process, grabbing one frame takes 10.6s (1/60th second per frame column)
- video input RCA jack
- connects to the parallel port (power supply via parallel port, no additional supply needed)
- with 512 kB RAM, images in the highest resolution cannot be grabbed and the older VC1.0 software has to be used
- public domain design (published in "AC's Tech" magazine) and software (provided on the author's BBS)
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Manufacturer Datel Electronics, UK | Date 1990 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- framegrabber
- grabs black and white images in 1/60th second into its 32 kB buffer
- displays images in 256×256 with 16 grey levels
- can save the image in 320×256 by duplicating every fourth column of pixels
- saves in RAW or IFF but loads RAW format only
- composite input (RCA connector)
- brightness, contrast and synchronization pots
- PAL only but works with NTSC video sources as well - the bottom of the images are filled with garbage, which can be cropped with a paint program
- connects to the parallel port with an unshielded ribbon cable - no protection from radio interference
- power indicator LED
- external power supply
Manufacturer NewTek, USA | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II |
- NTSC only non-linear editing system
- broadcast quality, tapeless nonlinear editing system for the Video Toaster and Video Toaster 4000
- requirements:
- Video Toaster with v4.1 software
- a SCSI 2 drive for Lightwave recording
- three SCSI 2 drives for A/B roll editing - two for video, one for audio
- input from video tapes must be time base corrected
- compresses and plays back video in realtime
- true broadcast quality - 60 fields per second, full overscan 752×480
- internally works with D2 data - no D2 / composite transcoding
- proprietary coporession method: Video Toaster Adaptive Statistical Coding (VTASC):
- relies on limiting the video signal (i.e. dropping to Beta SP quality) instead of lowering picture quality as do JPEG, MPEG, WaveLet
- no visible pixelization, artifacts show as video "noise" instead of jpeg "blockiness"
- by using faster drives, lossless D2 quality can be achieved
- three SCSI buses (two for video, one for audio), each bus can handle 7 SCSI drives (21 total)
- two serial ports to control serial-capable VTRs
- the SCSI and serial ports can be routed outside of the computer with the so called Octopus cable
- video:
- video input to the Flyer is provided via the connecting internal ribbon cable from the Toaster, as is video output
- 14.3 MHz sampling rate
- 8 bit quantizing
- 8 MB buffer
- audio recorder / mixer:
- ADSP2115
- digital inputs
- video disk A and B, left and right
- audio disk A and B, left and right
- analog, unbalanced left and right RCA inputs and outputs on the card's backplane
- 64 kB memory
- 20 MHz clock rate
- 16 bit sampling at 44.1 kHz
- 64x oversampling ratio A/D converter
Manufacturer Ingenieurbüro Helfrich, Germany | Date 1994 | Amiga A2000A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface Zorro IIZorro III | Autoconfig ID 2195 / 8 |
- realtime digitizer
- a video expansion card for the Piccolo graphics card
- connects to the Piccolo via a ribbon cable
- realtime JPEG compression / decompression chipset
- captures video in motion JPEG format
- realtime video capture (50 fields or 25 fps) and playback at YUV 4:2:2 square pixel quality
- 768×576 maximum resolution for still images
- 468×352 maximum resolution for video
- 16 ZIP sockets for 2 MB frame buffer VRAM
- Composite and Y/C inputs
- Composite, Y/C and analogue RGB outputs
- Zorro II / III autosensing
- the card works without the Piccolo but some features are not available:
- no PIP (Picture In Picture)
- only the RGB output is active
- Videocruncher Lite does not support PIP at all and has a maximum resolution of 384×288 only
front side
back side
Manufacturer Newtronic Technologies, Italy | Date 1988,1989,1990 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port, parallel port, floppy port |
- framegrabber
- grabs images in all resolutions of the OCS chip set including interlaced overscan screen modes
- works internally in 24 bits
- can save images in EHB, HAM, SHAM and IFF24
- composite (1× BNC) and Y/C (separate chrominance and luminance - 2× BNC) inputs
- the input has to be selected manually by a switch
- brightness, contrast, saturation and tracking knobs
- connects to the parallel and RGB ports
- the display can be toggled between the Amiga and video input by a switch
- takes power from the floppy connector
- metallic case
front side
rear side
- Videon-30.dms
install disk v3.0
587 kB
Manufacturer Newtronic Technologies, Italy | Date 1992 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface RGB port, parallel port, floppy port |
- framegrabber
- grabs images in all resolutions of the AGA chip set including interlaced overscan screen modes
- works internally in 24 bits
- can save images in EHB, HAM, SHAM, Dynamic HiRes and HAM8
- supports the Harlequin, Visiona and Video DAC 18 devices for display
- composite (1× BNC) and Y/C (separate chrominance and luminance - 2× BNC) inputs
- the input has to be selected manually by a switch
- brightness, contrast and saturation knobs
- connects to the parallel and RGB ports
- the display can be toggled between the Amiga and video input by a switch
- does not work well with multisync monitors
- takes power from the floppy connector
- plastic case
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Manufacturer Rombo Productions, Scotland | Date 1992 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- realtime framegrabber
- grabs 4096 colour images in less than a second, or 16 gray level monochrome images in 1/50 seconds
- 320×512 PAL (interlaced)
- 320×400 NTSC (interlaced)
- displays images up to 640×512
- can display images in 256 grays or in HAM8
- constantly updating monochrome preview
- colour images are grabbed in three passes (R, G, B) and mixed together by software
- one Composite and one S-VHS input - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- takes power from the external floppy disk port
top side
- Vidi12-203.dms
tool disk
VidiAmiga12 v2.03 (12.03.93)
424 kB - VIDI12update206.LZX
Installer's Heaven
update v2.0.6
85 kB
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Manufacturer Rombo Productions, Scotland | Date 1993 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- Real-Time Framegrabber
- 24 bit realtime framegrabbing - 1/50 sec non-interlaced, 1/25 sec interlaced
- automatically detects and decodes PAL, NTSC and SECAM TV standards
- twin A/D converters digitise Chrominance and Luminance signals at 27 MHz
- grabs images quickly into its own memory but transferring and displaying through the parallel port is slow
- two Composite and one S-VHS input - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- previews grabs in 16 or 256 grey levels or as 1/4 size full colour HAM8
- displays images up to 1472×576
- can use a Retina or Harlequin graphics card to display grabbed images
- requires an external power supply (9V DC, 500mA, center contact positive) which is not supplied with the unit
- Vidi 12 RT
- 384 kB RAM
- 360×576 PAL (interlaced)
- 360×476 NTSC (interlaced)
- 24 bit, 2:0.5:0.5 YUV
- upgradable to Vidi 24 RT
- Vidi 24 RT
- 1 MB RAM
- 720×576 (interlaced)
- 720×476 NTSC (interlaced)
- 24 bit, 4:1:1 YUV
RAM board, front side
Main board, front side
RAM board, back side
Main board, back side
front side
back side
top side
- Vidi24.pdf
User Manual (Software v2.00)
11.3 MB - Vidi24_ARexx.pdf
AREXX Manual Supplement (Software v2.00)
3.0 MB - Vidi24_Leaflet.pdf
Leaflet
101 kB
- vidi12rt.DMS
Installer's Heaven
install disk
559 kB - Vidi24-201.dms
Tool Disk
Vidi-AmigaRT v2.01 (24.06.1994)
526 kB - Vidi24-110.dms
Tool Disk
Vidi-AmigaRT v1.10 (18.02.1994)
559 kB
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Manufacturer Quantum Leap Software, Scotland | Date 1995 | Amiga any Amiga | Interface parallel port |
- realtime framegrabber
- 24 bit realtime framegrabbing - 1/50 sec non-interlaced, 1/25 sec interlaced
- automatically detects and decodes PAL, NTSC and SECAM TV standards
- grabs images quickly into its own memory but transferring and displaying through the parallel port is slow
- two Composite and one S-VHS input - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
- previews grabs in 16 or 256 grey levels or as 1/4 size full colour HAM8
- can use a Retina or Harlequin graphics card to display grabbed images
- requires an external power supply (9V DC, 500mA) which is not supplied with the unit
- Vidi 24 RT
- 384 kB RAM
- 380×576 PAL (interlaced)
- 320×476 NTSC (interlaced)
- 24 bit, 2:1:1 YUV
- upgradable to Vidi 24 RT Pro
- Vidi 24 RT Pro
- 1 MB RAM
- 760×576 (interlaced)
- 640×476 NTSC (interlaced)
- 24 bit, 4:1:1 YUV
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Manufacturer X-Pert Computer Services / Prodev, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 |
- X-Calibur is the optional video module of Merlin
- activates Merlin's S-VHS and Composite output connectors
- provides S-VHS and Composite inputs
- it runs only in Z2 mode of Merlin, due to limitations of the ET4000W32
- a switch is provided for easily switching Merlin between Z2 and Z3
front side
back side
Merlin with X-Calibur, front side
Manufacturer Electronic Design, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga any Amiga |
- colour splitter
- allows grabbing of colour images with monochrome digitisers
- manual or automatic operation
- splits colours automatically for Deluxe View and DigiView
- composite and Y/C inputs
- can be used as a Y/C to RGB converter
- adjustable colour, contrast and luminance levels of the video input
Y/C-Colorsplitter, front side
Y/C-Colorsplitter, rear side
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