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3 | The LOEWE ALPHA-2 is a BTX Decoder card (full-length 8-bit ISA) for use in IBM or comptabile PCs. It appears to date to 1988. |
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5 | Contrary to later Software BTX decoders, the ALPHA-2 is a hardware decoder, utilizing the "ITT LOTTI" decoder ASIC. |
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7 | It supports three different modes of operation: |
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8 | * _CEPT-1_ where the decoded CEPT video signal is inserted/looped into the video signal of the PC graphics card, i.e. the ALPHA-2 is situated between CGA/MGA card and the (single) Monitor |
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9 | * _CEPT-2_ where the decoded CEPT video signal is displayed on a second monitor, independent from the primary monitor of the PC |
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10 | * _ASCII_ where the decoded CEPT is converted/reduced to normal ASCII characters which can be shown on the normal PC screen using its regular text display |
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12 | h2. Hardware |
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14 | h3. EPROM images |
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16 | attachment:LOEWE_ALPHA2_TMS27C512.bin |
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18 | attachment:LOEWE_TWM01_TELEFON_WAHLMODUL_D8751H.bin |
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20 | h2. Manual |
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22 | attachment:loewe-pc-btx-alpha-handbuch.pdf |