From sue@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com Tue Apr 20 07:24:40 1993 Received: from cbmmail.commodore.com by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.2) id AA07037; Tue, 20 Apr 93 07:24:37 PDT Received: from cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com by cbmmail.commodore.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA19040; Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:22:37 EDT Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore - Server Version 01/25/93) id AA05697; Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:26:50 EDT Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 10:26:50 EDT From: sue@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Sue West - CATS) Message-Id: <9304201426.AA05697@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com> To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu Subject: Commodore and NewTek Join Forces Status: RO For Immediate Release COMMODORE AND NEWTEK JOIN TO MARKET AMIGA 4000 AND NEW VIDEO TOASTER 4000 (West Chester, PA --- April 18, 1993) Commodore Business Machines, Inc. is pleased to announce it is participating in a joint marketing effort with NewTek, Inc. built on bringing powerful, cost effective technology to the video marketplace. The vast acceptance of Commodore's Amiga (R) computer and NewTek's Video Toaster TM as quality video products is unprecedented. The newly formed alliance coupled with NewTek's announcement of the Video Toaster 4000 will encourage further widespread acceptance of the Amiga and Toaster within the rapidly growing personal video production industry. "Commodore and NewTek share a mutual commitment to offering video producers state-of-the-art video products. Given our shared interests in providing advanced technology and product support at a reasonable cost, our marketing partnership was inevitable," commented James Dionne, Commodore President and General Manager. "Commodore is pleased to join NewTek as they announce the Video Toaster 4000 and we look forward to working with them to put the power of personal video production in the hands of video users across the U.S." Since its introduction in 1985 the Amiga has been recognized as the most video oriented microcomputer. Every Amiga is equipped with an array of video features such as NTSC horizontal scan rate compatibility, interlaced and non-interlaced video modes, RGB analog signal and overscan capabilities. A dedicated video slot provides easy access to the Amiga's video bus for integrating performance enhancing devices like NewTek's Video Toaster. In September of 1992 Commodore introduced the Amiga 4000 featuring the Advanced Graphics Architecture TM (AGA) chip set. AGA greatly enhances the computer's videographics capabilities by enabling users to display and animate graphics in selectable resolutions at up to 256,000 colors from a palette of 16.8 million. "With new Video Toaster 4000 features such as real-time playback of LightWave 3D animations, we're taking full advantage of the AGA chip set," said NewTek President Tim Jenison. "Some of the Toaster 4000's new video effects have never been possible on any system at any price before. Technological breakthroughs at Commodore and NewTek have made them possible on a complete system that costs less than $5000." The Video Toaster 4000 hardware includes a real-time effects engine and two 16.8 million color broadcast-quality frame buffers. Also included is an advanced character generator, four input switcher, a broadcast-quality paint program, color effects, a 3D modeling and animation program, and a luminance keyer. "The idea behind the Toaster is to give ordinary people all of the tools they need to produce television at an affordable price," said NewTek Vice President Paul Montgomery. "Toaster 4000, with its hundreds of new features, is the next stage in the personal video production revolution." Commodore Business Machines, Inc., based in West Chester, PA, is the U.S. subsidiary of Commodore International Limited. The company manufactures and markets a complete line of Amiga computers and peripherals for the business, consumer, education and government markets. The company's worldwide installed user base of Amiga computers is presently almost four million. Amiga and Advanced Graphics Architecture are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Video Toaster is a trademark of NewTek, Inc. Commodore Business Machines 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester, PA 19380 (215) 431-9100