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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC)
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 05:37:10 GMT

In article <5202@myamiga.UUCP> smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm) writes:
>In <1991Jun23.161135.12680@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>>
>>   I don't think that is even possible.  The Video Toaster is so heavily 
>>tied up with the Amiga's old chipset, that even getting it to work with
>>the ECS is proving difficult.  Making it work on a MAC would require a
>>total redesign, from the ground up.  
>
>Since I assume you are working with NewTek on this project, in which areas
>are you experiencing difficulty in adapting to the ECS?
>
	I hate to actually AGREE with Marc 8), but he is right
here. One of the modifications that need to be made to the A3000
to get the Toaster to work on it is to replace the ECS Denise
with the old Denise. This implies that it is using the Denise in
some capacity.
	Perhaps "ground up" redesign is stretching it, but they
clearly rely on certain details about the chip set (i.e. breaking
the rules) that they shouldn't.
	-- Ethan

FF buckets of bits on the bus,	FF buckets of bits.
Take one down,			Short it to ground,
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