28 Jan
2005
28 Jan
'05
3:16 p.m.
BTW: I just found this
http://www.synthetic-ap.com/products/tpm/index.html
If you have a mac, it will generate the patterns for you (single still
images)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
28 Jan
28 Jan
5:03 p.m.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:16:03 -0500, chris <cb(a)mythtech.net> wrote:
BTW: I just found this
http://www.synthetic-ap.com/products/tpm/index.html
If you have a mac, it will generate the patterns for you (single still
images)
Nice. I didn't find that, but then again, the Mac is not my primary
platform (I have a few Power Macs, but at the moment, they are stacked
up, not set up).
I may get back to that if I want to make something more versatile than
a static image on a VCD.
-ethan
30 Jan
30 Jan
7:07 a.m.
At 11:16 PM 1/28/2005, chris wrote:
BTW: I just found this
http://www.synthetic-ap.com/products/tpm/index.html
If you have a mac, it will generate the patterns for you (single still
images)
Several companies made/make such devices. I remember the NwTek Calibar
as one of the first. Here are some:
http://www.itworks.com/products/portapattern-basic.htm
I seem to remember the Calibar was something on the order of a PIC
processor generating a series of video and audio signals.
- Joh
7:41 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
Several companies made/make such devices. I remember
the NwTek Calibar
That was awesome.
That is *not* awesome -- it is a USB key running software. You hook it into a
laptop and the laptop is the generator. See my previous message on not being
able to trust the output of computers (noisy, wrong levels, etc.)
--
Jim Leonard (trixter(a)oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
7:49 a.m.
At 03:41 PM 1/30/2005, you wrote:
That is *not* awesome -- it is a USB key running
software. You hook it into a laptop and the laptop is the generator. See my previous
message on not being able to trust the output of computers (noisy, wrong levels, etc.)
I wasn't recommending it, just pointing at that page - it described
the Calibar as well as theirs, and there are others.
- John
7:55 a.m.
John Foust wrote:
At 03:41 PM 1/30/2005, you wrote:
I know, I was just posting a warning. The specific product at that page is a
media player they are marketing as a signal generator.
--
Jim Leonard (trixter(a)oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
That is *not* awesome -- it is a USB key running
software. You hook it into a laptop and the laptop is the generator. See my previous
message on not being able to trust the output of computers (noisy, wrong levels, etc.)
I wasn't recommending it, just pointing at that page - it described
the Calibar as well as theirs, and there are others. 
26 Feb
26 Feb
6:49 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 03:41:43PM -0600, Jim Leonard wrote:
John Foust wrote:
What do you think a lot of modern video and audio equipment is? A very
large amount of modern gear is computer driven. Even simple stuff like
video delays.
Further, the unit in question takes downloads from a laptop, it isn't
actually operated by the laptime. The device quite likely has a
computer inside none the less. And it might even suck, I've never used
one. The miniphone to RCA adapter is highly unimpressive for one
thing. It seems they should have been able to stick a BNC on the unit
directly.
--
Joshua D. Boyd
jdboyd at jdboyd.net
http://www.jdboyd.net/
http://www.joshuaboyd.org/
Several companies made/make such devices. I
remember the NwTek Calibar
That was awesome.
That is *not* awesome -- it is a USB key running software. You hook it
into a laptop and the laptop is the generator. See my previous message on
not being able to trust the output of computers (noisy, wrong levels, etc.)
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