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- From: genglish@applelink.apple.com (Gary English)
- Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
- Subject: Re: QuickTime viewer for MS-DOS/Windows
- Message-ID: <genglish-281292150353@17.201.48.89>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:01:55 GMT
- References: <1h3ttlINNt80@sumax.seattleu.edu>
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- In article <1h3ttlINNt80@sumax.seattleu.edu>, jorgand@sumax.seattleu.edu
- (Dave Jorgan) wrote:
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- > Is there a PC-based viewer for QuickTime format animations?
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- Apple Ships QuickTime for Windows
- To Provide Cross-Platform Multimedia Standard
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- CUPERTINO, California--November 10, 1992--Apple Computer, Inc., today
- announced plans to bring the world's most sophisticated multimedia
- technology to people who use Microsoft Windows. QuickTime for
- Windows, a set of Windows Dynamic Linked Libraries (DLLs), can be
- installed on any PC and used by any Windows application adapted to
- QuickTime's application programming interface. Several Windows
- software and hardware vendors today also announced support for
- QuickTime for Windows, version 1.0.
- With QuickTime for Windows, Apple has developed a cross-platform
- multimedia standard to provide users with a consistent interface and
- file format for working with digital video, sound, animation, and
- other multimedia data. Using QuickTime, authors and publishers will
- have a simple way to distribute their work in a single file format.
- QuickTime for Windows will also give multimedia programmers and
- developers one cross-platform multimedia programming interface.
- "QuickTime for Windows clearly demonstrates Apple's commitment to
- setting the standard for performance and ease of use in multimedia,"
- said John Sculley, Apple's chairman and CEO. "The QuickTime
- architecture has emerged as the industry's most widely adopted
- multimedia technology on Macintosh personal computers, and we look
- forward to making this same award-winning technology available to
- Windows users."
- More than 500 QuickTime applications have been announced since
- QuickTime was introduced in January 1992, with 300 QuickTime products
- currently shipping. QuickTime has received worldwide recognition and
- awards for technical excellence and innovation reinforcing Macintosh
- as the personal computer of choice for multimedia.
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- QuickTime for Windows
- QuickTime for Windows is an implementation of the QuickTime
- architecture on Microsoft's Windows environment. QuickTime for
- Windows provides Windows users with the portions of QuickTime needed
- to playback and control QuickTime Movie files and compressed still
- images. With the availability of QuickTime for Windows multimedia
- authors, developers, publishers, and users can work with QuickTime
- Movies on Macintosh, Silicon Graphics, and PCs running Windows.
- Through QuickTime, users on Macintosh and Windows PCs will be able to
- easily exchange files, rely on a consistent human interface, and use
- a variety of modular compression technologies for storing multimedia
- information.
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- Apple and Intel Work Together to Drive Standards
- Apple and Intel today also announced that they are jointly
- integrating Intel's Indeo video compression technology into QuickTime
- on Macintosh and Windows. This development provides users with
- Intel's technology for compression and decompression of QuickTime
- video data. Intel's support for QuickTime, with the Indeo line of
- software and hardware products, will offer QuickTime users with
- accelerated playback capabilities.
- "Intel's Indeo video technology represents a key ingredient to
- standardize video computing on all major computing platforms," said
- Andrew S. Grove, president and CEO of Intel Corp. "With Indeo
- technology integrated into Apple's QuickTime for Windows, the ability
- to play videos on PCs is easy to install, and available to the tens
- of millions of Intel microprocessor-based computer users."
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- Third-party Developers Rally to Support QuickTime for Windows
- Several software vendors also announced that they will support
- QuickTime for Windows in their products. Among those announcing are
- industry leaders Adobe Systems; Corel Systems; Claris Corp.; Lotus
- Development Corp.; MacroMedia; and WordPerfect Corp. Additionally,
- several PC hardware and peripherals vendors have announced support
- for QuickTime for Windows in their products. The list includes
- Creative Labs; Dolch Computer; and Media Vision. (See attached list
- of companies planning to support QuickTime for Windows for contact
- names and phone numbers).
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- Pricing and Availability
- Apple will offer version 1.0 of QuickTime for Windows in a Software
- Development Kit (SDK) designed for professional programmers, and sold
- through the APDA, Apple's developer tools distribution group. The SDK
- is priced at $295 and will be available worldwide Nov. 23, 1992. The
- SDK Bundle for Windows and Macintosh, also available worldwide on
- Nov. 23, 1992, is priced at $495.
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- System Requirements
- The QuickTime for Windows software requires a 386 or faster CPU,
- equipped with 4MB of RAM, an 80MB hard disk, and a VGA or better
- graphics adapter. Movies with sound require installation of a PC
- sound card. System software requirements include MS-DOS 5.0 and
- Windows 3.1 or higher.
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- For Additional Information
- To receive a QuickTime Starter Kit for Macintosh, call 1-800-538-
- 9696, extension 175, to contact an Apple software reseller.
- For more information about QuickTime for Windows, Macintosh, or the
- Movie Exchange Toolkit, call APDA--Apple' s mail order service for
- developers--at 1-800-282-2732 in the United States, or 1-800-637-0029
- in Canada. From other international locations call 716-871-6555 or
- contact the country APDA representative. APDA may be contacted
- electronically through the following addresses:
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- AppleLink: APDA APDA
- America Online: APDA Apple Computer, Inc.
- CompuServe: 76666,2405 P.O. Box 319
- Internet: APDA@applelink.apple.com Buffalo, NY 1407-0319
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- Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Apple Computer, Inc. develops,
- manufactures and markets personal computer systems for use in
- business, education, science, engineering and government. A
- recognized pioneer and innovator in the personal computer industry,
- Apple does business in more than 120 countries. Apple has redefined
- computing to mean empowerment of the individual, and has been named
- first in customer satisfaction among business computer users in the
- United States for two years in a row by J.D. Powers and Associates.
- It seeks through technology to provide people with easy and
- affordable access to information and computing power.
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- Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
- QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a
- trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are
- property of their respective owners.
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- Gary English
- Continuous Improvement Engineer
- Newton Software
- Apple Computer, Inc.
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