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From: jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley)
Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC)
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In article <4185@ux.acs.umn.edu> mmoore@ux.acs.umn.edu (Malcolm Diallo Moore) writes:
>In article <13298@uwm.edu$ gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes:
>$From article <463@netxcom.netx.com>, by logan@netxcom.netx.com (Jim Logan):
>$
>$> I read in Byte this morning that the Toaster will soon be sold to run
>$> with a Mac.
>$
>$It sure will.  :)  It's a standalone toaster.  They take an Amiga
>$2000, add 5 megs of ram, drop in the Toaster, remove all the labels,
>$and replace them with labels that say "Video Toaster".
>$
>$Greg
>$
>$-- 
>$Socrates:  "I drank WHAT????"

>But what I wanna know is:
>
>Is Commodore gettin any radio play out of all this?
>
>OR
>
>Are we getting jacked....again?
>

   I think we're getting jacked again (as you so quaintly put it..)  By not
putting the Commodore name on the box, how will Commodore benefit from this 
deal (besides more 2000's being cranked out..)  I mean when someone sees one
of these boxes they should know that it is an Amiga and by concealing this 
information Commodore stands to lose some much valued business..  People may
actually start to believe that NewTek made a Mac version (that just happens 
to look alot like an Amiga 2000..)  Well, I think it was a bad move but that's
just my opinion.. (Boy do I hate that word..)  

-- 
      James Sibley                                Nous Sommes Du Soleil
      Seeking the truth about lemon curry.          We Are Of The Sun
      jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu                We Can See
      Amiga: What computers were meant to be.             -YES-
