>> Really? De facto? I mean, I know it was used by a few people, but I 
>> didn't think it had reached the level of "standard". (But obviously, I 
>> don't work in TV.)
> 
> At that time no other machine came close to broadcast quality nor was 
> there hardware genlock support on another machine (at least for an 
> affordable prize), so anybody who did anything with TV used one. Just as 
> the Mac was the standard for DTP and (I think) the Atari for MIDI.

Heh. Well OK. Personally my Amiga was my introduction to MIDI. ;-)

As an aside: It's amazing how music suddenly sounds "professional" when 
played using a sequencer, so that by definition it has perfect timing.

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