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- From: dburnett@emunix.emich.edu (Don Burnett)
- Subject: Re: Video Toaster for MS-DOS machine?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.154824.12628@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Eastern Michigan University
- References: <B7N1wB2w165w@tsoft.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:48:24 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- In article <B7N1wB2w165w@tsoft.net> bbs.mirage@tsoft.net (Jerry Lee) writes:
- >Is there a Video Toaster made for the MS-DOS based machines? I know
- >there's one for the Amiga and the Mac now but what about the IBM and
- >compatibles?
- >
- >
- This is a real marketing delimma.. It's impossible to make a toaster
- without the Amiga graphics chip set. In fact all the MAC toaster is
- is an Amiga that's controlled through an external SCSI cable and
- remote software..
-
- Now if you really want to, you can buy a Video toaster and by the Vortex
- 486sx board (which fits into a Video Toaster, which is really an Amiga)
- and let the machine run 486 based software on a window, or separate
- screen display alongside the Amiga software, and probably in fact the
- Amiga toaster switcher software..
-
- Also, Newtek has announced that a version of the toaster (which is sold
- with the Amiga, just like the MAC version is) that has windows based
- remote control software included with it. Why not mention this is really
- an Amiga.. Well some people can only buy or put on purchase orders that
- they are buying a PC or MAC video peripheral. It increases sales, plus
- Newtek bundles an Amiga with their toaster board..
-
- So, yes, you can even make the Video toaster an IBM compatible by buying
- the Vortex 486 bridgeboard and a decent VGA card. It will even use the
- toaster's framestore as a hard drive.. Isn't that amazing...
-
-
- >Computer and Video Imaging (Animation included) major at
- >Cogswell Polytechnical College.
- >EMAIL: jele@eis.calstate.edu
- >Internet: bbs.mirage@tsoft.sf-bay.org
- >UUCP : ...apple!tsoft!bbs.mirage
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