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- NOTES FOR CDTV/CD32 USERS
- (Updated 10/21/94)
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- The first two FreshFish CD-ROM's (October 1993 and December 1993) were
- produced using Commodore's mastering software and were bootable on the CDTV
- and CD32. Because of the relatively expensive license fees required to be
- paid to Commodore for each such bootable CD-ROM sold (more than the actual
- cost of pressing the CD-ROM), and the relatively small numbers of users that
- were able to make use of this feature, I decided to switch to different
- mastering software with the March/April 1994 FreshFish CD-ROM.
-
- This does not necessarily mean that you cannot use the FreshFish CD-ROM's on
- a CDTV or CD32, it just means you may need to acquire additional hardware in
- order to do so. In the case of the CDTV, you will need a floppy disk drive
- in order to boot the CDTV, and a suitable WorkBench disk. In the case of
- the CD32, you will also need an expansion box that adds a floppy disk port
- to the CD32. Such expansions are under development by several companies and
- there is at least one (the Paravision SX-1) which is shipping as of this
- date.
-
- If you wish to run ParNet or some similar software on the CDTV or CD32, it
- will need to be set up on the WorkBench disk you boot from. When I get
- time, I may put together a suitable WorkBench disk with additional support
- pieces like ParNet, SerNet, ParNFS, etc, and offer it for direct
- distribution (but not redistribution) under my current WorkBench licenses.
-
- It is possible that future CD-ROM's will be offered in two different forms,
- one which is CDTV/CD32 bootable and one which is not. It is expected that
- the CDTV/CD32 bootable disks will be more expensive ($5-$10), reflecting the
- cost of the Commodore license fees and the smaller production runs for those
- CD-ROM's.
-
- Most of the programs in this compilation where designed for use on the Amiga
- computer and not necessarily on the CDTV or CD32. The programs may require
- more memory than is currently available in the CDTV/CD32. These programs
- may not run properly on the CDTV/CD32. They may also require hardware that
- is not available on the stock CDTV/CD32 system.
-
- To fully utilize the programs on the disc, using the CDTV/CD32 system, you
- may need to add the optional keyboard, mouse, floppy drive, and RGB monitor.
- Some of the files in this collection may be stored in compressed formats and
- need to be decompressed to a floppy or hard disk to run.
-