Will a Toaster 4000 board fit and work well in an Amiga 3000?

[mbrantley]

Can a Video Toaster 4000 board be used in an Amiga 3000? Are there any issues, concerns or pitfalls? I know the AGA features (64-color wipes and such) wouldn't be available, but I am wondering whether the board otherwise work in an A3000. I've been out of the Amiga game for a long time but getting back into it as a nostalgic lark if for no other good reason. I seem to recall that the original Toaster board was too big to fit the A3000 without some hardware hacking, but I don't know if there are similar concerns with fitting the newer 4000 Toaster board into an A3000. Assuming it fits OK, is the A3000 power supply good enough to power everything? And are there any issues with running the 4000 Toaster in an A3000 with Kickstart 3.1 and AmigaOS 3.9?

Thanks, any and all, for any pointers and information.

[mbrantley]

Thanks, friends, very much for the information. The tip about avoiding a short with the case is a good one, as I likely would have overlooked it. I'll know soon what system I'll plug the Toaster 4000 card into, but I'm glad to know the A3000 will work in case I go that route. I'm on the hunt for a "new" (to me, anyway) Amiga.

[mbrantley]

Thank you all again for the information. Perhaps someone else found the knowledge useful. As itn turns out, I won't be putting the card into an A3000 after all, since I just purchased a clean-looking A4000 from an eBay seller.

I was conflicted on which way to go, since I happen to think the Amiga 3000 and the original Amiga 1000 were the sexiest, best-looking Amigas ever, and I admire the Amber flickerfixer functionality and the on-board SCSI of the 3000. But in the end I decided the best way to fully replace my A1200, which I will either store or maybe even sell, is to have an AGA A4000.

I've got no idea what I will actually do with the Toaster (also bought from an eBayer), as I do my home movies on a PowerMac G5 with Final Cut and iMovie, and I use LightWave on the machine as well. I just want to play with it.

[mbrantley]

Thanks, Tony, that's good information. I'll have to keep an eye out for a TBC card for the Miggy, I suppose. Is it correct that the Toaster can switch live video camera sources (not from tape) without a TBC? Like in a studio setting rather than editing tape sources? It has been so long since I read up on this technology. I could be completely offbase.

Anyway, I have no business at all with a Toaster card, so it likely will be a "collectible" for me rather than an actual tool. My video editing these days, as mentioned, is all done in an NLE fashion on my Mac. I now have an HDV camcorder for acquisition, so the stuff is starting out in a compressed (but high quality) digital format.

[mbrantley]

Okeydoke. This thread has been a good education for me, and hopefully others will benefit. Now I've decided not to purchase the Toaster card at all, although I am happy to say I have purchased an Amiga 4000. After thinking about it, it doesn't make sense for me to devote my sole video slot to a Toaster card that I won't get much use out of since all my video editing is NLE on a different platform now. Better to leave that card on the market for someone who will actually use it. The seller has the Toaster 4000 and software listed on eBay now.

My 4000 really deserves a RTG graphics card for its video slot, don't you think? After doing some reading here and elsewhere, it seems the Picasso IV would be my best acquisition, though one of those no doubt will be costly and perhaps difficult to locate.