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Apple Visual Almanac Interactive LaserDisc System Demo’d

Posted on December 17, 2018January 4, 2019 by Bob

Simon Inns of the Domesday Duplicator project has just posted a video that shows the original 1989 “Visual Almanac” working on an old Mac. The system works by connecting a compatible LaserDisc player to a Mac via a serial cable, then using the installed software to control the Laserdisc player’s output to a TV. It […]

Doomsday Duplicator Sample Posted

Posted on September 23, 2018January 4, 2019 by Bob

Simon Inns has just posted a sample of his Doomsday Duplicator in action! As previously reported, this device captures the raw RF output of a Laserdisc player and using the ld-decode software is able to create a high-quality digitization of the video. Hopefully I’ll be able to try this myself soon! Seems a while since […]