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- From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
- Message-ID: <rwm.712299630@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 23:00:30 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Developing for CDTV ? and...to CDTV or not to CDTV ???
- In-Reply-To: c8908461@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Lang)
- References: <c8908461.712237439@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au>
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- c8908461@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Lang) writes:
- >Ok, so CDTV prices are on the drop, and I've found out that they can
- >be used as a CDROM to my 3000...nice !
-
- I'll only be able to give you 'my viewpoint', but you'll hopefully be able
- to add all the various opinions together ;-)
-
- The CDTV is an Amiga - If you wanted to use is 'As a CDROM drive' you would
- need to somehow network those two Amiga's together. Obviously, the
- cheap 'Parnet' option is quite slow, and there aren't any
- network cards, or even a SCSI adaptor for the CDTV available.
-
- I myself bought the CDTV with the plan of writing software for it,
- and using it as a CDROM/etc/etc style machine.
-
- The first stumbling block is that CDTV documentation is only available
- to certified ($$$) developers. I've never been able to get the slightest
- bit of documentation on the CDTV.
-
- Secondly, the built-in software is quite poor. The CD filesystem will crash
- under many different disks - There was a CDROM of ab20.larc.nasa.gov made
- up a while ago, and the CDTV supposedly just locks up with it in the drive.
-
- As a CD player, it's poor. The Remote control and front panel controls
- don't do the same thing, you get locked out while playing certain disks.
- The 'Track' digit readout doesn't show if you start the player with the
- remote, but it does when you hit the front panel. In general, it gives you
- a very poor/cheesy feeling while using it, and I'm embarrased to
- 'demo' it to friends, so I don't bother any more.
-
- Even though CBM has told me that updates to the ROM are not currently
- available, I might wait a bit longer. If things don't improve in the
- documentation/built-in software department, I'll likely be selling mine
- off fairly soon to buy a CDROM drive itself.
-
- >Robert Lang
- >4th Year (last ! Hurrah !) Computer Engineer
- >University of Newcastle
- >Australia
-
- --
- Opinions expressed in this message are my Own. I represent nobody else.
- Russell McOrmond rwm@Atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca Net Support:(613) 230-2282(V.32Bis)
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