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- From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CDTV News
- Date: 17 Jun 91 21:18:12 GMT
-
- In article <1991Jun16.130419.21035@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
- >rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
- >>
- >>>
- >>>>
- [CDTV is great, CD-I is greater, CDTV is greater than greater, etc.]
-
- Sigh.
-
- CDTV?? CD-I?? These are BOTH very WIMPY ideas. If you want to see
- a REAL innovation, check out the LATEST in the series of similarly-named,
- 4-letter video products:
-
- Introducing... CBTV!
-
- Yes, CBTV! Now, you might think that the "CB" stands for "Citizen's
- Band", as in "CB radio". After all, it makes a lot of sense to integrate a
- television set with a CB. It would certainly find its way into 99% of
- people's homes. (Mainly because we'd sneak in at night and put it there.)
-
- But that's NOT what "CBTV" stands for!! The REAL words are (you
- knew this was coming, didn't you...):
-
- COMPACT
- BLAZEMONGER
- TERROR and
- VIOLENCE
-
- That's right! CBTV is the ULTIMATE ULTIMATE video game machine!! Hidden
- inside its miniscule frame (2" x 1" x 1"), CBTV contains SEVEN HUNDRED
- MILLION of the most HORRIFYING villains, creatures, aliens, mutants,
- mechanized death machines, monster trucks ("...are coming, coming, COMING!"),
- Atari salespeople, and other EVIL, SLIME-DRIPPING ARCANE FORCES. And all
- that stands between them and TOTAL WORLD CONQUEST is... YOU, and your trusty
- 0.25" joystick!
-
- You thought BLAZEMONGER was fast, eh?? Well, you ain't seen NOTHING
- yet! On the CBTV custom hardware, the images will RIP past your eyes so
- fast that you'll think that YOU are actually moving! In fact, you WILL be
- moving, thanks to CBTV's built-in ULTRA-POWERFUL magnet that will carry your
- body toward the nearest metal object at LIGHTNING SPEED!
-
- Bang on the hardware??? OF COURSE!! CBTV has not ten, not twenty,
- but FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND 128-BIT DMA HARDWARE REGISTERS ready to be POKED...
- and poked HARD!! SLAMMED, actually, right against the WALL! Pesky
- registers. They get what they deserve.
-
- So, as you can see, all those silly CVTD (or whatever they're called
- this week) devices are just no comparison. Junk 'em, that's what I say.
-
- Incidentally, if anybody is interested in becoming a CBTV developer,
- send e-mail to BLAZEMONGER@blazemonger.blazemonger.blazemonger.blazemonger.
- Include your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, number of
- speeding tickets received, number of speeding tickets OUTRUN, number of
- calluses on your joystick finger, and a brief history of any violent
- activity in yourself or close family members,
-
- Dan
-
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