Hannover, Germany Ð Video re-turns to NeXTSTEP with the introduction at CeBIT here of Screen Machine from Fast Electronics.
Incorporating the same Philips chip set used in the NeXTdimension board, the 16-bit board for NeXTSTEP PCs is paired with SM Camera software. It will sell as a bundle for about $1200 in Germany.
Screen Machine is fully digital and supports inputs in PAL, NTSC, and SECAM formats, as well as videotex. Intel's new INDEO video-compression standard is also supported. An optional $600 tuner supports live television signals.
Unlike the NeXTdimension, Screen Machine supports resizable video windows. SM Camera allows for frame grabbing and compositing on the fly.
Munich-based Fast Electronics is the market leader in Europe for video-capture boards, according to Wilfried Beeck, head of d'ART Computersysteme GmbH, who planned to show Screen Machine at NeXTWORLD Expo.