Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!uokmax!drtiller From: drtiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Donald Richard Tillery Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Promises, Promises: ColorBurst=Vapor? Message-ID: <1991Apr24.211523.27142@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 21:15:23 GMT References: <1991Apr24.164515.20482@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1991Apr24.171320.2207@cbnewsd.att.com> <11883@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Distribution: usa Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 44 In a message From: bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble) >In article <1991Apr24.171320.2207@cbnewsd.att.com> rcj2@cbnewsd.att.com (ray.c.jender) writes: >> >> Well, according to the MAST BBS, it's been delayed again. >> They don't give a reason. Now we all know the last status >> was that it was in FCC. Could it have failed FCC? What does >> that mean if it does fail? If it did'nt fail, I would expect >> it to be hitting the streets soon, but now this delay. >> Was it really in FCC? Or is all the delay due to waiting >> for $$$$ from the European PAL version that was released? >> My initial plans were to purchace something later this year. >> Either DCTV, HAM-E, or ColorBurst, but I'm getting itchy >> and don't know if I can hold off, in which case MAST will >> end up a definate loser.... > >WHAT?? A Mast product not shipping when it's supposed to? What > a surprise! > >It's always possible that MAST has changed their ways, but I'll go out on > a limb here and give an opinion: if you see an ad for something cool from > MAST, turn the page and forget about it. They have never shipped > anything but the Fireball SCSI controller, as far as I know (and boy is it > a winner). Anybody remember the Infinity Machine? Its progress sounded > a lot like the Colorburst's. Delay, delay, and still more delay, until > it finally just faded into the past. > >Don't worry about the Colorburst: it will never be released. Ever. Here's the latest on the CB. The PAL version has been shipping for over a month. The NTSC version has been in the hands of the FCC since before Christmas 1990. The FCC farms out its testing to private companies who are not very quick or cooperative. TODAY it goes for Class A testing and FRIDAY it goes for Class B (which is what MAST is "shooting for"). If it fails Class B (or A for that matter), they must make adjustments. They will make it Class B to release it. I'm first on the domestic list, so watch this space (and comp.sys.amiga.reviews) for more info when I get it. As for the Infinity Machine, it has been shelved after being redesigned for the 68040. Once Motorola begins shipping the '040s in decent quantities (and of course MAST would be low on the list if there are back orders), they will begin shipping it. Rick Tillery (drtiller@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu)