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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: wa9yoz on February 08, 2008, 07:10:54 PM

Title: Wtd: Your unused Catweasel MK2 for my unused Amiga stuff
Post by: wa9yoz on February 08, 2008, 07:10:54 PM

I'm looking for a catweasel mk2 in exchange for my Amiga stuff that I'm not using. CONUS only...sorry...
Have Grafitti or OpalVision card, just to name a few.
Thanks A-Org!...Tony

Title: Re: Wtd: Your unused Catweasel MK2 for my unused Amiga stuff
Post by: amigadave on February 08, 2008, 07:31:22 PM

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wa9yoz wrote:
I'm looking for a catweasel mk2 in exchange for my Amiga stuff that I'm not using. CONUS only...sorry...
Have Grafitti or OpalVision card, just to name a few.
Thanks A-Org!...Tony

If you have or can find the (probably mythical and non-existent) "Roaster" chip for your OpalVision card I will gladly trade my Catweasel Mk2 for it. :-D

Title: Re: Wtd: Your unused Catweasel MK2 for my unused Amiga stuff
Post by: wa9yoz on February 08, 2008, 09:07:00 PM

Doh!.."Roaster chip"?...does Intel or IBM make them?
Tony

Title: Re: Wtd: Your unused Catweasel MK2 for my unused Amiga stuff
Post by: amigadave on February 08, 2008, 09:17:42 PM

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wa9yoz wrote:
Doh!.."Roaster chip"?...does Intel or IBM make them?
Tony

Look carefully at the large (probably) empty socket on your OpalVision card and you will see the word "Roaster".  It was going to be OpalVision's answer to the transition effects that were available on the NewTek Video Toaster at the time.  There was an Amiga dealer/user in Rialto, California at one time that claimed he had sued the OpalVision manufacturer for not releasing the promised "Roaster" effects chip for the OpalVision and had received one or more of the prototype chips as part of the settlement.  I never saw one, so I can't confirm this rumor, but it would be a great find for any Amiga collector if a "Roaster" chip were to be found and working.