[QuadList] DPS

Tue Aug 27 01:55:53 CDT 2013

by all means!  Ed#

In a message dated 8/26/2013 11:45:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
scottgfx at mac.com writes:

That photo was taken by one of my bosses at WBBH. He gave me two boxes of  
slides when I worked there and several years later (2005) I finally got 
around  to scanning them all. I think I've posted links to them before, but I 
will  again...

On Aug 27, 2013, at 02:05 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com  wrote:

Scott!   Neat! so this is the orig  one   then!  good to know  if  I see 
one.
what was the source of this  photo? I do not think  it is an  ad  shot.

Ed#

In a message dated 8/26/2013 10:46:28 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
scottgfx at mac.com writes:

DPS was "Digital Processing Systems". They went back to the 1970s at  least.
I worked at WBBH where they had a DPS Frame Sync. When I got to the  
station in 1988, the DPS had already been replaced with a newer Harris  unit, but 
they still called it DPS. I have a photo from 1979 of a pretty  girl sitting 
next to the DPS.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10064764@N04/6013230509/

In  the picture, the thing is not in a rack yet, so I think it may have 
been  new at the time. I have used a nearly identical box with a different 
brand  on it (CVS? Component Video Systems?) 

I had folks at WBBH tell me stories of yanking cards out of the DPS  frame 
to "create" effects.

So, DPS had been around for awhile before the Amiga and they jumped  aboard 
the Video Toaster bandwagon.
They took advantage of an Amiga 200 feature. The 2000 had four ISA  slots 
that were unconnected to the computer's bus, but had power. (Can  explain why 
if interested) DPS built their cards to draw power from the  motherboard, 
but had serial data connections back to the Amiga's serial  port. With some 
cards, they had internal ribbon-cable interconnects to a  Video Toaster for 
S-Video to Composite, etc. Very clever.

Scott Thomas

On Aug 26, 2013, at 10:57 PM,  COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

Bill I do remember seeing something  and do remember  something about  card 
 that plugged into a computer! then  there were same card, in a standalone 
cabinet!!

In a message dated 8/26/2013 7:49:16 P.M. US Mountain Standard  Time, 
preservation at standby.org writes:

Didn't  they start out making cards for the Amiga, including a TBC? I think 
I know  some people still using it.

Best

Bill Seery
Director  of Preservation  Services
preservation at standby.org
212.627.8070

On  Aug 26, 2013, at 10:39 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

> 
>  ok  got an  account  and  got a  235 manual...  mine is  old....  220
>  
> will see how   close that is...
>  
>  
> I think I   also hav a   dps  rack that  has  4 time  base  cards in it 
too...  didn't they also make    cards that plug into a pc  ?
>  
> In a message  dated 8/26/2013 5:50:45 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
dwnorwood at embarqmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> 
>  Ed:
>  
> Go to the "Services and Support" tab, then  select "Customer Support 
Portal", log into your account, go to "Review  Documentation" under the "Self 
Service" section, and then enter the search  key words you need.
>  
> Don Norwood
> Digitrak  Communications, Inc.
> www.digitrakcom.com
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> 
> bill   were are the manual  links   I went on Harris   broadcast and   do 
not find.....
>  
> Thanks  Ed #
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>  
> In a message dated 8/26/2013  4:34:12 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, 
preservation at standby.org  writes:
> Harris Broadcast site (
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