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1. philpem (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 10:40:56 JST philpem

   I think I mentioned the #Chyron Lantern64 card I bought... Well this is it working! At the moment it's set to Free Run, I need to provide a video source to try out the overlay features.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 10:40:53 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @philpem god that's an amazing looking card, and I can't help but think there was definitely a better way to do this

   • philpem (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 10:40:54 JST philpem

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     Anyway true to form, I've started documenting this thing on my website... as you do. Or as I do.
     https://www.philpem.me.uk/tv_video/chyron_codi

   • philpem (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 10:40:55 JST philpem

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     Best part is, the host PC doesn't have to do anything. It's controlled with text commands. All these graphics are running completely in the background.

   • philpem (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 10:40:55 JST philpem

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     I just noticed something about the Chyron card. There's a power/reset LED on the back of the PCB. That's a bit weird (in the sense you can't see it) ... except you can.
     The LED shines through the middle of the lantern, masked by the solder mask.
     Someone put some real effort into that.

   • philpem (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 10:49:50 JST philpem

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     • Foone🏳️‍⚧️

     @foone better way to do what? the character overlays, or document it?
     it took a hell of a lot of archive.org digging (and mirroring Chyron's FTP locally) just to get enough to make it work!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2024 11:02:29 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @philpem I just mean how they wired the RF cables.