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IGETIT::ELLISM "Purring on a straight six...."       15 lines  25-FEB-1989 09:44
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    I saw it at th recent WHICH COMPUTER ? Show in Birmingham (UK).
    It is about 4" or 5" wide, and looks very neat, next to the A500.
    Shipping date, was about Sept '89 for the UK, and they were quoting
    a price of ~�500 sterling (I expect this will equate to about $400
    US).
    
    The sort of prices we see in the UK are rediculous :-
    
    �1300 Recomended for A200
    �300 for A2090A (Cheapest I could get was �245)
    �399 recommended for A500
    �5000 for A2500 (Guess by someone at show - as it isn't shipping
    here yet, you can't even buy the bits seperately!)
    
    Martin

    If the prices are unreasonable, buy elsewhere.
    I have a friend who is a very small Amiga dealer.  I'm sure he'd be
    happy to sell you stuff at Commodore U.S. list prices, plus shipping.
        John Sauter

    re: .2
    
    John, prices are not unreasonable in themselves; but competition
    and choice motivate the question.  (I saw a super VGA frame grabber
    that supports IFF  for the PS2/30 for $699 yesterday, and probably
    the PC deluxe paint will handle it - we're talking about aprox.
    parity for a LIST $1,999 IBM small packaging)
    
    The world changed!
    

    The PS2/30 uses the same buss as a PC/AT, if I remember correctly.
    I wonder if the VGA frame grabber would work on a BridgeBoard?
        John Sauter

    Re:4
    
    I'll get the vendor phone # in N.Y. and try to type-in succient
    facts from the mag.  (max res I seem to remember required 1 meg
                          disk storage for 600x400)
    

    P.S.  I remember that you have driver software in the kit.  It runs
    on clones as well.

    I saw an add in the April issue of Personal Publishing.The board
    is "Publisher's VGA" from Willow Peripherals.It is advertized as
    a VGA board,and frame-grabber in one package.
    	640 x 480 16 colors 
    	320 x 200 256 colors (256K)
    	1024 x 780 16 colors or 800 x 600 256 colors (512K)
    Supports TIFF,PCX,IFF,EPS formats,and "Once saved,enhance the image
    with software packages like Deluxe Paint II,and Publisher's
    Paintbrush".The ad stated it was 100% register,and BIOS
    compatible,supported preceding video standards.It will run on any
    IBM PC,XT,AT,PS/2 model 25,30 or compatible.It also stated the capture
    speed as 1/60th of a second.Price $699.00 .I don't have a bridge
    board so I won't be racing out to buy one.I have Digiview,Grabbit,and
    may pick up a Frame-grabber someday.It is encouraging to see a clone
    product that supports IFF.As for price it looks attractive,but I
    can buy a dedicated Frame-Grabber for less.The VGA is added in but
    then,it should be.If you have VGA already you may save space in
    the box but If I recall the adds in computer shopper correctly it
    is an expensive option to have laying on the desk.
    			
    			Willow Peripherals
    			190 Willow Ave.
    			Bronx N.Y.
    			10454
   Ordering info call  1-800-444-1585 ask for Lee 
                      						bill
    	

    re: .7
    
    I wonder if Max Toy had anything to do with having it support IFF?
    He's been talking about the use of a bridgeboarded A2000 in business
    applications.
    
    If I had a bridgeboard and was looking for a VGA board to add to
    it... and found one that also did framegrabbing in IFF format, do
    you suppose that might sway me to buying it instead of a mere VGA
    board?
    
    -Dave