VideoStreamer Data Save Interface

[Jockelill]

Hi!

I found this device on a local auction. It connects to the scsi-port and has what looks like a VGA connector on the side.
The box is marked:
VideoStreamer Data Save Interface.

Does anyone have any information on this device? I assume it output the screen, but do I need some drivers for it or? And what was it used for?

Joakim

 

[cheesestraws]

It's not a video output in a conventional sense: I think it's for backing up to video cassette.

 

[Jockelill]

Ah, that’s actually a good theory! By closer inspection, I think the vga connector is added later, the soldering look non original, it’s mounted slightly skew and there seems to be an extra cut out in the case.

 

[cheesestraws]

I just found a couple of mentions of it on German forums which say that is what it is: how much you trust that is up to you, but given the name of the thing (bear in mind the synchronic use of "streamer" meaning "tape drive with a buffer", rather than something necessarily attached to video), I'm inclined to think it's probably that.

 

[Jockelill]

Interesting! Do you have any link to those german forums ? Would be nice to learn how it works. The whole thing does look very german . You didn't find any reference to which software is necessary for it?

 

[cheesestraws]

There's a link to a c't article about it here, which I don't have access to: https://forum.planet3dnow.de/index.php?threads/datenspeicherung-auf-vhs-kassetten.322922/