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VOC troubles - Update



I posted a couple of days ago that I was having trouble with my Video
Overlay Card.  Here's an update:

PROBLEM:  When NTSC video applied, IIgs video went nuts.
ACTIONS TAKEN:  Yank boards, shut down INITs and DA's, etc. etc. etc.

This morning, I pulled the computer out of its home under my desk and took
it to work with me.  There, I hooked it up to the GS monitor, keyboard,
mouse, power, etc. on my desk there, and plugged a VTR into the VOC. 
Result?  A beautiful overlay.

I've since brought the thing home and hooked it up.  Right now, as I type
this, I'm looking at gorgeous video of Kentucky Kingdom amusement park.

Very strange.  All I did was give it a ride across town in the trunk of my
car.  But it's working now...!

It's a little jittery, but I did fool with the controls today as well.  I
thought I was getting garbage at the top of the screen, and it turned out
to be encoded VBI data on the videotape I was watching (i.e. change tapes
and the garbage goes away).  No wonder I couldn't make it go away!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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