THE CATS-EYE VIEW OF COLOR (May, 1982)
Jayessel: this reminded me of the stuff you did with your IIe.
THE CATS-EYE VIEW OF COLOR
The CBX Series: affordable, intelligent color imaging systems
The CBX subsystem interfaces with your PDP-11 ,* LSI-11* or other computer to provide high resolution imaging capabilities. With the optional frame grabber and television camera, you digitize full-color images from any source, using a computer-controlled color filter system. Then analyze, reprocess, mix, save, retrieve… the power of the CAT is at your command.Each CBX system includes:
• Your choice of CAT-100, 400 or 800
• 12 slot S-100 mainframe
• Z-80A processor with specialized firmware in PROM
• Parallel interface connectorA range of options and accessories are available, including:
• TV cameras • Lightpens • TV monitors • Interface card and connecting cables.
*PDP-11 and LSI-11 are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.DIGITAL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC
935 Industrial Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303 (415) 856-2500
Thanks for the shout-out.
I designed my computer animation rig based on the Byte Magazine review of a slide printer.
I just had this 25 year old 16mm clip scanned and YouTubed:
http://www.youtube.com/…
Note the monochrome camera with the colour filter wheel. Back then good colour cameras were considerably more expensive than monochrom ones.
Cassandro: Actually I think it’s the other way. The screen was monochrome and the color wheel was used to generate a color image for the camera. Check out the link to Jayessel’s comment in the post.
Reminds me of the Digi-View system for Amiga computers, which I had in early 90′s. Made by NewTek, who also made (still makes) LighWave 3D, which was used in making of Babylon 5.
And today the camera in a cellphone is 1000% better in every possible way, makes you wonder what well have in another 30 years?
@charlie
Certainly not. That would only work with film cameras and that definitely is a video camera.
It’s also way simpler to build a monochrome framegrabber.
Aren’t cats colour-blind?
Charlene: Nope, although they have only two types of cones, sensitive to blue and yellowish green.