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- From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM usage
- Message-ID: <C09nGF.LHI@utstat.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
- References: <95JRwB3w165w@lablues.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 07:00:14 GMT
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- In article <95JRwB3w165w@lablues.UUCP> larry@lablues.UUCP (Lawrance A. Schneider) writes:
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- >I want to get
- >CD-ROMs for use by my children as encyclopedias(?) and dictionaries
- >and the like. Thus, were I to spend some of my hard earned cash
- >on a CD-ROM, would I be able to find the afore mentioned and have
- >my children use same?? Thanks Larry
-
- The lack of a search engine for CD-ROM's on the GS means that you will
- simply not get any of these things for the GS. It's too bad as the GS
- is a natural here. You'd really have to switch to another pltaform or
- even a game console. The GS's strong point is multimedia. This is also
- the area where it is standing still. Hyperstudio is great and laser discs
- will go a long ways, but the lack of CD-ROM software will very quickly
- have a serious negative impact on the platform. Even worse, should Apple
- drop the GS as an option for educational purchases then the short term
- future will be bleak indeed. I can only assume that things are wherever
- Hyperstudio and the VOC are. One can have years of useful time with the GS,
- but we are probably talking about a platform frozen in time. CD-ROM
- represents a very important medium. In a way, it will herald in a whole
- new generation of applications (especially for children).
-
- On option is to get a CDTV/CD-I unit and hook it up through a VOC. This will
- get you the encyclopedias,etc...and much more.
-
- Philip McDunnough
- philip@utstat.toronto.edu
-