NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/graphics/8178

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From: [e-mail] (Tim Ciceran)
Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:29:03 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Marc N. Barrett)
writes:

>   This kind of lack of vision by Amiga users is why I say that the Amiga is
>no longer "the computer for the creative mind."  I can think of a lot of
>applications that could be ported to the Amiga or made uniquely on the Amiga
>if the Amiga has a large base of users with AGA Amigas and CD-ROM drives.

And in your infinite wisdom, you'd also be the first to belittle the release
of what is now considered outdated technology. If CBM is to market a CD-ROM
drive, they would be much better off selling units based on Sony's new
mechs. 300 and 600 ms access is agonizingly slow.

Given the choice, I would opt for RTG and system development. All the creative
vision in the world will get you nowhere without adequate development tools.
CD-ROM device drivers definitely have to be integrated into the system in the
short run. More people would certainly be able to make immediate use of
CDs as opposed to network capabilities...

Something tells me the fabled CDTV II will be a harbinger of things to come.
A cost and form-factor reduced AGA version of CDTV with a SCSI pass-through
could conceivably kill two birds with one stone -- provided that you have
SCSI.