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- From: dburnett@emunix.emich.edu (Don Burnett)
- Subject: Re: Video Toaster for MS-DOS machine?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.155728.13557@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: Eastern Michigan University
- References: <bobl.b0pe@bobsbox.rent.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:57:28 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- In article <bobl.b0pe@bobsbox.rent.com> bobl@bobsbox.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdmin) writes:
- >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?
- >
- >The Video Toaster is tied to the Amiga because it's tied to the custom
- >chips as well as the NTSC timing signals.
- >
- >The MAC version of the Toaster is nothing more than an Amiga 2000 with a
- >Toaster installed and a serial cable (and appropriate comm software)
- >tied to the Mac which runs as a front end controller for the Toaster.
- >
- >If the PC version ever sees the light of day, it too will require the
- >Amiga to do all the "real" processing and to house the Toaster board and
- >the PC will just be used as the front-end.
- >
- >--
- Newtek shown about a year ago beta version of remote control software
- for Windows that let's you remotely network and control an Amiga/Toaster
- from the PC under Windows.. I think they were showing this at a show and
- giving out bottles of Windex and the same time..
-
- You can make an Amiga/Toaster IBM compatible by adding a Vortex 486
- bridgeboard to it.. This is a PC coprocessor, that will work on a
- separate screen or Window. You can even swap between the toaster
- switcher and this screen and they will MULTI-PROCESS (work together
- concurrently..
-
- Commodore themselves offer a 386sx bridgeboard which will run this
- way also...
-
-
- =DonB=
-
- So, IBM compatibility can be an ADD on for the stand-alone toaster
- itself as well..
-
-
- > Bob Lindabury
- >
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