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Let's kill any rumours now, shall we? NewTek execs have stated many times over that there will not be a Video Toaster card for the PC or Mac. What makes the Toaster perform its magic is not only on the card itself, but is reliant on the special hardware features of the Amiga itself. The only way you might get a Toaster card for an Amiga or Mac, would be to essentially have the guts of the Amiga on the same Toaster card. And that is currently not feasible. NewTek had produced a networking solution for Macs to be able to control the Toaster(Amiga) remotely and transfer data directly, but that's been it, as far as far as NewTek's plans for running a Toaster on other platforms goes. Most PC users want the Toaster for the LightWave 3D software anyhow, which is one thing that NewTek has been able to port over. for UK readers, NewTek HAS hinted that the next hardware upgrade of the Toaster card could be PAL capable. The european market is where the largest Amiga market is anyhow. So expect Toaster NTSC and PAL cards for the future, and no Toaster PC or MAC. -= Vance =- Image Master Internet: viking@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca