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The absolute first thing you should do is call 800-765-3406 and ask for a demo tape and literature on the Newtek Video Toaster. The tape and info is free of charge and it will leave no doubt in anyones mind that an Amiga-Toaster setup will not only enhance your current capabilities but save you thousands, even tens of thousands, of dollars in doing so. Look up the November (I think) MacUser magazine, and you'll find that the auhtor reviewing the last MacWorld show said something like "The biggest hit of the Mac Show wasn't even a Macanitosh, it was an Amiga." If you'd like, contact Spot Productions (a video & radio ad production company in San Jose) and ask for Frank Vanella (tell him I sent you) and ask how he uses the Amiga in conjunction with his Macs and IBM's. Their # is 408-224-1500. You can also contact Frank online here on CIS at user id# 76527,723. Since you're here on cis anyway, why not do a search online for periodical articles giving the facts & figures of the Amiga. USe the search terms AMIGA & VIDEO nad AMIGA & TOASTER. Since your on campus, maybe you can find someone with a copy of Todd Rundgren video "Change Myself", produced by TR himself ENTIRELY on AMiga-Toasters (ten of them actually)(the video is included on the Newtek Toaster demo tape). The Toaster features: Broadcast Quality Four Input Video Switcher Real-Time Digital Video Effects 35 ns Charachter Generator 16.8 million color paint system Interactive Color Processor Two 16.8 million color Frame Buffers 16.8 million color Frame Grabber Overlay Genlock Luminance Keyer 3D Modeling, Rendering and Animation. All of this at under $2,000. Put this video appliance in an Amiga 2500HD/68030 w/a bunch of ram, add a time base corrector (which you folks probably already have) and hook it up to your existing equipment and you've got one hell of a lot of video power for very little money. It not only does it's magic better than anything else under $100,000, it does some [ MORE ]