Acknowledgments 

 

 Software

The following packages were used to create this and related pages. 
 

Netscape

Netscape Communicator 4 (Standard Edition) combines 
  • Web Browser (Navigator)
  • E-mail (Messenger)
  • News Groups (Collabra)
  • Video Conferencing (Conference)
  • Web Authoring (Composer)
in a single package.  Navigator has 50% of the browser market compared to MS Internet Explorer's 45%. 

Composer is easy to use and requires a minimal knowledge of HTML to produce attractive web pages containing images, links, tables and lists. Download a free copy from  Netscape.

Paint Shop Pro

Paint Shop Pro 5 is a comprehensive image editing package. Layered images can be created, captured and combined using a wide variety of drawing tools and special effects. Animation Shop shipped with PSP5  creates animated GIF images.  Used to create buttons and manipulate other images. Download an evaluation copy from Jasc Software.

Hauppauge

Hauppauge produce WinTV PCI cards that enable a standard PC to receive live TV sound and images from broadcast, cable, satellite, camera and VCR sources. The cards also display multiple Teletext pages (or Intercast in USA) in separate windows.  High quality resizable TV images can be captured to the clipboard and saved up to a resolution of 768x576 for a PAL source (640x480 for NTSC).   

Additional software allows higher resolution images (up to 1600x1200) and low resolution AVI video clips to be recorded. Card owners are also offered an inexpensive standard colour video camera that can be used directly with Videoconference software.  WinTV PCI was used to capture VCR images displayed on related pages. Supporting software is supplied with the card on CD, and revisions are continually available from Hauppauge.

 
  
Page Design:  Clive Grant . Updated: 6 June, 1998