Re: VOC connector

[toddpw@avarice.ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)]

herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung) writes:

>Well that's a new one. Things I've heard about that connector I heard
>are: PAL video connector, connector for video digitizer and now your port
>for a Mac. I have no clue as to what that connector is for, and no local
>Apple dealers have been able to provide me with an answer.

That is the Apple Video Expansion Bus connector. According to the VOC toolkit
manuals its primary intended use is as a direct interface to the VOC's mixing
stages, for frame grabbers and alternate overlay algorithms and so on.

In essence it is like a "processor direct slot" but for the analog video
signals, in that it gives third party expansion some powerful hooks into
the card. Unfortunately, the somewhat less-than-stellar market penetration
of the VOC has prevented any such third party products from being developed
because simply not enough people would buy them to make it profitable.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu