ZX-DIGITIZER!

GIVE THE SUBJECT DIAGRAM!
For those who don’t know, I’ll explain -
The board is connected to Specky on one side, and on the other side, a
video signal from a video recorder, video camera, TV or SAT tuner is supplied to the video input. On the Specky screen
we observe black and white digitized graphics almost in real time. With the help of a simple software using a hotkey, we rob the frames we like onto a floppy disk.
It’s strange that no one even stutters about this development! The most important thing is that the circuit is simple!
AFAIK there are three versions, but we couldn’t see it live!
One of the developments lives in Kharkov - 100%!!!
If they shared the circuit (bug-fix) it would be even cooler.

GIVE THE SCHEME DIGITIZER!!!

Oleg AKA Olav [Team SLIDERS]

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OB> Hello All.

OB> GIVE THE DIAGRAM OF THE SUBJECT!
OB> For those who don’t know, I’ll explain -
OB> The board is connected to Specky on one side, and on the other, a video signal is supplied to the video input
OB> from a video recorder, video camera, TV or SAT tuner. On the
OB> Specky screen we see black and white digitized graphics almost in
OB> real time. Using a simple hotkey software, we rob the floppy disk (screw) of the frames we like on
OB>. It’s strange that no one
OB> even mentions this development! The most important thing is that the circuit is simple!
OB> AFAIK, there are three versions, but it was not possible to see it live! One of
OB> developments lives in Kharkov - 100%!!! Now, if you shared
OB> the circuit diagram (bug-fix) it would be even cooler.

OB> GIVE THE DIGITIZER SCHEMET!!!

To Echo! In the echo! in ECU!

Sincerely, Nickolay Zabrodotsky AKA ProfeSSor F0lken
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22 Mar 98 11:45, Nickolay Zabrodotsky wrote to Oleg Bashtenko:
[...]
OB>> GIVE THE DIGITIZER DIAGRAM!!!
NZ> To Echo! In the echo! in the ECU!
IMHO even if someone has this information, he will be screwed.
Public support is needed here! By the way, this weight would also be useful in
developing a video on Specky, which some people were talking so noisily about here recently... =)

2Mednonogov: Or maybe you met/heard something???

Oleg AKA Olav [Team Sliders]

... I saw miracles. This was when people did without miracles.

OB> IMHO even if someone has this information, he will be screwed
OB>.
OB> Public support is needed here! By the way, this weight
OB> would also be useful in
OB> the development of a video for Specky, which some people were recently talking about so
OB> loudly
OB>... =)
I know that this is the development of V.M.G. from Kharkov, it was even
published in the magazine "Radio Amateur" (Minsk, paper),
it seems, in 1995. As far as I know, the author does not have FIDO, but he does have a telephone. If anyone needs it, I can look it up.
V.M.G. Everything can be sent by paper mail. It's all written in ZX-POWER.

All the best.
With respect, Roman Milukov.

Somehow a long time ago, and specifically Tuesday March 24, 1998 at 02:35 Oleg Bashtenko
wrote Nickolay Zabrodotsky:

OB> IMHO even if someone has this information, he will be screwed.
OB> Here you need public support! By the way, this weight would also be useful in
OB> the development of a video for Speccy, about which some people were recently talking so noisily
OB>... =)

Well, I have this diagram. There is no program. There is no scanner either. It's hard to draw in ASCII (it's big). Shortage of free time. What should I do boom?

Yes, I don’t need the diagram at all.

With respect, Tim. tyu...@usa.net [team Aries is Rulez Forever]

NZ> Sincerely, Nickolay Zabrodotsky AKA ProfeSSor F0lken

I don’t have the diagram, but I saw the results - I don’t recommend it, you’ll just waste time on assembly
wasting your time.

Sincerely, Alexey Ivanov

OB>> no one even stutters! The most important thing is that the
OB>> circuit is simple! AFAIK there are three versions, but it was not possible to see it live! One of the developments lives in Kharkov - 100%!!!

In St. Petersburg, several years ago, this scheme was intensively offered on the market. Of all the people we knew, only Joker-Soft purchased it (they wanted to use it as a scanner for
graphics for their Apollo :) They bought the camera, so small, b/w (used for
observation) for ridiculous money. Well, in short, it was not possible to use it as a scanner
(there was not enough lighting), but the photographs simply turned out _very_ cloudy (I don't
know how it is in Kharkov). I don’t know about real-time.
They probably still have the scarf - I’ll ask about the diagram (only in those wolf
times there weren’t any diagrams attached, IMHO, but the names of all the mikrukhs were erased
:)

ps. You’d better ask Artie how they digitized themselves in Binary Love :))

Warm greetings, Slava!

AI> I don’t have the circuit, but I saw the results - I don’t recommend it, you’ll just waste your time
AI> on assembly.
Hmm, I saw the results too, IMHO it will be better than any conversion!.

24 Mar 98 22:56, Tim Yunaev wrote to Oleg Bashtenko:
[...]
TY> Well, I have this diagram. There is no program. There is no scanner either. Drawing
TY> in ASCII is difficult (it's big). Shortage of free time. What should I do boom?
TY> Yes, I don’t need the diagram at all.
There are two options - give it by train, or to a friend who travels to Lviv
regularly. Let's do this - you send me your coordinates (address, phone number),
then you can call me and I will send a messenger to you.

Well, then the diagram is scanned, and with the permission of the moderator;) placed in the echo.

24 Mar 98 18:57, Roman Milukov wrote to Oleg Bashtenko:
[...]
RM> there is a phone number. If anyone needs it, I can look it up.
RM> V.M.G. Everything can be sent by paper mail.
That would be nice. Although, by and large, MAXI from CodeBusters also knows
the author. Now, if only the “code hunters” could be motivated into this matter...

24 Mar 98 02:35, Oleg Bashtenko reported to Nickolay Zabrodotsky about
{ZX-DIGITIZER!}:

OB> 2Mednonogov: Maybe you met/heard something???

I met/heard (already wrote :), but the quality was worse, worse :(( Apparently
such things need to be done on something more powerful :-?

Warm greetings, Slava!

One fine night, Wed Mar 25, 1998, the postal cockroach carried on its back
a message from Nickolay Zabrodotsky to Oleg Bashtenko:

OB>> GIVE THE DIGITIZER SCHEME!!!

NZ> To Echo! In the echo! in ECU!

I had a subject. IMHO, you can’t achieve decent quality with it :( Or, as I tried to do, you have to process the picture very much. This is with ideal
image quality on a box or video camera.
Respectfully, GodFather.

Tue 24 Mar 1998 13:05, Vyacheslav Mednonogov wrote to Oleg Bashtenko:

VM> ps. You'd better ask Artie how they digitized themselves in
VM> Binary Love :))

They did it on Ammy, and then converted it ;)

Sincerely, Alexey Ivanov

AI>> you'll just waste your time on assembly.

OB> Hmm, I also saw the results, IMHO it will be better than any
OB> conversion!.

Here you need to be able... If you scan not b/w (Gray Scale), but as graphics (b/w
Only) - you will get the same eggs, only a side view...

Yours sincerely, Alexey Ivanov

OB>>> GIVE THE DIGITIZER DIAGRAM!!!

DM> I had a subject. IMHO, you can’t achieve decent quality on it :( Or,
DM> as I tried to do, you have to process the picture very much. This is with
DM> ideal image quality on a box or video camera.
DM> Sincerely, GodFather.

In the 22 Spectrofon, the game Bloodwich, FFC release. There are pictures obtained by this
piece of hardware using a video camera from a book, and with minimal improvements. I
would not say that the quality is poor.

Regards, Alex from FFC COMPUTERS.

>e-mail: as...@usa.net

AI> Here you need to be able... If you scan not b/w (Gray Scale), but as graphics
AI> (b/w Only) - you will get the same eggs, only a side view...
So it’s Gray Scale, in addition IMHO a lot depends on the quality of the assembly
and settings of the device itself.

Oleg AKA Olav

... The dead have the maximum sense of humor: they laugh at everyone.

People, don't suffer. On Spec, with its graphical capabilities, you will only get good videos or pictures when you sit on them for an hour or two.
And freebies will not work here.

With The Best Wishes. [TEAM Speccy-r00leZ] [TEAM X-fILes]
[TEAM ┼he Pr0d!9Y] MaGeLan.

AL> In 22 Spectrofon the game Bloodwich, FFC release. There are pictures obtained by this
AL> piece of hardware using a video camera from a book, and with minimal modifications. I
AL> would not say that the quality there is bad.
But I would say. I would say that the graphics there are disgusting compared to
pictures transferred from the Amiga/PC using I don’t know_what/PhotoShop

Tuesday March 24 1998 13:05, Vyacheslav Mednonogov wrote to Oleg Bashtenko:

VM> ps. You'd better ask Artie how they digitized themselves in Binary Love
VM> :))

A professional SVHS video camera is taken, filmed, via averkey from SVHS
video recorder, digitized into AVI, then Adobe Premier brings it to standard, and
then it's a matter of conversion technique + major player for flicks by Flying&Sauron,
all... =)

cYa, aR7Y/dR/FW · · · · · · Email: ar...@telecom.nov.ru · · · · · ·

VM> Binary Love :))

AI> They made it on Ammy, and then converted it ;)

The pictures seem to be from PC demos, although I can use them as they were at that time
(the night before enlight everyone had problems ;)

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OB> will throw it.
is this about the subject for natural spec?
I once had a scheme by VMG, but there are only five gradations
of brightness (although the quality is not the worst, even better than average ;)
If you really, really need it, I can look for it...
(by the way, about video - there are few gradations -> it will be cool to pack :)

With the best, Denis.

VM> I met/heard (already wrote :), but the quality was worse, worse :((
VM> Apparently, such things need to be done on something more powerful :-?

There is such a book - like ZX Forum N2.
There was a diagram. I took frames from different video sources.
If I’m not mistaken, the contrast is there regulated...

The circuit is quite simple - 174XA11 for catching synchro, SRAM type 62256 (3 stones
like) - for storing the frame, harness for work... Well, and - software for transferring
frame from the device to ZX.

(I wanted to grab the book right now, but I couldn’t find it. If anyone is interested, remind me
later, I I'll look)

With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

[Team Horse Aviation] [Team beer, girls & sofa]
[Team Electric Welding Must Die!] [Team Khasansky border guards]

AI> I don’t have the diagram, but I saw the results - I don’t recommend it, you’ll just waste your time
AI> on assembly.

Well, you’re wasting it! ;-) In the standard scheme, a couple of improvements are made
and you could see the result in the intro to ZX_Power #2.

With best wishes, [ZX_Power Team]
Dr.Squizer. [Power_ZX Team]

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... Don't try to understand me... You never will!

PF> the pictures seem to be from PC demos, although I can use them as they were at that time
PF> (the night before enlight everyone had problems ;)

Most likely you are right and you are driving =)
And the question was about the video.
The pictures, indeed, 3 of them were borrowed from the PC, but completely by hand
drawn.
Pasha, convert - not our method =)

cYa, aR7Y/dR/FW · · · ··· Email: ar...@telecom.nov.ru · · · · · ·

Friday March 27 1998 01:36, Paul Falcon wrote to Alexey Ivanov:

VM>> ps. You’d better ask Artie how they digitized themselves in
VM>> Binary Love :))

AI>> They did it on Ammy, and then converted it ;)

PF> The pictures seem to be from PC demos, although I can drive it because at that time
PF> (the night before enlight everyone had problems ;)

Most likely you’re right, and you’re driving =)
A the question was about the video.
The pictures, indeed, 3 of them were borrowed from the PC, but completely hand
drawn.
Pasha, converting is not our method =)

cYa, aR7Y/dR/FW · · · ··· Email: ar...@telecom.nov.ru · · · · · ·

AH> Most likely you are right and you are driving =)
AH> And the question was about the video.
AH> The pictures, indeed, 3 of them were borrowed from the PC, but completely
AH> were drawn by hand.
AH> Pasha, converting is not our method =)

and who doubts ;)

AI>> you'll lose time on assembly.
AB> Well, you're wasting your time! ;-) In the standard scheme, a couple of modifications are made
AB> and you could see the result in the intro to ZX_Power #2.
Is this the one with RoboCop? If so, then the quality is certainly not bad, something can be taken apart, but still, IMHO, it could have been done better.

With respect, Roman aka Megus of BrainWave association.

[Team ZX-Spectrum] [Team Agatha Christie] [Team Metallica] [Team Iron Maiden]

ML> And I would say. I would say that the graphics there are disgusting in comparison
ML> with the pictures transferred from the Amiga/PC using I don’t know_what/PhotoShop

And what’s bad about them???

AL>> I wouldn’t say that the quality is bad.
ML> But I would say. I would say that the graphics there are disgusting in comparison
ML> with the pictures transferred from the Amiga/PC using I don’t know_what/PhotoShop

AB>> you could see the improvements and the result in the intro to ZX_Power #2.
RP> Is this the one with RoboCop? If so, then the quality is certainly not bad,
RP> something can be taken apart, but still, IMHO, it could have been done better.

So it’s possible! Here you will look in ZX_Power #3 ;-)