Video standards (was Re: digital cameras) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

16 Jul 1999

Well.... I was given the camera for free with the understanding it didn't
work at all.  Once I did get it working, it didn't work all that well.  The
viewfinder was starting to go bad, and the tape door lock was broken (duct
tape...)

I think I still have the camera part somewhere in a box.  I figured that it
wasn't worth trying to fix the 'second half' of it.  From what I remember,
the camera had standard RCA connections, so it would be good for a
video-capture camera.

Talking about video capture....  and video standards... On my video card,
there's three plugs: VGA, composite, and S-Video.  What is S-video?  my
video card didn't have a manual with it, so....

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Duell &lt;ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: Video standards (was Re: digital cameras)
...

Couldn't you get the head drum anywhere? A lot of them are still
available - the TV spares place I normally deal with has head drums for
VHS and Betamax machines going back to the late 1970's. Prices are pretty
reasonable - a 2 head VHS drum for a 3V01 or something is about \pounds 7.00
...

-tony