Re: Video and IIgs?

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spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote,
in response to my reply:
>>Martin, the Visionary and the AST Vision Plus Enhanced are no longer
>>available.
>
>    Don't you mean the AST "Vision Plus" and the Virtual Realities
>"Visionary GS"? The name "Vision Plus Enhanced" was given to the
>card when Alltech took over the manufacturing rights, and that is
>still available.

Up until several months ago, Alltech offered two separate cards.  One
was the "Vision Plus Enhanced" which sold for $149.  The other was
the "Vision Plus," which they had for $69.  Recently, they dropped the
Enhanced model from their list and now carry only the Plus model for
$39.

Apparently, the Visionary is equivalent to the Enhanced board.


>>Alltech's Vision Plus is basically the same card, but without the
>>"Enhanced."
>
>    Strange than that Alltech should call it to Vision Plus Enhanced
>card if it lacks it. Unless there has been a change in the last year
>or two I've been unaware of.

Check out their web site.  Alltech no longer has the Enhanced board.


>>What's the difference?  I'm not sure myself, but it has something to
>>do with the Vision Plus (unenhanced) not supporting the Allison
>>digitizing software.
>
>    My understanding was the Allison software was never completed,
>it remained vapourware for all versions of the card.  The author
>was lurking comp.sys.apple2 about 2 years back, you may be able
>to find what he had to say looking in Dejanews (I just vagely
>remember him being sour about the project).

It was not?  My understanding was that it was completed for Visionary,
but the author did not write a version for the Computer Eyes GS card.


>>unenhanced unit was prone to locking up if there was any spikes in
>>the video input.
>
>    Wrong. That is the _original_ AST Vision Plus board that had that
>glitch. The Visionary GS and Vision Plus Enhanced fixed that problem
>long ago (and as Alltech basically sells the Visionary GS under a new
>name, it is the same piece of hardware. The "Enhanced" name was just
>given so it wouldn't be confused with the original board). There may
>have been some minor changes in firmware since it was the Visionary,
>but I wouldn't know.
>
>Mitchell Spector
>spec@vax2.concordia.ca

I think you are wrong this time, Mitch.  Take a look at Alltech's site
or call them up.

-Scott G.