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From: iwscoop@bigsur.uucp (Serge Ah-Hee)
Subject: re:Anyone Using a Targa Card on an Amiga?
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 15:05:11 GMT


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>From: schur@isi.edu (Sean Schur)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
>Subject: Anyone Using a Targa Card on an Amiga?
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>Date: 28 Aug 90 11:48:07 GMT
>Reply-To: schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur)
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>I am interested in getting feedback from people who are using Targa or Vista 
>cards on an Amiga. I'd like to know exactly what is involved in using such a 
>setup. I understand you need a Bridgeboard. Which Bridgeboard are you using? 
>I am under the impression that tranferring the data to the IBM slot for the
>Targa card is slow. I would expect that this would be especially true if you 
>are trying to send multiple images to the card for single framing animations.
>What software is necessary to use these boards? I have seen information on
>TGALink. What other software is available? Can I generate images in Turbo
>Silver and send them out to this board? Can I run IBM type programs like
>Truevision or Lumena since the Amiga doesn't have any REAL 24-bit paint
>programs yet?

For displaying Turbo Silver images on the Targa, you will need a conversion
program for it. 


>Basically any pros and cons you can offer. Would you recommend going this
>route (price of TARGA and BridgeBoard, speed, and compatability) or would
>you say it was probably better to wait a little while for the Impulse
>Firecracker24 or the Video Toaster (with it's dual frame buffers). I would
>guess that for speed's sake it would be better to go with a strictly 
>Amiga board. What do you think.


I wouldn't consider getting a Targa board unless money is no object. And you 
also have to think about getting a brigdeboard. This would probably cost you over 
2000$. I would stick with with an Amiga based board. Support is probably better.


For 1600$, the video toaster is probably your best bet. It comes with a 24 bit 
paint program, Lightwave (3D modeller, from what I`ve  heard, it's fast and great!)
 and and animation program. Not only does it have 2 frame buffers, it's a genlock,
 a digitizer, and a special effects generator. I am myself a Turbo Silver user.
My friend has a Mimetics frambuffer. The output is very good, But if you
can spare 1600$, go for the Toaster. Problem is, i'm not even sure they released it
yet.