Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!jsibley From: jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Multimedia.. Message-ID: <1991May16.170936.11827@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Date: 16 May 91 17:09:36 GMT References: <1991May15.193236.4712@menudo.uh.edu> <1991May16.140513.4946@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Distribution: comp Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu In article <1991May16.140513.4946@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes: >SO they have the toaster for the Amiga 3000 available do they? Last I heard >I had to buy an old technology Amiga 2000 or 2500 to put a Toaster in. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^?? There is nothing "old" in my 2500. The only thing it doesn't have is the 32 bit bus and the new graphics chip (which I could get for it..) It is just as capable as a 3000 as I'm sure many owners of a 2500 will tell you.. >The NeXT box (when it is shipping with JPEG functional which I do not think >is presently the case thanks to C-Cube!) will do something the Amiga will >probably never do. Edit digital video on disk. There are lots of other >things a NeXT will do much more easily than an Amiga, like exist cleanly in >an ethernet university environment. And how much was that again?? Oh yeah, I forgot, there's that money tree farm growing in Montana where they just let anyone help themselves.. I've got to go there someday.. -- James Sibley Nous Sommes Du Soleil Seeking the truth about lemon curry. We Are Of The Sun jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu We Can See Amiga: an extrapolation of the human mind. -YES-