Subject: Re: [stella] Would it be possible... From: Nick S Bensema <nickb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 11:47:53 -0700 (MST) |
>Dunno what else would be there besides closed-captioning. Possibly the >VCR-Plus (whatever it's called) numbers that are supposed to let your VCR >find and tape any progam using just that number... the numbers are >supposed >to work across different cable companies where different stations are on >different channels, so it can't be a simple formula indicating time and >channel - My guess is that VCR-Plus is, in fact, a formula, but it might take some encoding to get the channel information right. But not as much as I've seen. Play with the vertical hold a little and see what you find in your system. >there's gotta be something broadcast. Dunno what else could be in there, >though... >GPS signals? Stock updates? Video text, perhaps. >I doubt we're going to be able to reverse-engineer closed captioning from >simply experimenting =) The info is obviously available to TV >manufacturers I've heard of stranger things being reverse-engineered. Good luck in hunting for these standards; I hope it's available on the Internet. >Would be neat.. is it violation of the classic-game spirit to use >improved >graphics capability in the TV? (hmm... wonder if a 2600 could somehow >force a picture-in-picture thingy and transmit different stuff on >channels >2 and 3... :) ) Perhaps now would be a good time to mention that it's probably possible to drive Sega 3-D glasses with the 2600 by using an adapter hooked up to the second joystick port. -- Archives updated once/day at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsubscribing and other info at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/stella.html
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