Mike Raiford wrote:

> What amazes me about the Amiga is how frequently it was used for digital 
> effects in a number of TV shows. I just skimmed the Wikipedia article. I 
> guess at some point they were running Lightwave, which is a very 
> expensive professional rendering package, on it.

Check your history. Lightwave *originated* on the Amiga platform! :-D

(It was originally a value-add product for NewTek's "Video Toaster" 
video editing hardware, but eventually became a stand-along product due 
to extreme popularity.)

It always was freakishly expensive, but regarded as "cutting edge" in 
every concievable way. Every time it was reviewed, it got awards. Amiga 
Format rated it Gold more times than I can count. It was showered with 
accolades. Seeminly every new version added serious new features that 
wowed the critics and boggled minds.

All the Amiga magazines repeatedly claimed that the Amiga was being used 
in Babylon 5, Seaquest DSV and Startrek Voyager. There are episodes of 
Red Dwarf where you can see an Amiga 500 on the wall. And so on.

LOL, I like Wikipedia's comment about the Video Toaster: "It was the 

video revolution."

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