| From: | Alan Swithenbank |
| Date: | 5 May 2000 at 07:45:05 |
| Subject: | Re: Toaster/Flyer |
> Hello Alan
>
> On 04-May-00, you wrote:
>
> > Used to subscribe to Toaster and Lightwave lists myself, but when NewTek
> > first released Lightwave for Windows they seemed to turn into little more
> > than Amiga bashing forums, and I gave up on them...where are the good T/F
> > lists?
>
> There's Flyer User @ egroups.com, & Video Toaster Flyer @ egroups.com. I
> think the VTF is better, as there are more people on it, with some current
> NewTek people subscribed to it. As a MOF, the moderator is a NewTek
> employee and user of the T/F.
>
> The FU list is moderated by a former NewTek employee. The 2 moderators have
> had their share of disagreements with each other in the past.
Thanks for the info. Someone already pointed outg FlyerUser (I've already
joined) I head over for VideoTosterFlyer, too.
>
> The Toaster/Flyer source code is currently in the process of becoming open
> source. There's also a mail list on egroups covering that topic.
> Hopefully, open source will bring many more exciting things to T/F users.
Yep! Already got my eye out for that!
>
> > Yes...and I recall a time when 3.1 wouldn't work with the T/F, too...;^)
>
> It always worked, it just wasn't officially supported.
>
>
Not quite always. Around the same time OS3.1 came out and Lightwave
was in the early 4.x series of patches it definitely had some problems.
Been Toasting since V1.0 and Flying since V0.9...I've seen about
everything that can go wrong...occasionally first...;^)
thanks again!
--Alan
<alans@cuervo.stanford.edu>