Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    Video 
    	- editing 8mm videotape to Beta
	  ^^^^^^^ ???
    	- adding titles
	  SW=	JDK ( semi-professional, too expensive)
		DPAINT   II ( Very good)
		VIDEO EFFECTS ( Put some action in your titles !)
		many more titles available 

	- overlaying
	  HW=	Genlock ( A2300=NTSC A2301=PAL from Commodore)

		( I hope you're not using SECAM over there !!!!!!)
	  
    	- adding graphics
    	  SW=	BUTCHER ( best Image processing in my opinion)
		AEGIS VIDEO SCAPE ( for animated BUSINESS graphics )
		DIRECTOR ( for animated NON business graphics)

    Publishing
    	- ability to add pictures
	  SW=	PAGE SETTER ( ask McDonald, his Radio-ham news is 
				great)    
	  HW=	To capture pictures get DIGIVIEW or similar ( I have
		Easy view)
    Games (of course)
    	  no comment. see appropriate note.

    Database
    	- cross-reference of videotape footage
	  Sw=	Superbase PERSONAL ( you won't need S. Professional)
    
    Programming
    	- a little C
	  SW=	LATTICE C++ ( better then an adventure game !! Discovering
			the world of Object Oriented ... with a very
			updated CFRONT !!)

    What kind of configuration should i be looking at?

	A2000 - 1� -> 3 MB memory
	min a second floppy drive a LOT better an HardDISK.
	
	Come on, join AMIGA and get the world !

     marco --> mark

    OK - here is what i have come up with...
    
    
    Amiga 2000 - for expandability
    8M memory board - 2M populated (+$999)
    40M hard disk
    NEC multisync II (+$550)
    Supergen (+$1200)
    
    However, this amounts to ~CAN$6800 which is a bit too rich for my
    blood at the moment. I would like to get it down to about $4000-5000
    for now and add the rest later. 
    Should i skip the hard drive and get another floppy?
    What about a regular monitor? (I hate to get the regular monitor
    now and then have to sell it to upgrade later). 
    Can i live with 1M of memory for a while (and hope that the price
    of the 1M chips drop)?

     mark

    I feel that this really depends on how serious you are and how long
    you're going to make use of this stuff !!!
    
    I would love to have everything you mentioned so I can really play!
    But that the key word..."play"! I just can't justify that much on
    more playthings.
    
    However, assuming that this is a worthwhile investment for you,
    I would skip the memory for now,get the hard drive,skip the floppy,
    concider a lower priced genlock, keep the monitor.
    
    All this talk around xmas time makes me feel like playing Santa
    for yours truly!

    What you need is "MediaPhile"  It is an integrated system that links
    your Amiga (when you get one) to 8mm or Beta or VHS editing decks.
    They also have their own database program for logging footage.
    
    I don't have the address today.  I'll post it tomorrow.
    
    Randy
    

    "MEDIAPHILE" is a media production, database and automatic playback
    system that gives complete computer control over video decks,
    camcorders and other audio-visual equipment.  Use MediaPhile to:
    
    -Edit video tape, add special effects, overlay computer graphics
    on video, and dub audio.
    
    -Record a database of up to 24 hours (36 albums) of digital stereo
    sound or 4 hours of video on one small 8 mm cassette.
    
    -Playback lists of thousands of audio and video selections
    automatically from one or two decks.  One dick seeks the start of
    the next selection while the other plays.
    
    -Record a dabase of crystal clear freeze-frame images and playback
    a slide show of your transferred prints and slides or digitized
    images.
    
    -Record single frame animation images automatically.
    
    From Interactive MicroSystems, Inc.
    Landmark, #20, P.O. Box 1446, Haverhill, MA 01831  617/372-0400
    
    Please, I do not own any of this.  I don't know much of anything
    about it.  This was taken from their literature.  Please contact
    them for more info.  They will give you VERY detailed info.
    
    Randy