[Mark Godwin]

Thanks again for you interest about this challenge!

Never tried to send a sync to the board, I will test. I have a Sigma Electronics BSG-26P black burst generator, should be fine. I can send a signal from this generator to the breakout box ref sync input. About frame rate, where to set the Targa before running Premiere? There is no control panel installed in Windows, just the Targa system test. So I have no idea about T3K actual framerate.

I’m also guessing to have bad or incomplete drivers. They are version 1.5.1 and I’m not able anymore to find other kind of Targa 3K drivers.

I’m also guessing to have two defective boards (since they are very old, is not so far the possibility of faulty boards). I checked that ebay ad. and this guy have a lot of Targa for sale. T3K is for 80$ … but … should it worth spending some money again on it? The answer is probably not. When I want something old I have: the Cinewave for Mac , an Avid Adrenaline HD and you won’t believe, a Sony Edit Station ES-3 that is perfectly working and stunning! But of course, all of this, just for fun. For business I’m up-to-date!

[Mark Godwin]

Thanks again for your support,

I believe you are a great expert of these old editing system.

I just love the simplicity and truly plug and play of Cinewave on MacOS, got it working flawlessly on G4 and even G5 Power Macs. Why T3K on Windows is a nightmare? However I already tested the two board on an older Dual Pentium 3 workstation, under Win2k , I had same issues. Everything installed, Targa self tests Ok, but as I launch Premiere, after some loading, there is a freeze.

I purchased these 2 boards on ebay, many years ago. As I got them , I tested and it wasn’t a success. Then I “archived” the boards. Just recently , as I re-finded them (i check periodically my older stuff), I wanted to give a new chance, but I had not luck again.

[Mark Godwin]

Thanks for your interest.

Actually I don’t need Targa 3000 working for my business, is just about my interest in old stuff. I have 2 Targa 3000 tried both on this HP XW8000 but same result. No one gotta working. I also have almost every breakout boxes because I use with my Targa Cinewave for Mac. Drivers I ahve for the 3K is latest (I believe) 1.5.1 ans I tried on XP and Win 2000 with Premiere 6.5 (and Discreet) with the above described issues. Never got any of my two T3K working in any way.

[Mark Godwin]

We are in 2024 but I’m still trying to get my Targa 3100 working. I have no luck. As I launch Discreet Edit 6.5 , it does not find the hardware and crashes. Same for Premiere 6.5, it crashes after some loading. I have Targa drivers 1.5.1 , the workstation is an HP XW8000 Intel E7505 chipset, dual Xeon 3.2 “Gallatin” CPU , 4 GB of Ram, ATI X1950 Pro VGA AGP and T3K is inserted into one of the 64bit 100MHz PCI-X slots. The driver installation process itself is fine but as I launch any application supporting Targa hardware, it crashes! The Targa Board Monitor and system test running just fine without issues…Maybe I do need an older computer with different chipset/processor? Maybe I have a memory conflict? How to fix? In the system BIOS there is not so many parameters. Thanks for who will read and spend a word.

[Mark Godwin]

Thanks a lot for archiving these drivers. I got two Targa 3000 with Digital Tether port, but I have real issues about the computer system where they can be fitted. I’m trying on a old HP XW8000 dual Xeon workstation who has 64 bit PCI slots. Can you tell me the computer specifications where you using the Targa 3000?

[Mark Godwin]

Hello Robert,
I am planning to buy this LUT box for correcting the colorimetry of my HP LP2475W monitor (which is a wide-gamut monitor). I am still satisfied using the 3D LUT control provided by my BMD Multibridge Pro2 driver but I need a device to control colorimetry for everything connected to the monitor and not only for Multibridge. Is this the right way? I tried to calibrate the monitor and when connected to a computer everything is fine, but, when a video device is directly attached to its HDMI port, there is no way to get accurate colors: in particular red tones are dark and over saturated.
I think that connecting this eeColor LUT box between monitor and video device I should fix the problem and get the correct color accuracy…correct me if I’m wrong.
This LUT box supports also SD singals? (480i, 480p, 576i, 576p)
I live in Europe, where I can buy it?
Do I only need the LUT box or also a software for controlling 3D LUT tables?
Thanks a lot!