Re: Video and IIgs?

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article ltest@rte9-sun_5.5.1 (Scott G.) writes...

>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.

    I was not aware of this, it must have been a recent change then.
The Plus model must refer to refurbished (used) AST board sold some
10-11 years ago, and I doubt they would be manufacturing that over
the Visionary/Enhanced model.

>Apparently, the Visionary is equivalent to the Enhanced board.

    That's correct. The Enhanced board was just that but being
manufactured by Alltech instead (just as they took over making
of the Econ SoundMeister card).

>>>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.

    If that's the case, then the Vision Plus Enhanced is discontinued,
leaving only the ComputerEyes GS video digitizer available (mind you,
Digital Vision passed that on to Roger Wagner Publishing sometime ago,
and it's quite possible they no longer sell it either).

>>    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.

    I thought I heard it was never completed in the sense of going
from beta (an in the works program) to final. Were all the features
completed then?

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

    Sorry about that. There are times I've been in error, though I
learn from those mistake when someone corrects me (though I don't
agree with putting someone down for a mistake or rubbing it in their
face, a practice all too common in this group). The only time I get
annoyed is if someone is corrected about an error and ignores it.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca