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- From: nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us (Ralph Barbagallo)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: CDTV is DEAD!!!
- Message-ID: <93012328078@genesis.nred.ma.us>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 06:29:24 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.131858.14520@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at> <jperkski.03cs@kentcomm.uucp> <38745@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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- In article <38745@cbmvax.commodore.com> campbell@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Campbell - CATS) writes:
- >In article <jperkski.03cs@kentcomm.uucp> jperkski@kentcomm.uucp
- > (Jim Perkowski) writes:
- >
- >>
- >>I think it's dead also. Why else would they refuse to upgrade Groliers
- >>Electronic Encyclopedia like they were supposed to? I mean you can't
- >>even view the maps, send text to the printer, and it will not work on
- >>anything but KickStart 1.3.
- >>
- >> (Jim Perkowski)
- >>kentcomm!jperkski@legend.akron.oh.us
- >>kentcomm!jperkski@aldhfn.akron.oh.us
- >
- >If you "think it's dead also", then you too are wrong also. It is not dead.
- >Please remember:
- >
- > 1. Mr. Eggebrecht, VP of Engineering has stated many times
- > our commitment to CDTV and CD technology. Our stated
- > goal is to bring CD technology to our entire line.
- >
- > 2. We are more than a US company, and viewpoints you get from
- > strictly the US market can often be misleading.
- >
- > 3. We are currently reviewing a revised Groliers Encyclopedia
- > which has many improvements, including greater speed
- > and the ability to print text. We believe that it is
- > vitally important to improve the quality and the quantity
- > of CD software, but this will take time. While we all wanted
- > it out as soon as possible, quality is important. It is
- > expected that this product will be shipping in March.
- >
- >Although it is not a requirement, it would be great if we could be constructive
- >(i.e. "XYZ" would be a great CD product, etc....), lest we fall prey to the
- >long and many useless postings of comp.sys.amiga.advocacy.
- >
- >Thanks for the bandwidth, and excuse the tone if anyone finds it offensive.
- >Amiga Developers Conference is next week, and in my haste I may not have
- >responded in the optimal manner. We are kind of busy!
- >
- >Thanks,
- >
- >John Campbell
- >Director, Commodore Applications and Technical Support
- >
- Hi John, do you have a list of up and coming CDTV software? I would really
- like to get a CDTV but, sadly, there is only the A500 version. I plan to
- upgrade to at least a 1200 this spring, but will there be a CDTV for the 1200
- and 4000 sometime in '93? As a stand alone system I don't think CDTV can
- survive against such competitors as CD-I (even though it seems to be an even
- race there...I don't think anyone is buying either..), and 3DO..but as an
- Amiga expansion device it has amazing potential.
-
- Do you have any reccomendations of CDTV software? I am a big games addict,
- but I hear most of these early CDTV ports are just the disk versions thrown
- onto CDTV. I wouldn't mind that if they weren't priced so expensive. I'd
- think the CDTV versions of disk based games that haven't been enhanced would
- be a bit cheaper... I'd like to get a good history disc....and possibly that
- Japan world one... which ones are good?
-
-
-
- ------
- Ralph A. Barbagallo III
- nugget@genesis.nred.ma.us
-