PAR, the Personal Animation Recorder, is an analog video playback device for

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computers built by DPS (Digital Processing Systems, Canada) in 1993. It fits into an Amiga's Zorro II/III slot available in the Amiga 2000/3000/4000 models. It's capable of PAL or NTSC full-frame realtime or single-frame playback, using dedicated harddiscs connected to the board's IDE controller. Additional devices for the PAR include the DPS AD-3000 (PAL) video capture board, the DPS Personal TBC IV (NTSC) video capture and time-base-corrector board, and the Sunrize AD-516 audio recording and playback board.{{cite web, url=http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/par, title=Digital Processing Systems Personal Animation Recorder - Amiga Hardware Database, accessdate=6 June 2017

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