mfidelma@bbncc5.UUCP (Miles Fidelman) (11/11/85)
does anybody know of a video-disk authoring and control package (and associated hardware interfaces) for the amiga and/or apple IIe - vendor addresses or phone numbers would be appreciated thanks, Miles Fidelman (mfidelman@bbn)
kek@mgweed.UUCP (Kit Kimes) (11/15/85)
>does anybody know of a video-disk authoring and control package (and >associated hardware interfaces) for the amiga and/or apple IIe - >vendor addresses or phone numbers would be appreciated This article was in the latest issue of Electronic Engineering Times. Although CD-ROM's aren't here yet, they will be shortly. "A torrent of CD-ROM applications will deluge the computer and consumer information markets at Comdex in Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 20-24. Philips, Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi, Matsushita and Denon are expected to display improved versions of their earlier, proto-type CD-ROM drives. Most are configured to work with an IBM-PC host. But SCSI disk emulators are in the works. They can be attached to almost any contemporary computer system. Developers are hard at work on CD-ROM applications. They're trying to get CD mastering plants to stop the presses for a while. Just long enough to punch out a few data disks as samples for interested CD-ROM customers. Dozens of different demonstration disks bouncing around are sure to land at Comdex. They're packed with text, graphics and sound demos. In January, the U.S. Army should place a contract for 50,000 to 60,000 interactive laser-disk training systems. N.V. Philips hopes to latch onto that deal and produce the laser-disk material wanted. Both Philips and Du Pont spokesmen say they expect educational markets to turn into their biggest base of customers. Interest in consumer data applications should become very high in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. By then, the first volume-data 'title' will have been out for a few weeks. It will be the CD-ROM version of the Grolier Excyclopedia. Its 21 volumes are tucked into one-fifth of a 550-Mbyte CD-ROM platter." Although it wasn't mentioned in this article, Atari has said they would have the final version of their CD-ROM player at the Comdex show too. Kit Kimes AT&T Information Systems Montgomery Works Montgomery, Il. 60538-0305 ..!ihnp4!mgweed!kek