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I finally have a Toaster!
« on: May 09, 2008, 01:56:51 AM »
I procured an A2000 with Toaster thru Craigslist. And it all seems to work! "Seems" because I don't have a video cable. :(

Does anyone have a video cable I could buy?
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 02:15:52 AM »
Sorry, I meant the computer video. As in the 23-pin to 9-pin cable needed to go from the back of the computer to the back of the monitor. I have plenty of BNC cable.
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 02:06:52 PM »
Here's my new baby!

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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2008, 09:46:28 PM »
A little help, please.

When I double click on the Toaster icon, I get the following error:

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Could not obtain the Switcher font.


I found an entry on the Newtek site saying to:

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copy the Fonts directory from disk 1 of a VT software install set (2.0 or 3.0) to SYS:fonts.


But when I insert disk 1, the only icon is the VT install. There is no Fonts directory.

I can't recall too much of my Amiga OS knowledge. Wasn't there a way to only show certain icons in a folder? So maybe the Fonts folder is there, just hidden? How do I find it?
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2008, 05:33:01 PM »
Okay, I figured out how to Show All, I found the Fonts folder on the Toaster Disk 1 and copied everything over to the SYS fonts folder. To no avail. I get the same "Could not obtain the Switcher font." error.

Any ideas?
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2008, 12:25:06 AM »
OMFG! It's working!



Tonight, I popped the Kickstart disk out of the floppy drive and it worked like a charm!

I'm in 1991 heaven!

Oh, and thanks for all your help everyone!

Now once I get a BNC-RCA cable from work, I'll begin making b/w transitions to use as mattes in After Effects and Premiere to re-do some old college productions and keep that nostaligic Toaster feel.
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2009, 02:56:17 PM »
Well, it's time to sell the old girl. It's up on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270363011360
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2009, 04:49:36 PM »
It has to do more with economics than anything. My mom's job was "downsized" around Thanksgiving and she's moved in with me. Yes, I am a 40-year old man who lives with his mother.  :-(
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Re: I finally have a Toaster!
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2009, 05:45:01 PM »
Yeah - I have to sell my girlfriend in order to help pay for my mom.

Man, that is just all sorts of wrong!
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