From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 16:25:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0171F37B404 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:25:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hope.caffeinated-systems.com (hope.caffeinated-systems.com [209.98.4.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D23C843F93 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:25:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jon@caffeinated-systems.com) Received: by hope.caffeinated-systems.com (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 214C14D28A; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:00:20 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:00:20 -0500 From: Jon Passki To: Terry Lambert Message-ID: <20030425230020.GG14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com> References: <20030425141532.GD14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com> <3EA9B1D4.E2DE3E4F@mindspring.com> <20030425220811.GF14108@hope.caffeinated-systems.com> <3EA9BC72.3A00CD62@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EA9BC72.3A00CD62@mindspring.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Out to Video In converter X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 23:25:43 -0000 On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 03:53:38PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Jon Passki wrote: > > Imagine hooking up hardware to the video output of an antiquated > > system. Through a mixture of magic, the end results is that output > > is displayed, for example, in a reduced display on a graphical > > desktop. The quality may not be the best, the bandwidth for all this > > may be obscene, but I'm thinking more on the concepts now. > > Yeah; it's a cool idea that you really don't have much of a > chance of ever getting implemented. 8-). > > Basically, you want to take some digital data, like the contents > of a VGA card RAM, let the card turn it analog, and then take > the analog signal and turn it back into a digital copy of the > original screen RAM. I think that's a good explination. > I get it, even though I would never do it that way; better to add > a US$80.00 screen-scraper card to the cost of the system. > > Maybe you could consider a web-cam pointed at the monitor? It'd > be cheaper than the alternatives... 8-) 8-). Could be :-) > > > US$4000.00 > > > > US$7000.00 > > http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=kvm+over+ip $1,1750, but a web cam is still cheaper... At least in practice, it seems that it's possible. Take care, Jon