mae@vygr.Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) (02/03/89)
Someone asked for refrences on CD ROM. The following books are reviewed in SIGNAL(1): CD ROM: The New Papyrus (Vol. 1) Steve Lambert and Suzanne Ropiequet, Editors ($23.95) Optical Publishing (Vol. 2) Suzanne Ropiequet, Editors ($26.42) Interactive Multimedia (Vol. 3) Sueann Ambron and Kristina Hooper ($28.42) All are available postpaid from: Harper & Row Route 3 P.O. Box 20-B Hagerstown, MD 21741 800/638-3030 Also, check out: CD-ROM Review $34.97/year IDG Communications/Peterborough 80 Elm Street Peterborough, NH 03458 800/924-9471 (1) SIGNAL is: "SIGNAL Communication Tools for the Informations Age, A Whole Earth Catalog" $15.00 From: Whole Earth Review 27 Gate Five Road Sausalito, CA 94965 P.S. Electronic Whole Earth Catalog is available on CD ROM. mike (sun!mae), M/S 5-40 "There's nothing human that's alien to us." - A. Einstein
rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) (02/06/89)
In article <88151@sun.uucp> mae@vygr.Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) writes: >Also, check out: > CD-ROM Review $34.97/year > IDG Communications/Peterborough > 80 Elm Street > Peterborough, NH 03458 > 800/924-9471 I tried to subscribe to this magazine at the end of last year. Last week, I received a letter stating that publication had been discontinued as of December 1988. I think it reflects the state of the CD-ROM industry as a whole: a technology in search of a market. Ross Oliver Technical Support The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) (02/09/89)
In article <1503@viscous.sco.COM> rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) writes: >In article <88151@sun.uucp> mae@vygr.Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) writes: >>Also, check out: >> CD-ROM Review $34.97/year >I tried to subscribe to this magazine ... >publication had been discontinued as of December 1988. >I think it reflects the state of the CD-ROM industry >as a whole: a technology in search of a market. I believe that this will change as regular people can do their own publishing on the CD-ROM media. The Februrary 6th issues of EE times points to a products from Optical Media, Inc. and Meridian Data Systems both using Yamaha CD recorders. Let's hope the Recording Industry Lobbies don't try to limit the easy availability of these systems in this country. -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@{ius{3,2,1}.,}cs.cmu.edu Phone:(412) CMU-BUGS Amateur Packet Radio: N3FGW@W2XO, or c/o W3VC, CMU Radio Club, Pittsburgh, PA "You can do what you want with my computer, but leave me alone!8-)" --
dmh@hpccc.HP.COM (David Hollander) (02/09/89)
.... I think it reflects the state of the CD-ROM industry as a whole: a technology in search of a market. Ross Oliver Technical Support The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. ---------- Why do you say this? Our LaserROM product is well recieved and we are adding services. It seems to me that CD-ROM has found a market at HP. I would be real interested in knowing why you think otherwise. Dave Hollander Application Support Division