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From: jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Mac/Toaster
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.183340.19113@truevision.com>
Date: 27 Jun 91 18:33:40 GMT
References: <1991Jun20.212331.11327@ncsu.edu> <13265@uwm.edu> <1991Jun21.023139.19849@ncsu.edu>
Organization: Truevision Inc., Indianapolis, IN
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In article <1991Jun21.023139.19849@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
>gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
>>kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
>>> jerry@truevision.com (Jerry Thompson) writes:
>>>>Last time I read MacWorld was for info on that new Mac peripheral which does
>>>>all those whiz-bang video effects.  You know, the one Todd Rundgren used to
>>>>create the "Change Myself" video on his Mac.  ;^)


The reason I said this is because the Mac article I read really downplayed the
Amiga connection (of course).  They laid out a diagram of how to insert a
ToasterBox into your video production system.  Then use a Mac to send commands
to the ToasterBox from Hypercard or somesuch.  What they didn't mention, (of 
course), is that since the TosterBox IS ALSO AN AMIGA, you could use lots of 
Arexx software to control the Toaster and carve several thousand dollars of 
dead weight off your setup.

Also, the System 7.0 CD came with the "Change Myself" video on it in 
compressed format for QuickTime.  Since the credits make no mention of the 
Amiga (of course), anyone seeing it will assume it was done on a Mac.  
Likewise, anything coming out of Mac Toasters and the "Nutopia" studio will
also be viewed as "Mac generated."  I felt that this was how this type of
graphics would be interpreted as something people could do by adding a 
peripheral to their MAC.  The Macintosh being viewed as the core, enabling,
technology.  It's all marketing and that is what Apple does best.  

Oh, come on now, it's not all that bad!  If you want to help the Amiga 
market, go put an Arexx port in your program.


-Jerry
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