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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Toaster Info...
Summary: There aint no room!
Message-ID: <1309@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 26 Oct 90 08:55:17 GMT
References: <5220@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA
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In article <5220@crash.cts.com> hawk@pnet01.cts.com (John Anderson) writes:
>I meant was:why didn't they *incorporate* one *into* the hardware since they
>already have incorporated so much.  Not simply including one in the box, but
>building the circuitry into the toaster.

Have you ever looked at the Toaster card?  There's no room for any more
components.  It consists of two PC boards, bolted together, packed solid
with components on both boards.  They ran out of room on the standard
8.27 x 4.5 inch boards, and had to stick some components out on a "foot"
that extends 5 inches out below the floppy disk tray.

Unless NewTek did a major redesign (with custom silicon), I don't see how
they could include a Time Base Corrector in addition to everything else
that's on there.  It's a question of cubic inches.
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