Hyperspeed wrote:
If I had the cash I'd get an original Commodore A4000T, Cyberstorm PPC, Picasso-IV with all the expansions, Videotoaster 4000 (what's the flyer for?) and a plasma display of some sort!
:-D
Agreed, a PIV and a CybervisionPPC in the same A4000 would be nice. Mine has a PIV and Prometheus pci w/ Voodoo3 pci card using an adaptor I got off redrumloa.
The Newtek Flyer is a non-linear direct to disk video audio editing board that fits in a ZII Amiga slot. It has three scsi 2 controllers using a custom file and video format (VTASC) to record direct to disk video (2 controllers) and direct to disk audio (1 scsi controller). You can use up to 21 scsi drives on it, iirc, at rates ~6MB/s, so you usually see a scsi tower next to a Toaster/Flyer-equipped A4000D/A4000T. The Flyer connects via ribbon cable to the Video Toaster4000 and allows direct recording and manipulation of video from the Toaster without using tapes or external recording devices. The only so-called 'problem' with the Flyer is that video output is composite, rather than split rgb but that much balleyhooed fault is due more prejudice in the video community due to the poor composite quality of VHS. The Flyer's composite output is actually much better. Anyway, for the money, it still can do an awful lot of stuff and was way ahead of it's time when it came out. Worth fooling around with if you can find a VT4000/Flyer setup.
