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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: photo cd routines now on
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- References: <1992Dec21.4247.24283@dosgate>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:27:11 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- In article <1992Dec21.4247.24283@dosgate> "grant robinson" <grant.robinson@canrem.com> writes:
- >-> >Infact if MB knows anything about C=, he'll know that C= believes CD
- >-> Rom
- >->
- >->
- >->
- >-> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >-> >machines are the way of the future.
- >-> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >-> They have a hell of a way of showing it. The first systems with
- >-> built-in
- >-> CD-ROM drives were available almost three years ago. Commodore has
- >-> been using
- >
- >Well by your standards C= should be releasing Amiga's with holographic
- >memory any day now...better start saving the pennies.
-
- Get serious. There are big differences between a holographic memory system
- and a CD-ROM drive.
-
- > CD rom drives are
- >only now becoming an economical and accepted form of mass storage
-
- CD-ROM drives have been available for less than $500 in large quantities for
- some time. Commodore has been selling the CDTV for over two years, so
- Commodore could have developed a real Amiga (not CDTV) CD-ROM system two years
- ago.
-
- > and C=
- >is reacting to it through the release of the A-570 addon for the Amiga
- >500 which includes a CD-Rom and expansion potential for a hard drive and
- >extra memory. I thought you'd like to know.
-
- Thanks. I already knew about it. But developing one drive for a
- discontinued system will not cut it. Besides, it IS an A500 we're talking
- about. Max 640x400 interlaced display, 7Mhz CPU, 1M of RAM, 4096-color
- palette. What is Commodore going to use to compete with the Tandy
- sensation which uses a 16-million-color palette, 25Mhz 486 CPU, and an
- 800x600 non-interlaced display? Do you seriously think an A500 with A590
- CD-ROM drive could compete with this system?
-
- > At the same time
- >integrating the equivelant of CD-rom plus CDTV widgetry has to be shrunk
- >to the size of a 5.25 bay
-
- That's the silliest idea I have ever heard. When Commodore developed the
- BridgeCard, did it all have to fit into a 5.25" drive bay? If any external
- circuitry was needed at all beyond what is available on the CD-ROM drive,
- it could be put on a Zorro II card. An A3000, for instance, probably would
- not need anything other than the drive. The CD-ROM OS extensions could be
- ROM-kicked, and everything else would come standard on the drive. An A4000
- would need a SCSI controller, which would go onto a card. In no case would
- anything other than the drive have to fit into the drive bay. That's silly.
-
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- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
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