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From: mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Toaster Info...
Message-ID: <730014@hpmwngf.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 90 00:43:58 GMT
Organization: HP Microwave Tech. - Santa Rosa, Ca.
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	Hi all....

	Some Toaster Stuff...

	The Video Toaster will require the "Fatter Agnus" chip be
	installed in your system (the 8372 if memory serves).  The 
	"really huge colassal Agnus" (or whatever it is called) that 
	provides 2 Meg chip Ram that is in the 3000's will work as
	well.

	As is known by most folks, the Toaster will not "work" in 
	the A3000's.  The reason being that the #1 BNC connector
	on the rear edge of Toaster doesn't have room to fit out of
	the card slot on the rear of the 3000.  NewTek is working on
	a new revision of Toaster that is the same with the exception
	that the BNC's are moved over to allow proper fit in the 3000.
	Until this revision is done, NewTek will NOT provide support
	for Toasters in A3000's.

	ANd for the 3000's there is one other snag.

	The current version of the Toaster software has problems of some
	kind with the ECS version of the Denise chip.  The only people
	that should have the ECS Denise chip are the A3000 owners.  It
	is my underatanding that the ECS Denise can be replaced with the
	standard Denise to get around this problem.  THIS IS NOT A HARDWARE
	PROBLEM.  This is a software problem that can be solved with this
	hardware change.  NewTek will "change a few bytes of code" that will
	allow proper functioning with ECS Denise, and will be shipping
	with the revised Toaster Board.

	And in case someone has missed it....

	The Toaster REQUIRES a Time Base Corrector be used on all Video
	***TAPE*** input sources.  This is because the video signal is
	not stable enough coming from the tape transports/heads in a VCR,
	and the Toaster has problems syncing to the signal.  Apparently,
	this is a problem throughout the entire video industry and not
	a problem specific to Toaster.  Input from cameras and laser disks
	should not need time base correction.  A VCR can be used on the
	Toaster output without a time base corrector.

	That's all folks....


	-MP-