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From: boi@cpg.trs.reuter.com (Ken Boi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmiExpo...quick review...
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Date: 9 Oct 90 13:58:31 GMT
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In article <3444@mindlink.UUCP> a217@mindlink.UUCP (Vincent Lim) writes:
>First the Video Toaster, now the Video Blendor (sic).  What's next, the Video
>Cuisinart, the Video Waffle Iron, the Video Microwave, the Video Pressure
>Cooker, the Video <insert your favourite kitchen appliance here>?
>

Just a litle tidbit from Computer Graphics World (October,1990) as to why
it was named the Video Toaster:

"... The 3D software that comes with the Video Toaster - which, by the way, 
 got its name because it's a "video appliance that is easy to operate," says 
 Newtek director of marketing Mark Randall- is called Lightwave 3D ...."