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Amiga Commodore Electronic Design FrameStore -Digitizer

Manufacturer:
Electronic Design, Germany.
Date 1992
Amiga: any Amiga
Interface parallel port

The "Electronic Design Framestore" refers to a specific hardware product from the German manufacturer Electronic Design, a real-time frame grabber for Amiga computers released around 1992. This device allowed users to capture composite video signals and Y/C video, digitize them into its built-in memory, and store them in various formats for use in electronic design and other applications. It featured 3MB of DRAM and could capture images at resolutions up to 704x570 (PAL).
This particular device worked with the Amiga 1200.
Later, after the rise of PCs, it was put aside, which is why it is still in its original packaging. When it was set aside, it was functioning perfectly; now, after so many years, I no longer have the ability to test it. The first two photos are from an internet archive, all the following ones are from the device you will receive.

Realtime framegrabber
24 bit realtime framegrabbing
320×256 - 704×570 (PAL), 320×200 - 704×458 (NTSC)
composite and Y/C inputs - multiple video sources can be connected and selected by software
3 MB, 40 ns DRAM on board
grabs images quickly into its own memory but transferring and displaying through the parallel port is slow
digitised images are stored in YUVN format and can be saved in IFF24, RGB8, YUVN and EDAN formats
FrameStore software v2.0 (1993) adds support for the AGA screen modes
ADPro loader
ARexx port
external power supply