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Article #1279Re: Should I buy a NeXT -> Thanks!
From: Eco_-_Development
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:40
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:40
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>In article <1992Nov19.065446.3742@csus.edu>, eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) write s >: >>In article <1992Nov18.152314.27777@das.harvard.edu> >> charuhas@virtual4.harvard.edu (Thomas Charuhas) writes: >>>I hate to do this, since I am a NeXT owner, but I would encourage >>>you to look at the new Amiga 4000 if you are thinking about >>>doing animation and video work. There is a plethora of >>>solid modeling/ray tracing software available, as well as >>>a whole assortment of video production software AND hardware. >>>(If you see the Video Toaster you'll see what I mean). >> >>I thought the Video Toaster "absolutely, positively" would NOT >>work with the Amiga 4000--and that NewTek had *no* plans to >>support the 4000. Feel free to cite authoritative statements >>to the contrary. >> >> -=EPS=- >>-- >>We need the Amiga to "succeed" so we can keep making fun of it. > >Nope, I've used one with a A4000. It will NOT work internally as >it does with the A2000, but there's nothing to prevent you from >using it externally with a third-party product, called Toaster-Cozy. >Followups to comp.sys.amiga.graphics. > > ---------------------------- > Ryan K. Brooks "You're never dead till you're > 2575BrooksR@vms.csd.mu.edu out of quarters." > Marquette University EECE > NemeSys Corporation > "Curtains for Windows" > The Toaster will *not* work in a 4000. But it will work in an 040' Amiga 3000. There is a '3000' version of the Toaster due out soon, according to Tim Jennison(sp?) (President NewTek). There are reputed problems with the Toaster Cozy and the 4000.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Eco_-_Development From: Eco_-_Development@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: Should I buy a NeXT -> Thanks! Message-ID: <69884@cup.portal.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 21:40:43 PST Organization: The Portal System (TM) Distribution: na References: <1992Nov11.232547.23466@reed.edu> <1992Nov18.152314.27777@das.harvard.edu>,<1992Nov19.065446.3742@csus.edu> <00963D85.907611C0@vms.csd.mu.edu> Lines: 38