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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett)
- Subject: Re: How to Solve the Problem of A3000 C= CD-ROM Support
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.041744.207@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <James_Hastings-Trew.0ijg@telepro.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 04:17:44 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <James_Hastings-Trew.0ijg@telepro.UUCP> James_Hastings-Trew@telepro.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew) writes:
- >In a message dated Sat 22 Aug 92 15:36, Barrett@iastate.edu (marc N Barrett
- >wrote:
- >
- > BNB> This kind of support from IBM is the straw that broke the
- > BNB> cammel's back.
- > BNB> I am sick and tired of seeing so much CD-ROM support from IBM,
- > BNB> Apple, and
- > BNB> other companies, and absolutely none whatsoever from Commodore.
- >
- >You can buy a CD ROM drive and appropriate driver software for your Amiga,
- >right now. What is your point, exactly?
-
- Just because I can read generic IBM (ISO-9660) CD-ROM discs, does this give
- me a library of interactive Amiga CD-ROM software? No. Having read access
- to IBM CD-ROM discs is directly analogous to having read/write access to
- IBM 720K discs with something like CrossDOS. It does nothing to give a user
- a library of usable software. I explained in a message in advocacy that
- Amiga users have to expert programmers with degrees in computer science in
- order to use CD-ROM drives on Amigas. This is because none of the most
- popular generic CD-ROM databases have Amiga access software, so the Amiga
- user has to write his or her own access software. There is also no Amiga
- CD-ROM software of the quality and style of software for CD-I, CDTV, and
- IBM.
-
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