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From: ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Burn MACWorld... BURN!
Message-ID: <343@ncmicro.lonestar.org>
Date: 26 Apr 91 06:39:34 GMT
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In article <1991Apr25.205341.12099@leland.Stanford.EDU> bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper) writes:
}In article <1991Apr25.144621.9324@javelin.sim.es.com> blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com writes:
}>
}>I can see it now, a whole new cottage industry supporting the "stand-
}>alone" Toaster, with a staggering array of products ranging from hardware
}
}Of course, as the stand-alone Toaster is merely an A2000+Toaster, 
}developments aimed at the stand-alone will benefit the entire Amiga
}line, right?

I don't see any reason why the stand-alone Toaster should require an
entire A2000 to run.  Consider, the "host" computer could run all the
imaging software, downloading the results to the SA-Toaster.  With a
sufficiently fast interface (like SCSI), you could probably even manage
to pump the data from the host to the Toaster fast enough for animation,
especially if you could make the SCSI interface on the toaster smart
enough to take over as master on command and pump data directly from
predefined sectors on the hard drive.  Why would you need more on the
SA-Toaster than a basic A2000 motherboard with a lot of RAM and the
ability to load it's software via the SCSI port?

Now, I'm not saying I like the idea of people pointing at a Mac or a
PC Clone and saying "See, we can do multimedia better than anybody.",
but that's the reality.

On the other hand, this SA-Toaster could just as easily plug into
an Amiga, so they won't really have any significant advantage.

Lance

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