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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Video Toaster for the MAC
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Date: 23 Apr 91 04:55:46 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.031929.16324@cs.dal.ca> graham@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael Graham) writes:
>In article <5967@pbhyb.PacBell.COM> rkmossm@PacBell.COM (Richard Mossman) writes:
>>
>>What I would really like to see is someone come out with a direct connect 
>>Mac device that does Toaster-level stuff with a built in NTSC conversion
>>for $2,000.  That would make my beloved Mac into a consumer level video 
>>machine for a reasonable price.  Reasonable, albeit not Cheap.
>
> Luckily I'm a Mac owner. An Amiga owner would laugh his head off at this
>idea. Do you have any idea of what the toaster can do? If not try and catch
>Tod Rundgren's latest video. It *easily* rivals what I have seen from Pixar
>and SGI. It could easily do the Lifesaver ad.
> I don't have all the specs on this product, but similar Mac boards look like
>a JOKE when compared with the toaster.
> Remember - I'm a Mac owner, not an Amiga fanatic.
>
	The biggest step forward will be when NewTek releases the
interface specs for their board and software so that 3rd party
companies (er, make that 4th party companies 8-) can start
developing improvements. I can think of a lot of fun things to do
with dual 24 bit frame buffers!

>mike
>-- 
>Michael Graham          |"Say you were going to sing in a club tomorrow -
>graham@ug.cs.dal.ca     | what kind of stuff would you sing?" 
>mgraham@ac.dal.ca       |"Something nice...something very, very nice...a song - 
>graham@iris1.ucis.dal.ca| a tune, a ballad perhaps" - Diane Keaton on Letterman


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.