Description: Apple II Video Overlay Card: Configurations (11/96)
Header: Apple II Video Overlay Card: Configurations (11/96)

 Article Created: 03 April 89
 Article Reviewed/Updated: 18 November 1996

 TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------

 Listed below are several possible configurations using the Video Overlay Card.

 DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------

 Depending on how sophisticated a user wishes to be, and what the user wishes
 to accomplish, there are numerous possibilities for connecting monitors and
 other video equipment, to the Apple II Video Overlay Card. A setup could be
 as simple as a VCR, an Apple IIGS, and a single monitor; or as complicated as
 a videodisc player with a composite monitor, an Apple IIGS with RGB and a
 composite monitor, and a VCR with a composite monitor.


 Typical Configuration
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 A typical configuration might be a VCR or video camera, for a video source,
 an Apple IIe (or Apple IIGS) with the Overlay card and VideoMix software
 installed, and a RGB monitor. This configuration would allow creation of
 overlays for direct viewing only. The addition of a second VCR would permit
 recording of the overlays created. If a composite monitor were connected to
 the output of the Overlay Card, the picture displayed there would be
 representative of what is being recorded on the VCR.


 High-end Configuration
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 A high-end configuration might include the connection of an interactive video
 source, which would then display selected video sequences, as directed by the
 computer, while the program would automatically provide the proper window for
 the resulting video input. This setup would require the connection of the
 device control cable from the external device to the serial port on the
 computer.


 Article Change History:
 18 Nov 1996 - Reviewed for technical accuracy, revised formatting.
 Copyright 1989-96, Apple Computer, Inc.
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