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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!yale!gumby!destroyer!news.iastate.edu!barrett
  3. From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
  4. Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
  5. Message-ID: <BzMzJ3.86n@news.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  8. References: <1h2qfkINNjg9@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <BzLGBw.J22@news.iastate.edu> <1h56fnINNbtc@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
  9. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 01:16:14 GMT
  10. Lines: 18
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  12. In article <1h56fnINNbtc@bigboote.WPI.EDU> jdutka@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (John Dutka) writes:
  13. >In article <BzLGBw.J22@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) whines:
  14. >>>You mean the CDTV (A500)?
  15. >>   The CDTV isn't a computer.  Commodore said so.
  16. >
  17. >Emphasis on the word SAID.  Since they seem to be marketing this nice little
  18. >package called the professional bundle, which includes a keyboard, mouse, and
  19. >disk drive, with WorkBench 1.32, and I'm typing this on a CDTV now, it seems
  20. >to be a computer to me.  Deal.
  21.  
  22.    When I compare CD-ROM desktop computer systems, I am usually talking about
  23. systems with a current OS, detached keyboard, hi-res non-interlaced display,
  24. fast 32-bit CPU, 262,144-color or 16-million-color palette, and CD-ROM drive.
  25. How does your "professional" CDTV measure up in this regard?
  26.  
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  28. | Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
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