Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!+ From: Michael.Witbrock@CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Product Announcement Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 90 18:52:28 GMT References: <3371@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: <3371@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> I thought it was pretty clear. It seems that the thing uses the normal video output of the amiga as a compressed code for the picture, and outputs an uncompressed picture at the other end. like, it could use 3 successive pixels colours as RGB information, giving 4096^3 possible output colours, then use run length encoding from the next pixel to undo the 4 to 1 data loss. I bet this isn't what it does, but it's probably a stab in the right direction. On another note. Briwall is actually advertising the Toaster, at $1600. Does this mean it can be bought (that's too steep for me, but...) micahel