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From: metahawk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC)
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Date: 23 Jun 91 08:02:10 GMT
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In article <1991Jun23.012633.2618@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
>
>I just got my BYTE, and while it talks about the standalone version
>version based on the A2000, it ends with this sentence:
>
>  "A company spokesperson said that Newtek is talking with Apple
>   about making the Video Toaster available as a Mac accessory."
>
>That could mean sticking an Apple label on the A2000 case, but I doubt it.
>More likely, Newtek would create a true Mac version...  mostly because
>if they don't, someone else surely will.  - kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>

Someone already has.  It's much more expensive (~ $10,000 I think) and, 
over all, less capable (though it does have some nice features).  I forget
the company's name, but, in any case, it just can't compete with the VT.

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