Monday 02/09/04
The source code for the venerable NewTek Video Toaster has been released. Well, all of it except for Lightwave (the 3D modeler and renderer), but including the Flyer nonlinear editor as well as CG, ToasterPaint, ChromaFX, and Switcher. A related Slashdot thread has some great Toaster trivia, including the name of the famous comedian whose brother designed the hardware, and an explanation of what became of the official Toaster spokesmodel Kiki Stockhammer.
The bad news is, the source code is apparently all 680x0 assembly language. The good news is, it's apparently the final release, for the more advanced Toaster that inhabited an Amiga 4000 rather than the older A2000 version.
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