Chris wrote:
>
> What is a fair price to offer for an Amiga 4000 with a Toaster installed?
>
> I really don't know Amiga's at all except for what I used of them in the
> studio as Toasters, but I have always wanted a Video Toaster setup of my
> own.
>
> I found someone offering two of them for sale/trade, but I have no idea
> what they are worth.
>
> Or, does anyone here have one they want to give me for cost of shipping?
> (I am pretty poor, so I have a feeling I will find they are worth more
> than I can afford)
>
> -chris
> <http://www.mythtech.net>
I've seen some for as little as $400 and as high as a couple grand. Low
end for the stock 4k box: 68040_at_25mHz, 120 Meg IDE drive, 16meg fast/2
Meg chip RAM. The price goes up if there is an aftermarket accellerator
installed, and bigger HD. shoot me a list of goodies there off-list and
I'll give you a better price. Include everything, monitor, etc.
I have available the Flyer cards . . . they turn the Toaster into a
respectable non-linear editor, but that runs into big bucks, for the
card, and the dedicated SCSI-2 drives for audio and video file storage.
Also keep in mind that you need time stable sources for the video
inputs. If you want to use VHS VCR's you'll be disappointed, and you'll
need a couple full fram TBC's as well. As a video professional, I'd
think twice before getting a Toaster for hobby video . . . the new
digital cameras and digital editing is far easier to implement.
Gary Hildebrand
ST. Joseph, MO
Received on Mon May 20 2002 - 17:32:25 BST