Raster Blaster by Donald Merino and Kate Abel Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Hy Eyeque is an electronics expert who has an extensive workshop in his home for "tinkering." Hy has been working recently to develop a "black box" at will convert video output into TV signals, but with a 100% increase in the number of vertical lines per "raster scan. In his work on this project he has been attempting to use off-the-shelf components as much as possible, both to speed eventual production and to hold down the costs Thus far, Hy has succeeded in producing two prototypes or breadboards that work, but they are far too large and produce too much heat to commercialize. To date, Hy's out-of pocket expenses total $15.550, plus Hy's own labor and wear and tear on his tools Over the past few months Hy has been calling on manufacturing firms in the area (Hauppauge, Reno Electronics, Ryan) to try and interest one or more of them in completing the development of a commercial model of his Raster Blaster box. He has also contacted electronics distributors (Arrow Electronics, EMZ Electronics, Bilco) and retailers (Best Buy, Sears, Circuit City) about distributing/selling such a product. The most serious interest to date has come from Ryan Integrated Products of Long Island City. Ryan currently produces sound and video boards for a variety of brand name companies (3Com, ATI Matrox, Creative Labs) and makes some of the chips for these in house. Their development, assembly, testing, and packaging capabilities, plus contacts with companies further along in the distribution chain, make them a prime candidate for Hy's product In a recent meeting concerning the Raster Blaster at Ryan, Anne Whyte, Ryan's market research manager, indicated that a study had been conducted by Kirby & Shaw, a well-known