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From: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC)
Message-ID: <1991Jun23.161135.12680@news.iastate.edu>
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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1991 16:11:35 GMT
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In article <1991Jun23.012633.2618@ncsu.edu>, kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
>>> 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".
>
>I just got my BYTE, and while it talks about the standalone version
>version based on the A2000, it ends with this sentence:
>
>  "A company spokesperson said that Newtek is talking with Apple
>   about making the Video Toaster available as a Mac accessory."
>
>That could mean sticking an Apple label on the A2000 case, but I doubt it.
>More likely, Newtek would create a true Mac version...  mostly because
>if they don't, someone else surely will.  - kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>

   I don't think that is even possible.  The Video Toaster is so heavily 
tied up with the Amiga's old chipset, that even getting it to work with
the ECS is proving difficult.  Making it work on a MAC would require a
total redesign, from the ground up.  

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