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Subject: Re: New Video Toaster for Windows!!!!
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>Dave Warner,
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>I wasn't (am not) at NAB. I was just reporting what I read in the Usenet
>Group.
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>As for power requirements, I am speculating that there won't be a battery
>option for the system. (Wattage required for HD's alone would drain
>conventinal batteries in a heart beat I'd bet) An A/C connection only
>would seem more likely. But who knows... In either case it's rather
Jenison said there is an external battery, lead-acid, about the size
of small motorcycle battery, and that newer SCSI-II drives can
turn themselves off when not reading or writing to conserve power.
>amazing to me, and although the rumor of a Windows based Toaster/Flyer
>made me a little disgruntled, the potential for this new machine turns me
>on! Especially since I can put my Flyer Card in it (or trade it in) and
>for 3 grand have the new system with TBC and LW 4.0 for NT!!!
>
My not-so-wild hunch is NewTek is gonna make a bundle off this thing.