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- From: James_Hastings-Trew@telepro.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: How to Solve the Problem of A3000 C= CD-ROM Support
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <James_Hastings-Trew.0iku@telepro.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 11:00:50 CST
- Organization: TelePro Technologies
- Lines: 32
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- In a message dated Sun 23 Aug 92 2:07, Barrett@iastate.edu (marc N Barrett
- wrote:
-
- BNB> Just because I can read generic IBM (ISO-9660) CD-ROM discs, does
- BNB> this give
- BNB> me a library of interactive Amiga CD-ROM software? No. Having read
- BNB> access
- BNB> to IBM CD-ROM discs is directly analogous to having read/write
- BNB> access to
- BNB> IBM 720K discs with something like CrossDOS. It does nothing to
- BNB> give a user
- BNB> a library of usable software. I explained in a message in advocacy
- BNB> that
- BNB> Amiga users have to expert programmers with degrees in computer
- BNB> science in
- BNB> order to use CD-ROM drives on Amigas. This is because none of the
- BNB> most
- BNB> popular generic CD-ROM databases have Amiga access software, so the
- BNB> Amiga
- BNB> user has to write his or her own access software. There is also no
- BNB> Amiga
- BNB> CD-ROM software of the quality and style of software for CD-I, CDTV,
- BNB> and
- BNB> IBM.
-
- This does not sound like a problem. It sounds like an opporunity. Stop
- complaining that "somebody else" should do it for you. Program an insanely
- great access system yourself, sell it, and become rich. Isn't that the
- "American Way?" When all you have are lemons, make lemonade!
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