amichel@neabbs.UUCP (MICHEL LANGEREIS) (12/16/88)
This is what I saw in one of the computer papers here, Computer Info, a sort of magazine like a newspaper. The magazine is good and prof. and CBM sometimes have adds in it . . . If you want the original article on paper, I'll Fax it to you. Just drop a sheet on my Fax. * Took this one without permission * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Computer Info Volume 2 Issue 17 ( Sala Communications ) CD-PLAYER EASY CONNECTING TO THE AMIGA The Amiga will soon have the possibility to make use of your CD-Player. A simple cable and some software will be enough. With this the Amiga will have a stronger market position soon. The Amiga is really going now, also the sales of Amiga other models are going better as expected. For example, *ALL* medical stores are going to work with A500's + CD-ROM in Januari 1989. This new storage medium will also be availble for the A2000 very soon. In Januari there will be several CD-Discs introduced to the public, there's at least 140Mb of information per disk stored. Just a simple cable to the Amiga and there you are. At the beginning Commodore expect many CD-Games but at the middle of the next year they expect also other programs availble on CD. The C128 is also doing very well, they sell for around $500.-. Also the C64 sales are still rising, at the last quarter of this year they expect to sell something around 16.000 machines wich means double against the sales of last quarter last year. So who thinks this machine is almost dead is at the wrong end. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anybody knows anything about this on the net ? ____________________________________________________________________ /__________________________________________________________________ /| ---UUCP: ...!mcvax!telmail!neabbs!amichel__________________________|/| --2wire: +31 (0)20-6684919_________________________________________|/| ---Late: +31 (0)2990-37757_________________________________________|/| --Paper: +31 (0)20-742506__________________________________________|/| ___________________________________________________________________|/| These opinions are mine, bad spelling performed on a PC without OS.|/| -------------------------------------------------------------------|/
lee@sed170.HAC.COM (John Lee ) (12/22/88)
In article <77050@neabbs.UUCP> amichel@neabbs.UUCP (MICHEL LANGEREIS) writes: > > >This is what I saw in one of the computer papers here, Computer Info, >a sort of magazine like a newspaper. >The magazine is good and prof. and CBM sometimes have adds in it . . . [...] > * Took this one without permission * >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Source: Computer Info Volume 2 Issue 17 ( Sala Communications ) > >CD-PLAYER EASY CONNECTING TO THE AMIGA [...] >information per disk stored. Just a simple cable to the Amiga and there ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ >you are. At the beginning Commodore expect many CD-Games but at the middle [...] >/__________________________________________________________________ /| >---UUCP: ...!mcvax!telmail!neabbs!amichel__________________________|/| >--2wire: +31 (0)20-6684919_________________________________________|/| >---Late: +31 (0)2990-37757_________________________________________|/| >--Paper: +31 (0)20-742506__________________________________________|/| >___________________________________________________________________|/| >These opinions are mine, bad spelling performed on a PC without OS.|/| >-------------------------------------------------------------------|/ Just a simple cable? To where? To a SCSI controller card? But then this would require that the CD drive have extra H/W to make it look like a SCSI device. I suppose that it could connect to the external disk expansion port, but then the CD drive will have to have extra hardware to make it look like a floppy. And about that simple software...simple if the CD has the extra hardware. Oh well. Actually, I've been waiting for this for a while. I'm surprise no one has come out with one earlier. (Yes, but can it play my Star Tracks CD?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raining CATS and DOGS? Join the RATS: Remote Amiga Teleconferencing System +--------+ John Lee | HUGHES | +--------+ ARPAnet: jhlee@hac2arpa.hac.com Hughes Aircraft Company The above opinions are those of the user and not of those of this machine.