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- From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.000401.15260@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 00:04:01 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.014048.26507@Celestial.COM> <id.LBYV.X76@ferranti.com> <1gvpgiINNm24@agate.berkeley.edu> <BzJ23G.Any@mtholyoke.edu>
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- jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz) writes:
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- >In article <1gvpgiINNm24@agate.berkeley.edu> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) writes:
- >>[...] CD-ROM is probably getting popular, but I don't
- >>think SVR4.2 supports any of the cheapo CD drives PC users are getting
- >>from Radio Shack. It is very hard to justify a $700 SCSI CD-ROM just
- >>load your OS.
-
- >Who says a CD-ROM drive has to cost $700? I'm flipping through a
- >bunch of rags here, and I'm seeing prices like: $188, $219, $199
- >(some of these include a bunch of disks, too). Yeah, these are not
- >the fast ones... access times 600ms and worse; and they're not SCSI
- >interfaces, but that's not important when you're only using it to
- >load software (rather than accessing Multi-Media databases). Face
- >it, CD-ROM is the distribution medium of the future, and the future
- >is now.
-
- But if you are going into "the future" why drag along the past? Most
- of the cheap drives are missing two key components for "future'
- multimedia stuff: XA compatibility and multisession playback
- capabilities. And the future is now - the CDROM forum in
- CompuServe is rather busy these days with folks complaining that
- their drive will not work with the new stuff.
-
- >--
- >Jurgen Botz | Internet: JBotz@mtholyoke.edu
- >Academic Systems Consultant | Bitnet: JBotz@mhc.bitnet
- >Mount Holyoke College | Voice: (US) 413-538-2375 (daytime)
- >South Hadley, MA, USA | Snail Mail: J. Botz, 01075-0629
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