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>First of all, let me thank everyone who replied to my e-mail.
>After I posted my inquiry to the list, I received a 23 page fax from Aspen
>Systems and e-mail from deskstation. Both were enlighting and I really
>appreciated getting all their information but, being manufacturers, it is easy
>to assume they can't be completely impartial. It would be interesting to find
>out from real users what machines they ended up purchasing and how they came
>around to making the decisions they made. So far, Eric Case, Mark Thopson and
>Ed (CEVAnim@aol.com) have offered teir help and I'm sure that any information
>regarding your experiences in shopping for Alpha systems you guys could give
>me would be extremely useful. Also, I would like to here from someone at
>Amblin Imaging, being who they are in the Lightwave community.
>
>One thing I'm still very uncertain about is getting the animations to tape
>from the Alpha platform. It seems that Targa doesn't have NT driver yet, so
>what other options do I have? I work exclusively for broadcast television
>advertising and final video output quality MUST be 100%. Is the PAR card an
>option? What about networking with the Amiga and a Toaster (even though
>toaster video output is not quite 100%, it's what I've been working with and
>has been satisfactory), what would be involved in this process?
>
>Once again, thanks for all the information received.