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- Eih!
-
- Maybe you should start try to do some of it your self? You sure have the
- ideas now you only have to learn programing to realize them. :-)
-
- > Here is another suggestion off of the subject. I figured that it should
- > go here since you guys are the primary force working with the DSP at the
- > moment. I think that the Falcon MK-X should be configured to contain a
- > 100meg or 1gig Zip Drive and a 4 or 8x CD player. The case should have
-
- I can't see why you can't have this. Just plug them in. The MK-X does
- have an internal SCSI port os it shuldn't be any problem.
-
- > Create software that would allow the the Falcon to act as a video
- > recorder, speaker phone, internet browser (utilizing a 60 or 64 column
- > display, to make it easier on the eyes), netphone that would allow
- > multiple falcons in a building connected by LAN or on the internet to
- > allow intercom functions and voice mail services. Lastly the MFP serial
-
- I don't know about netphone, but it should be possible if someone wants
- to do it. We have already got internet browsers. The video recorder
- should be possible if you have got an Expose card fitted.
-
- There is already software for playing mpeg, AVI and Quicktime movies.
- We have also got MPEG fever to create MPEG movies and I guess there
- will come AVI/MOV makers soon.
-
- > port inside could be connected to an infra-red tranceiver that would
- > allow wireless printing, keyboarding and jagpading, along with the
- > ability to beam data to laptop, Newton and Sharp PDA's. Most of these
- > changes would be simple enhancements to the MK-X case. There would be
-
- I see no need fo this. Why would you need to 'beam' data to laptops?
- What is wrong with using a cable??
-
- > software to control the CD-Player and Video/Audio record/playback using
-
- There is already software for controlling CD-player, if it's a CD-ROM.
- There is also software to make/burn your own music/data CD's.
-
- > the jagpad. The Video Input module would also contain a television and
- > FM radio tuner inside a small box that would connect to the DSP port.
-
- :-) Why? You would better use your stero for that! If you want the sound
- in your falcon just connect your stereo to your falcon.
-
- > 1/8 earphone jacks would allow the connection of the 3 other stereo outs
- > to self powered speakers or stereo receiver. This would aid in true
- > theatre sound reproduction. The company that creates the film format
- > standard for the Falcon would profit greatly. The video conferencing
-
- ;-)
-
- > software would support the connection of a Connectix QuikCam, the DSP
- > Entertainment Block (discribed above), the Expose, or Matrix digitizers.
-
- This would be cool and should be possible if someone wants to do it and
- has got the time to do it. There is sofware with Expose that works
- like something similar.
-
- > Compression of audio would allow hours of music to be recorded on the
- > 100meg Zip disk. Timers could be created to automatically record your
-
- There is the excellent MPEG2 audio player but still no program to
- compress sounddata on the falcon and I guess it never will as it's
- a _slooowwww_ process. There is always WinREC.
-
- > favorite radio or video shows onto Zip. The infra-red would support pc
- > style keyboards as well as upto 6 wireless jagpads. No other computer
- > system has been sold or configured as a Digital Tape Recorder/Internet
- > Browser/Caller ID/Local Telephone/Internet Telephone&Fax/Answering
- > Machine for fax, voice, data, video conference. A separate line would
- > be suggested so that Falcon users would be able to utilize their
-
- ARghhh...
-
- > machines as a universal communication device. It would be great to
- > enhance the system so that 4 megs of ST RAM was on the motherboard and 2
- > 72 pin s/dimms would be available for Fast 32 bit ram. A gig 2.5 inch
- > ide drive would supply Virtual Memory until the Fast ram was utilized.
-
- That would be nice. Get your self an Afterburner040 man!
-
- > Since the system would come with 4 megs or ST Ram, the cost should be
- > kept low. No Floppy would be on the system since for multimedia
- > requires higher capacity. The Zip would be the new standard "floppy"
-
- You would still need a floppy. I wouldn't like to be without one.
-
- > The high end users could have their system configured with a recordable
- > CD for use with Cubase Audio and for Digitizing compressed movies. In
- > the future DVD drives would replace the CD drives.
-
- You can already have that!
-
- > Well, that's it. What do you guys think. It's not like I'm asking for
- > much. One thing at a time such as:
-
- No, and most of it is already avaible you only need to go out and buy it
- to let them know that we want more of this kinf of products. If no one buys it
- you will never get the little extra you want.
-
- Or do you mean that it all should be freeware?
-
- > 1. Film Format utilizing the DSP for high compression user selectable.
- > 2. Video Conferencing with Mac QuickCam via LAN port or PC via parallel.
-
- This would be cool, but how many would use it?
-
- > 3. Internet/LAN Telephony/Answering Machine.
-
- There is already an 'Answering Machine'.
-
- > 4. Java compatible Web Browser.
-
- You only have to pay to SUN to get it, or could you get it for free??
- I'm not sure how it was.
-
- > 5. Support for CD-Player using JagPad.
-
- Why? Why not contact one of the authours of one of the CD-player sofware
- available and tell him this, It wouldn't be to hard to implement.
-
- > 6. Create TV/FM DSP Block (DES: DSP Entertainment System)
- > 7. Create Infra-Red transceiver via MFP serial.
-
- Couldn't you buy this for the ST?
-
- > 8. Having Kengsington or Atari create infra-red JagPads.
- > 9. Create top casing with Microphone, Speaker, Infra-red
- > tranceiver additions to case.
-
- Get a BeBox. :-)
-
- > All should run under MiNT. This system would beat the Pippin since
- > it can record music, video, film, e-mail, audio messages, faxes,
- > and data to the Zip drive. This would be the first Digital
- > Video Answering Machine. That actually should be the easiest since
- > it would work with current falcons with a zip and a Quik Cam.
-
- Why not contact C-Lab?
-
- > The technology is already there. We would just have to create the
- > software.
-
- Most software is there too, you only need to pay for it.
-
- > scheduling data from my Netwon. Later on as we sell these through
- > infomercials we can create an interface to DSS (Digital Satellite)
- > Receivers to allow realtime capture of weather, map and television data
- > to the DSP for processing and display.
-
- Yeah!
-
- :-)
-
- //Magnus Kollberg
-
-