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- From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
- Subject: QUICKTIME FOR WINDOWS AVAILABLE ON CDROM!!
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 15:35:46 GMT
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- From COMPUTER CURRENTS, "The Bay Area's Own Computer Newsmagazine
- since 1983," Vol. 10, Numb. 13, November 17, 1992 issue, page 10:
-
- ---beginning of article--
-
- News & Industry: Silicon Valley News
-
- New CD offers QuickTime for Windows, Mac Movies
-
- The San Francisco Canyon Company (Pleasanton, Calif.) says it will
- ship Canyon Action!, a CD-ROM of clips for QuickTime for Windows
- that includes the Apple video player software for Windows,
- QuickTime dynamic library links (DLLs) for Windows, and Windows
- Picture Viewer.
-
- The company says the CD contains QuickTime movies that can be
- played in Windows or on the Mcintosh. Two exact copies of each of
- the movies, one in the Macintosh QuickTime format and the other in
- the Windows QuickTime format, are included on the disk and the
- company says the software is smart enough to tell if the CD-ROM
- drive it was inserted in is connected to a Macintosh or a PC.
-
- The company says the inclusion of QuickTime for Windows and
- QuickTime DLLs allow the Windows user to play the video clips on
- the disk right out of the box. An install program is available for
- the PC, but the company says Macintosh users will need to already
- have QuickTime for the Macintosh, as the company does not include
- it on the Canyon Action! CD.
-
- Four categories of movie clips and still photos are included on the
- disc, said the disc's creator, Nels Johnson. They include eight
- three-minute clips ofmusic videos including Lou Reed, Bruce
- Springsteen and others; 27 clips from old movies and cartoons from
- the '30s, '40s, and '50s; and modern clips of computer animation or
- abstract, moving images, some of which are from the works of video
- artist Nick Gorski. The fourth category is "sond movies" which
- aren't movies at all, just sound.
-
- A 20MHz PC and a Windows-compatible sound card such as those from
- Media Vision or Creative Labs is needed to play Canyon Action!, the
- company said. For the Macintosh, the QuickTime starter kit and
- System 7.0 are required. Canyon Action! is retail priced at $89.95
- and is available directly from the company by calling 800/227-1817,
- ext. 45.
-
- ---end of article--
-
- I have questions: I wonder if this company can mail users just the
- viewer and DLL on 3.5" media? Who the hell wants to buy a CDROM
- drive just to view QuickTime? It is surely not a requirement for
- mac users, so it shouldn't be forced on Windows users either. I am
- hoping this company is just queer, and that others will provide
- freeware viewers soon. But if you want a viewer now this seems
- like the only way.
-
- I don't know anything about the company; I am not affiliated with
- the company; and I don't give a damn about their commercial
- interests. I posted this in its entirety because there are
- doubtless people out there who want this information, and I'd
- rather post it all here then get lots of email asking for the phone
- number and so forth. Bye for now.
-
- --
- Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
-