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From: daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Video Toaster - Actual Info from NewTek
Message-ID: <9650006@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Apr 90 17:34:51 GMT
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Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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>   Some informed sources around here have told me that the Video Toaster was
>supposed to be released sometime last in the last (or next) couple of weeks.
>They said that there was a demonstration done in Washington and that from what
>they saw, all of the hype and information that NewTek has been giving out about
>the Toaster was a "Smoke Screen".  The good news is that it looked even better
>than what they had originally said it would look!

>   Now...  Anyone else have information along these lines?  Any information 
>at all??  Is this all a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors?  If it does what it
>was supposed to AND looked even better then the asking price of $1600 is a
>pretty good deal!  
-
 Some computer tabloid (I don't have it at work - so can't think
 of the name right off) said the Toaster is supposed to be released
 within 60 days. (Didn't 60 days from when - the paper came out yesterday 4/10)

I sounds like a nice machine though

Dave S. -