Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!udel!brahms.udel.edu!sjm From: sjm@brahms.udel.edu (Steve Morris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Toaster (was Re: ColorBurst NTSC) Message-ID: <21719@brahms.udel.edu> Date: 26 May 91 13:37:16 GMT References: <1991May21.223241.10189@IRO.UMontreal.CA> <1991May25.233513.10949@ncsu.edu> Organization: Next week I will get organized! Lines: 15 In article <1991May25.233513.10949@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: >> It's an Amiga with an SCSI port! And it goes in the MAC SCSI port. >knowledge to back it up. Does anyone know for sure just how Amiga- >dependent the Toaster is? Mostly the interface software, or ? > >wondering - kevin The Toaster uses the amiga custom chips for much of it's data manipulation. That is part of the reason why it sits in the video slot. The toaster hardware as it now exists could not easily be ported to another platform. It would require redesign around other graphics chips. Steven Morris