From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 15:55:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC53037B401 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:55:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net (heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2838643F93 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:55:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0134.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.42.134] helo=mindspring.com) by heron.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 199C5n-0000vW-00; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:54:56 -0700 Message-ID: <3EA9BC72.3A00CD62@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:53:38 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Passki References: <20030425141532.GD14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com> <3EA9B1D4.E2DE3E4F@mindspring.com> <20030425220811.GF14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a49028eb09847d32c5f6d2891d12cf51c0350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Out to Video In converter X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:55:16 -0000 Jon Passki wrote: > Imagine hooking up hardware to the video output of an antiquated > system. Through a mixture of magic, the end results is that output > is displayed, for example, in a reduced display on a graphical > desktop. The quality may not be the best, the bandwidth for all this > may be obscene, but I'm thinking more on the concepts now. Yeah; it's a cool idea that you really don't have much of a chance of ever getting implemented. 8-). Basically, you want to take some digital data, like the contents of a VGA card RAM, let the card turn it analog, and then take the analog signal and turn it back into a digital copy of the original screen RAM. I get it, even though I would never do it that way; better to add a US$80.00 screen-scraper card to the cost of the system. Maybe you could consider a web-cam pointed at the monitor? It'd be cheaper than the alternatives... 8-) 8-). US$4000.00 US$7000.00 -- Terry