10MARC EP51 Amiga 2000 Adventures Part II: Featuring the Newtek Video Toaster 2000

[@milk-it]

Great stuff. The Amiga was so far ahead of its time. No wonder the Toaster was a common choice for broadcasters. Keep up the videos! Can't wait to learn more about the Toaster.

[@10MARC]

That is so true that the Amiga was ahead of it's time. It could do things in 1985 that PC's took years to catch up with.

[@milk-it]

@@10MARC Right. I had PCs while owning several Amigas during the 90s, and for graphics and sound I never thought about using the PC. The standard Amiga compared to a standard 386 DX with graphics and sound cards still held them off.

[@10MARC]

@@milk-it this is so true. It was not until the 486 came out that I even thought PC's were worth it - and I did not use Windows 3.1 - I went with OS2/Warp and stayed with that until Windows 95 came out.

[@stefanobriccolani3407]

Cool video Doug!!! Thumbs up!!

[@10MARC]

Thanks! I appreciate that.

[@antjarvis]

Great video Doug. I love my 2000 and my toaster too! What is also great is that the Vampire works really well with it, and fantastic for lightwave.

[@10MARC]

You have a Vampire with your A2000? And it works ok with the Toaster? Sweet! How does it interact with other ZORRO II cards? I always get conflicting info

[@antjarvis]

I believe there is a compatibility chart on the Apollo website. My understanding is that additional RAM does not configure. I’m not sure about my gvp scsi card, I have not tried that yet. But the flyer is good to go! Here’s my toaster output haha. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rom6Zpx8o8eVhMU

[@10MARC]

I know I used to have a flyer, but I have not seen it in about 10 or 12 years. I have no idea where it went. I can find the hard drives for it, and the Toaster 4000, but I just can't find the Flyer!

[@10MARC]

@@antjarvis was that 45 minutes of Toaster Snow? Riveting content, Anthony! 😂😂😉

[@antjarvis]

😂😂😂 I was testing my streaming limit with my IP and thought I’d make it festive! It was also a test to make sure the fields were being decoded in the right order. You get a prize if you watch the whole thing! 😂

[@garyhart6421]

When my A1200 was in a Tower it had a Mediator PCI 1200 + Voodoo +TV + Sound + Network Cards. When I last moved house --- it stopped working, So everything came out of the tower and never went back.

[@RetroRecollections]

Great look at the 2000 and the Toaster and a nice touch with the Patron names at the end. Happy to be helping out Doug, looking forward to more great content! 👍

[@10MARC]

Thanks so much! Lots and lots of Toaster stuff coming up soon. The RetroTink I have connected to it now seems to improve the video quality fairly well. It upscales it to 480P at least.

[@RETROCENGO]

How are you dear friend? Nice to see an Amiga 2000 video, love the system, easy to see on your video, why the Amiga video toaster/video production was so popular back then👍🏻 Thanks for this lovely episode, wish you a great new year😁 -Retrocengo

[@10MARC]

Thanks! Happy New Year to you, too! I have much more Video Toaster videos coming soon, too.

[@RETROCENGO]

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast looking forward to it👍🏻

[@amigadude6409]

Its been a long time since ive seen the inside of an A2000......great video.....keep up the great work😀

[@10MARC]

B.B.C. - Big Beautiful Computer...

[@Error42_]

That A2000 is so jam packed! I bet that would have cost a small house when it was all new. Nice to see it so populated though rather than the usual stock SCSI card + RAM expansion.

[@10MARC]

I still have a Bridgeboard and an audio card that may find their way inside of the old girl!

[@AaronHuslage]

I ran video toasters from v1-v4 and I still have really strong memories.

[@10MARC]

Excellent pieces of hardware for sure. I know some people that ran their toasters professionally until the mid 2000's...

[@AaronHuslage]

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Tricaster is its descendent and still made by NewTek.

[@daishi5571]

Looking forward to the VT videos.

[@10MARC]

Maybe late January, but probably February. There is so much to those Toasters!

[@elmosexwhistle]

My WinUAE experiments, and this video, have made me really excited to use my A3000 Picasso II system, just need to go pick it up :)

[@10MARC]

You are going to have a blast with it, Paulee. Once you go down the RTG Rabbit Hole, entire new prospects open up. The A3000 will be a great system for that!

[@Channel-Zx]

Great video Doug!, when I bought my 2nd A4K from the US shipped back to AU, it came with the A4000 version Video Toaster board and another card I think it's an animation one. when I get time will take a closer look at them I have them stored away. I got caught up with bringing a dead a4k back to life.. Posted a few of videos and lots of pics on your FB group. Looking forward to more videos on the Video Toaster!!!!

[@10MARC]

Oh yes, the A4000 version of the toaster is MUCH nicer! I own one of those, too, but have never hooked it up. I figured I would learn on the Toaster 2000 and then set up the Toaster 4000 later this year and then do a comparison video.

[@RetroPanic]

Perfect! Thx! 🙏 waiting for the Toaster Tutorials!

[@10MARC]

Awesome! I am planning on starting those this month.

[@RetroPanic]

First Q! Why do I need a TBC card?

[@10MARC]

@@RetroPanic only one camera or device will sync to input one. If you hook up a second camera will not sync with the first and will rolland be distorted unless you are incredibly lucky. A TBC takes the first signal, and allows other signals to sync with it. If all you have is one input and one output device you are fine, two input devices require a TBC

[@RetroPanic]

Which TBC to buy, brand?

[@10MARC]

If you want an internal, you need to find one with an 8 bit ISA slot for power. The DKB brand were great back in the day, but any should work. There are also some external units that I had seen on eBay not long ago. As long as they are Time Base Correcters with multiple input and outputs you should be OK. They are not used too much today since everything went digital.

[@UncleAwesomeRetro]

Great video, very interesting to learn about this equipment and see it in action :)

[@10MARC]

Thanks so much! It is fun to try and integrate my modern video equipment with this machine

[@CityXen]

Another great Amiga demonstration video. What is the menu bar you are using at the bottom of the workbench screen called? Also one of the most notable TV shows that used Amiga and Video Toaster was Babylon 5.

[@10MARC]

That dock now comes with Best Workbench 1.3 that Gulliver packages for Amiga OS 3.1.4 - you can find it here, it called WBDock lilliput.amiga-projects.net/BestWB.htm

[@bamdadkhan]

not exactly the best place to ask, but is there any way to get dpaint 5 to work properly with rtg modes? i've only got freezes with a cursor or without one no matter what mode i select. interestingly, the player program works just fine..

[@10MARC]

I have never had it run in actual RTG modes - it just does not work. It should still work when you run it in RGB modes, right? It just relies 100% on the Amiga Chipset. Personal paint runs great in 256 color RGB modes. You may want to try that out. Version 7.1 is free, and 7.3 is pretty inexpensive.

[@RetroPanic]

First Q! Why do I need a TBC card?

[@MrLukealbanese]

Doug, excellent video, I'm building an A2000 at the moment, like back in the day..;-). Do you think you could do a whole episode devoted to RTG cards? There are lots of options and you have a few available. Kindest regards Luke

[@10MARC]

I have one scheduled, but I can bump it up a little. I can try and get it done within a few weeks.

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@10MARC Doug, that sounds great. It would fit well in the monitor/display series that you started today. Kind regards Luke

[@arkadiusz_kwasny]

Great video, but all will agree that we need to change the name of the channel to 20 minute Amiga :D

[@10MARC]

Notice that Kevin Saunders who did my new graphics slipped 10+ Minute Amiga Retro Cast into the title? 😂😂😉

[@Harp00nX]

@@10MARC I condone his actions ! :D

[@johandenhertog6878]

If i had the space for it. The A2000 is a great AMIGA but i liked my A500 and the A1200 more. This year i upgrade my A1200’s with the Blizzard 1260 and the ACA1260. Maybe 2021 i would to experiments with the A4000 and sell it latter on. The A4000 is the only AMIGA i din’t had long ago. Have 3x Rev 2 motherboards in mint state and 3.1.4 ROMS on it.Today i got a A1200 LED to finished my A1200 CD32 project. And begin with my third A1200 GHOST project.

[@10MARC]

Sounds like you have some really nice systems. What is A1200 GHOST project?

[@johandenhertog6878]

The A1200 GHOST project is the A1200NET A1200 GHOST case which i would like to have the GHOST Keycaps. And upgrade it with a Blizzard 1260/128MB and a FastATA A1200 MK-V ELBOX. Waiting still for the Black A500 case from A1200NET and the Black Keycaps and Black Tankshell. Would be a busy year for me with all the AMIGA stuff that must come out.

[@johandenhertog6878]

You can see my A1200 projects on the Dutch AMiGA Cafe forum (AMIGA JOHAN).

[@10MARC]

Oh now that sounds like an awesome machine! ♥️♥️♥️

[@amndk34]

Doug, when you set the resolutions, what is the difference between Use and Save? Is use just a one time thing, and Save is basically save and use permanently?

[@10MARC]

You are correct. Use just uses it for that session. Reboot and it goes back to the previous setting. Useful if you are not sure a resolution will actually work - you can just reboot of it does not

[@amndk34]

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Thanks for the quick reply! Just to give you a big thumbs up, I would just mention that I recently purchased an A1200, and ordered a Checkmate A1500 Plus case, as well as signing up for a Vampire V1200..... And realized how rusty my Amiga knowledge has become after 25 years plus since last owning one.... I googled / checked KZbin, and came across your Amiga beginners guide video. This googling etc. was only a few days ago, and I literally spent much of my Easter holiday time watching most of your content, and just now finished episode 54 with the iBrowse update. Can see more of the new content that spikes my interest as well, so definitely not done yet! Also subscribed of course. :)

[@10MARC]

@@amndk34 oh wow! Binge watching me! I love it! I am always open to video suggestions, to. Reach out any time with ideas

[@amndk34]

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Yes, binge watching! And it does not happen often that I do that. :D But I find your way of showing and telling about Amiga subjects very user friendly so to say, and Well really getting to learn Workbench and commands etc. is what I started out looking for, and there the beginners guide you made was really a good starting point. Though really glad your A4000 got a SCSI2SD now, as the first many episodes I thought you lived at an Airport! One suggestion to consider maybe in future episodes. Sometimes when you show yourself in the big picture, and for example a screen / workbench etc. in the smaller picture / frame on the KZbin video, it can be hard to see the contents of the smaller frame like follow your actions or commands etc. on the Amiga. In those times, I was sitting and wondering if maybe switching those around so you were talking to the viewers in the smalls window / frame, and the actions you perform on the Amiga was shown in the larger picture? :)

[@10MARC]

@@amndk34 I see what you are saying about the picture in picture. It usually looks fine in a computer monitor, but probably is too small on a phone. The past few episodes I have been going full screen on the computer and just doing voice over. I hope that works better. Thanks for the comments!!!

[@DomedagsPoeten]

Great video as always! I just love my A2000, it’s such a stable system in my opinion. It’s the machine I’m never having issues with. But drooling over all those expansions you got might get expensive to me.. I’m one finger away from checking eBay 😂

[@10MARC]

It is worth getting a Retargetable Graphics Card if you can find one. It introduces zero compatibility issues, as you can always switch back to Amiga Graphics if something does not work. Seeing your Amiga Workbench running full speed at 1024 x 768 in tens of thousands of colors is pretty nice! Even though the Toaster won't work in Sweden (NTSC only) you can still find some fantastic Genlocks that give you a TON of video options. Fun stuff!

[@DomedagsPoeten]

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I did get a newer RTG card, but passed it on again. It ate too much of my RAM space (4mb). I think I need to find a fatter accelerator that will give me access to more ram than 8 to make it useful enough

[@10MARC]

Oh that makes sense. I have seen some cards do that. Mine only seems to grab 1 MB of FAST RAM, and I think I could turn that off with a jumper on the Picasso card (and sacrifice some speed) Getting an accelerator that lets you break the 8 MB barrier really helps. I wish they still made some. It is possible to use several A500 accelerators in the 68000 socket with an adapter, but that can affect the Zorro card usage

[@DomedagsPoeten]

10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast it would be cool to get my hands on a really fat accelerator like an 060, but even if I find one I’m afraid I couldn’t afford it anyway

[@a500]

Awesome Video. I'm still in awe as to what these baby's could do back then. I probably should not be watching this much nakedness whilst at work, it's very distracting ;-). I loved my A1500 back in the day although I never had the budget to expanded it beyond an 030 and 4mb RAM. I do currently have a 2000 although it stopped working and I don't seem to have the skill to diagnose it. My theory is that the fat lady stopped singing.As time allows I'll attempt to gently troubleshoot in the hope that I'll get there.

[@10MARC]

Yes it is impressive what they can still do. You would be lucky to have a PC made in 1987 still run a spreadsheet, and here I am editing live video on my Amiga. The 2000 board almost always dies from VARTA leakage. I have two other boards that either don't work, or hardly work, because of the leakage. They are repairable usually, but often need sockets replaced or damages traces repaired to get working again

[@HoldandModify]

And as I like to always mention. Lightwave3D is still alive and well. Obviously not the most popular, but it lives! www.lightwave3d.com

[@10MARC]

Oh sure! Newtek is still doing wonderful things. I use their "NDI" technology when I livestream.

[@ChrisEdwardsRestoration]

shame on you with that clean desk 8-).... mine looks like a bomb went off all the time.

[@10MARC]

Clean desk? Oh my... If you only knew... I just try to keep everything in view of the camera uncluttered for filming! 😂😂