Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!nstar!tbissett From: tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Video Toaster Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 03:21:37 GMT References: <1991Apr17.041051.19978@marlin.jcu.edu.au> Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: Indiana's Public Access Unix Site 219-289-0287 Lines: 38 cprem@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ross E Milward) writes: > > If NewTek are considering making a stand-alone > Video Toaster incorporating parts of the Amiga why would > Commodore be in agreeance? > Surely the Video Toaster is one of the main (if not > the main) assets to the Amiga, and that allowing NewTek to > borrow Amiga technology would distance NewTek from the Amiga. > This would allow people to purchase the Toaster without having > an Amiga. > What would Commodore gain from this apart from royalties > from NewTek? It's certainly not going to promote the Amiga. > > Ross Milward. > cprem@marlin.jcu.edu.au Well, it very much depends on how much proprietary Amiga stuff is in that NewTek bundle. Maybe it's a deal like the CDTV where the platform base is lots of Amiga but disguised as something else. Does it promote the idea of Amiga computing? Probably not much directly. But the video market is going to stay small for a while. Like the DTP market is small in absolute terms but high profile. And I think it is agood idea for CBM to sel Amiga technology anyway they can. It's quite old now and they have to raise cash somehow for next generation's R&D. I'd like to see some 3rd party license the Amiga chips to make an Amiga board for all those XT boxes out there. Sneak it to them cheap as a way to accelerate graphics, het "VGA" maybe even boost GEOWorks. Then hint to them that with the right extra box (e.g. Bogeda Bay) they could tap all thoseneat Amiga games and peripherals. And include a path to the Toaster and accelerator (GVP) cards too! Only my humble opinions. -- Travis Bissett NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: tbissett@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!tbissett 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---