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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Pain, Agony, Dispair, Depression (the price of the Gecko)
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Date: 3 Mar 1996 18:48:48 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- : Byron Montgomerie (bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
-
- : : The Gecko is for Toaster users who want to display every possible amiga output
- : : without interlace on a SVGA monitor with the added function of being able to
- : : drive a lcd screen. Basically, they made it too deluxe to be cheap.
-
- : Yes, the "Toaster market" seems to be what Silent Paw has had in mind all
- : along. But with the lessening importance of the Amiga-based Toaster
- : system (the "portable Toaster" not-quite-realware aside, you don't need
- : to haul an Amiga to do Lightwave anymore), I'm really starting to wonder
- : if that's going to work for the PAWS and Gecko.
-
- I have some doubts too, I read something along the lines that they were looking
- for financial backing because someone dropped out of the project. Doesn't
- sound like a company I could count on to stick around to provide product
- support.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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