Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:35802 comp.graphics:16346 comp.graphics.visualization:316 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!mintaka!geech.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.graphics,comp.graphics.visualization Subject: Re: Toaster & ST (was: re: LEXICOLOR, Atari TT/030,... Message-ID: <1991Mar5.165118.24320@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 5 Mar 91 16:51:18 GMT References: <17526@milton.u.washington.edu> <1991Mar4.210336.5415@cc.helsinki.fi> <1991Mar5.023512.3478@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Organization: None Lines: 55 In article <1991Mar5.023512.3478@vela.acs.oakland.edu> rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) writes: >> >>I find that hard to believe in. Why would Newtek want ST market? There are even >>fewer STs on professional use than Amigas. I don't think that Toaster will ever >>be reconstructed to any other machine but Amiga 3000 since they won't even >>reconstruct it for IBM PC or compatibles. The reason is simple: Amiga is most >>suitable for videowork of all major personal computers (well, NeXT may be as >>good as Amiga). Toaster for ST/TT is reality only in your imagination. And >>will be. >> > > What about Intels DVI for the PC. I attended a Developers > Workshop for DVI this Fall. The hardware seems so much > more advanced than what the Amiga provides (at least from > the video tape they sent me). DVI allows you to author > video on a CD - WITH COMPRESSION! It provides all the > special effects, output options, etc... > > The Amiga is impressive, but I think I'll wait until I > can afford DVI - it is just so much better. Well, from all accounts I've heard. DVI still cannot do full screen 60 frames per second animation. Not only that, the harddrive and bus speed to fetch full color frames from the HD, simulatenously decompress and display can only be found on the Amiga, or the HIGH end PC's.($$$) What would also hinder my decision is that choosing a PC(why is Personal COmputer synonymous with IBM?) means I'll have to deal with MS-DOS the worst disk ooperating system ever invented. No matter how much you hate the Amiga, you'll have to agree that the 11 character file format and MS-DOS file system is a large bottleneck. AmigaDOS is much like the Unix your probably typing this message on. If your smart, you'd wait till the Motion Picture Experts Group finalizes the MPEG compression standard for motion video. JPEG has already proved it's usefullness. Commodore is already supposed to license the MPEG chip from C-cube when it's finalized for use, to be used in both Amiga's and CDTV. (RUMOR) The Video toaster blows away DVI's special effects with LIVE video effects in real time, including Chroma Fx, character generation, multiple input sources. There is also a device on the Amiga called the Video Blender, which is nothing more then a 'SuperGenlock' that can be programmed with DVI wipe/transition effects (over 400 DVI wipes are supplied with the device, more can be made by the user with an editor) Remember, the Toaster can be used on a A2000 @7mhz, whilst DVI probably requires a SuperDuperMega 486/386. > Regards |(8> >--- >Robert >-- > > I am also looking for this information, could > you please forward any responses ?