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From: drtiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Donald Richard Tillery Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Imagine and Lightwave...
Message-ID: <1991Apr20.192108.31498@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 91 19:21:08 GMT
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In a message from Brian Ridout:

>Why do people insist on compairing a $1600 hardware/software package with a
>$300 dollar Strictly software package?:-)  I think if I could afford the Toster

According to some rather knowledgable sources, LightWave DOES NOT use any of
the features of the Toaster in doing its rendering.  It only uses it, literally,
as a $1500 dongle.  It IS a piece of software, and would be perfectly useful
without the Toaster (as I wish it were sold). 

I can't afford the Toaster, but I do want LightWave.  I will have a 24 bit
board in the near future (but not a $1500 one) and I want LightWave to create
pics for it.  Imagine is nice, but LW has many qualities which make it
better in ways than Imagine.  I think both would complement each other (as
Mark Thompson can attest) and I would like to have them both.

Let's all write NewTek a letter asking them to release it separately.

Their address is:

Mark Randall - Director of Marketing  or  Tim Jenison - President

NewTek Inc.
215 SE 8th St.
Topeka, KS 66603


I for one am penning it now.  Please help me if you too want LightWave without
the Toaster.


DON'T GET ME WRONG:  The Toaster is an AWESOME product at an even better price.
It's just that even if I could afford the $1500 toaster, I can't afford to fill
all those empty plugs on the back (something I would not be able to keep myself
from doing - I just HATE empty plugs - just check out my stereo) with a $1000
camcorder, a couple of $600 stereo/flying erase head VCRs, a $2000 time base
corrector, and at least 2 $300 monitors (I have a 1950 which wouldn't work with
the Toaster).  I can however afford a reasonable price for LightWave and a
less expensive (and less plug equipped) 24 bit board.  If you feel the same,
please write to the above address.

Rick Tillery (drtiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu)