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- From: daniel@dalnet.se (Daniel Nyberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.cd32
- Subject: Re: CD32 and Escom
- Date: 15 Feb 96 01:15:32 GMT
- Organization: Uniplus Internet Access
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- Philip McDunnough (philip@utstat.toronto.edu) wrote:
- >In article <I.Bennett-0602961104100001@case9.sys.uea.ac.uk>,
- >I.Bennett@uea.ac.uk (Iain Bennett) wrote:
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- >[ ]
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- >>
- >>They're probably not going to do anything with it because it is not worth
- >>it. Look at the current games console market and tell me that the CD32
- >>can compete. Hardly think so.
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- >The console world is heading towards a massive downturn. The era of $70 games
- > for these things is simply being eradicated by the web and the personal
- >computer. The big advantage the CD32 has is that is it closely related to a
- >popular computer platform which is not the case for any of the current crop
- >of expensive consoles out there. Escom would be foolish not to build on the
- >CD32.
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- The CD32 is not just another console, as you pointed out. It is a very capable
- and cheap multimedia platform for kiosk-type projects. I really hope AT will
- start manufacturing the CD32 again. Ofcourse, an updated model wouldn't hurt.
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