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- From: ins739l@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au (William Fang)
- Subject: Re: CDTV/Amiga-CD base?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.082513.6207@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:25:13 GMT
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- Steven Hurdle (Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP) wrote:
- : In my last post here, I suggested we put to a vote the creation of some
- : sort of CDTV base, or maybe a comp.sys.amiga.cd-rom base to be the
- : alter-ego of csa.multimedia (the former for using CDs, the latter for
- : discussion of issues involving creation/generation which is what most of
- : the messages here are about).
-
- Why not right here? It's not exactly flouded with millions of posts...
-
- : In the interim I have bought a CDTV, and am extremely happy with it! It's
- : living up to my expectations wonderfully.
-
- Nice to hear somebody is happy :-)
-
- : Here's my problem now. If the latest issue of AC's Guide to the Amiga is
- : anything to go by, a huge number of discs are available. Many look
- : extremely interesting, such as the educational North Polar Expedition
- : simulator and the strategy war-game Dominion. I'd also like to hear from
- : others who've bought discs that are upgraded versions of normal Amiga
- : titles, to hear how they're improved to decide whether to have my dealer
- : order them. Interest seems to be growing and I think a dedicated base
- : would fly. Either way, could other CDTV/A570 owners tell me what they
- : recommend? Trying to wade through csa.games is extremely impractical, and
- : technically as a CDTV owner it isn't even within the official mandate of
- : that newsgroup (though I'm sure everyone there would accept it anyway).
- : Here's one way that a CDTV-dedicated newsgroup would be extremely useful.
- : Thoughts?
-
-
- How about I post up the reviews from Amiga Format (October 1992) special about
- CDTV? [I hate vi, next line]
- It runs to about ten pages of Software reviews. I don't know exactly about
- the legality of transcribing 10 pages of a magazine, but I think it's well
- under the 10% fair trading, for review purposes, etc of Australian copyright
- laws.
-
- : Steven Hurdle.......... The Swindler.......... author of "Virtual Rumours"
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- Jim Fang
- FAQ poster-man (using brother's account...)
-