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- From: martin@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU (Psigon Matrix....do you DOUBT us??)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.153103.1941@msus1.msus.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:31:03 GMT
- References: <1h56fnINNbtc@bigboote.WPI.EDU> <BzMzJ3.86n@news.iastate.edu> <1h60ehINNpjm@bigboote.WPI.EDU>,<BznCo8.Fs1@news.iastate.edu>
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- In article <BznCo8.Fs1@news.iastate.edu>, barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
- >In article <1h60ehINNpjm@bigboote.WPI.EDU> jdutka@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Dutka) writes:
- >>In article <BzMzJ3.86n@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
- >>> When I compare CD-ROM desktop computer systems, I am usually talking about
- >>>systems with a current OS, detached keyboard, hi-res non-interlaced display,
- >>>fast 32-bit CPU, 262,144-color or 16-million-color palette, and CD-ROM drive.
- >>>How does your "professional" CDTV measure up in this regard?
- >>
- >>Well, so your definition of 'computer' means all that?
- >
- > No, but that is exactly what Commodore's competition would be if they were
- >to try to get into the mid-range CD-ROM multimedia market. All of the systems
- >that Commodore would be competing against would have at least an SVGA and a
- >32-bit CPU in addition to several meg of RAM, a detached keyboard, and the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- there goes the portables....
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- why have "several" megs of RAM when ya don't need it...just cause MacOS and
- OS/2 require gobs of memory you set that as a standard. Bit biased eh?
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- >---
- >| Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
- >--------------------------------------------------
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