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- From: Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: Tandy Unveils 16-Million-Color CD-ROM Multimedia system
- Message-ID: <72408@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 18:47:04 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >Commodore hasn't released a computer with a CD-ROM drive because they're
- >computers don't NEED a CD-ROM drive, but that doesn't mean that they
- >don't OFFER one.
- >
- >jf
- >--
- >John Franklin
- >franklin@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
- >franklin@elfie.async.vt.edu
- >
-
- I strongly disagree with the statement that the Amiga doesn't need a CD-ROM
- drive. More collections of images and text are becoming available on CD-ROM
- (as mentioned in some text I deleted) and we need access to them, just as
- any MAC or MS-DOS/Windows machine has - there's an awfully large amount of
- good raw data out there for us to use. Secondly, PhotoCD from Kodak appears
- to require a CD-ROM drive if you want to get the images into a computer,
- including the Amiga (without having to hook a PhotoCD player up to a
- frame-grabber, a dumb solution IMHO).
-
- Fortunately, we don't have to wait for Commodore to come out with a CD-ROM
- drive for the Amiga. There's a large number of drives that can be connected
- directly to your SCSI bus, and all you need to get them to work are the
- device drivers in the form of CD-ROM-FS, or other available package. So
- basically, quit whining, buy a NEC, Sony, Toshiba, Chinon, or whatever kind
- of drive you want, as long as it's supported by your CD-ROM drivers. That's
- what I'll be doing in a little while. BTW, the newest Pioneer CD-ROM
- changer (with it's quadruple speed mode) works great on an Amiga 3000, I've
- seen it done.
-
- Tom
-