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- From: flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui)
- Subject: The Solution to the Problem of A3000 C= CD-ROM Support
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.070649.16357@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <kkrebs.01ne@amilink.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 07:06:49 GMT
- Lines: 75
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- From comp.sys.amiga.announce:
- > From: sue@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Sue West - CATS)
- > Subject: Commodore Announces CD Solution Promotion
- > Date: 10 Sep 92 15:55:38 GMT
- > Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Shouldn't this be comp.sys.amiga.multimedia?
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- > Organization: CATS
- > Lines: 63
- >
- > PRESS RELEASE
- >
- > Release: Immediate
- > Contact: Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
- > 1200 Wilson Drive
- > West Chester, PA 19380
- > Mona Astra Liss or
- > Amanda K. Griffies
- > (215) 431-9354
- >
- > COMMODORE BUSINESS MACHINES, INC. ANNOUNCES
- > AMIGA CD SOLUTION PROMOTION
- >
- > (West Chester, PA --- September 2, 1992) Commodore Business Machines
- > Inc. today announced that through October 31, 1992, purchasers of the
- > Amiga (R) 3000-25/50 or the Amiga 3000-25/100 will receive a free CDTV
- > (R) Multimedia Player and Interface Kit. The "Amiga CD Solution"
- > promotion offers an attractive option for Amiga users who want expanded
- > audio and MIDI capabilities, access to CD-ROM discs from other
- > platforms, and who want to run CDTV applications.
-
- Why are buyers of the A3000T, the A3000T/040, and the new A4000 excluded from
- this offer?
-
- > Adding the CDTV Player and Interface Kit to an Amiga enables
- > owners' access to hundreds of CD-ROM discs based on the ISO-9660
- > format. According to David Archambault, Commodore Director of Business
- > Marketing, "Utilizing the CDTV Player as an intelligent peripheral opens
- > the door for users to hundreds of text, music and picture collections
- > available on CDTV-readable ISO-9660 disks. Text data and picture file
- > formats can be converted from MS-DOS (R) and Macintosh (R) formats
- > using existing Amiga-based software. The promotion is ideal for any
- > Amiga user, particularly home and educational video enthusiasts seeking
- > expanded, low-cost features."
- >
- > The "Amiga CD Solution" also offers users expanded audio and MIDI
- > capabilities through the CDTV Player. The unit can play standard audio
- > CDs, CD+Graphics, CD+MIDI discs, and access the large library of CDTV
- > specific titles. Both the Amiga and the CDTV player maintain the ability
- > to run thousands of Amiga disk-based applications as well.
- >
- > The Interface Kit includes: a specially configured parallel port cable,
- > for connection between an Amiga and CDTV player; the ParNET file
- > system, allowing two-way communication between the systems; and the
- > Fred Fish CD-ROM collection, containing of over 600 freely
- > redistributable programs.
- >
- > The Manufacturer's Suggested List Price for the Amiga 3000-25/50
- > and the Amiga 3000-25/100 are $2729 and $3379, respectively. Current
- > Amiga owners can purchase the CDTV Player and Interface Kit for
- > $599.00. This promotion is offered through Commodore authorized reseller
- > locations.
- []
-
- Is the CDTV Player mentioned above the same as the CDTV unit that can be bought
- separately?
-
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- / /\ /_/\__ Francis Lui
- /_/ /\\ \ \/\ e-mail: flui@sfu.ca
- \ \ / \ \ /
- \ \ \ \_\/ You know you're a techno-dweeb when
- \_\/ floppy drive applies more to your love life,
- and hard drive to your machines.
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