I don't get how some are dead seat against this bounty and also suggest alternate uses for the money... if Dick Van Dicke and I assume it's him want's to dedicate $12k to the task so be it. I differ to his expertise on the matter as he's been in the industry ...I dunno all his life? hell the guy worked directly with Disney so if he gets it and understands the value of this platorm it's because he was around when the old skool studio system controlled everything.
That's kind of the point though - it doesn't control everything anymore, and that kind of studio editing is well served by other platforms.
It all depends what is trying to be achieved:
If this is about a few retro enthusiasts having a new toy to do the same stuff with (and that's fine if it is) then this may be the way to go (although it beggars the question - why not just use a VT?).
If it's about moving the AmigaVT forward towards the current state-of-the-art, then it needs to be thought through at the concept level before deciding on detailed project plan.
Yes, I have a record deck, a record collection and a 35mm SLR camera. However, if I were going to develop a photo editiing suite for the Amiga(oid) platforms my primary focus would be on digital image processing.
If I were building a music editing suite I would first ensure that could manipulate digital input - if I wanted to record analogue input I would use a seperate recording (ie digitising) software.
Ultimately it comes down to: what are the desired outcomes from this? What does the donor want to achieve? What application does the donor see this as being focused toward?
In my experience, projects are quite often hobbled at the outset by the authors of the design brief assuming that the end-client's ideas are set in stone.
Most often what is stated by the end-client is THEIR CONCEPT of how to achieve the outcome, and not details of the desired outcome itself.
