Re: Stellation Mill 6809 card clone / FPGA

[a2aviator@gmail.com]

Ya know.. when I put that site up .. central 1996 or so..

That was all I could do.

QVGA capture wasn't even there. My choices were QuickTake 100, a Kodak
something 50, or a video camera on a tripod.

I chose the last.

Why? The QuickTake .. was anything but. The whole process was insanely
slow. The Quicktake couldn't see the cards up close very well.

The Kodak was about the same thing.

The video camera on a tripod, and then capture the frame. The pictures
were the clearest. Yes, a joke today, but you know, they looked pretty
darn good on a 640x480 monitor in the day considering they are
278xSomething I can't remember. The video camera was quick. Very
quick. Place card, press key, type name, place card.

The QuickTake or Kodak, I fear that I probably would have 1, Never
finished, 2, still be taking pictures today.  It was a Quadra A/V Mac,
it wasn't the fastest, but it was pretty darn fast for it's day. It
was a Quadra 840 AV. It costs a pretty penny for it's day.

I also can't even remember how many times since then, most recently, I
have posted links to those pictures and even said along the lines of I
know they suck.

I do wish to replace it all some day. Maybe this Summer will be it.
With practically unlimited hosting space with no extra fees, and
mysql, I can create something with FileMaker and export the structure
to mysql, put it online. Or use Gallery3 when it comes out. I don't
want to put the pictures on Flickr, I want them in my own domain, and
I don't want to pay for a "pro" image hosting package. So.. until the
stars align, it is what it is and in 12 years, no ones ever ripped me
on it.

I guess there's a first for everything. I know it was the first online
site of hardware images like it is, and until recently has not been
topped quantity wise. I own everything there. I can do it again. There
are more pressing things.

I did put some better imagery on http://16sector.com/a2-gallery/ -
those were done with a scanner. Once I can perfect a "blue screen"
method on the scanner I may do them that way. Part of it is I desire a
100% neutral background, unlike the images I have on the old site.
Outlining in Photoshop takes about 15 minutes per card, those auto
outline packages all leave jaggies, so.. thats not gonna cut it.