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From: Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: CD-ROMs in Print:  Good news and bad news
Message-ID: <22817@cup.portal.com>
Date: 6 Oct 89 01:22:46 GMT
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I thought people interested in CD-ROMs would appreciate knowing that there
is a catalog out which lists hundreds of CD-ROM products.  It's called:
       CD-ROMS IN PRINT  1988-1989  An International Guide
                 Compiled by Jean-Paul Emard
The best place to find it would probably be a local library or university
library, in the Reference section.  I don't know what it retails for.     
     Subject areas include Agriculture, architecture, bibliographies and
indexes, business and finance, computers, directories, education, encyclo-
pedias, engineering, fine arts, general interest, law, history, govern-
ment, to name just a few.  That's the good news.
     Now the bad news.  I thumbed through page after page of the directory
looking for ones compatible with the Amiga (sans bridge card or A-Max).
What I found, page after page, was IBM compatibility.  A very few were 
available for minicomputers and the Mac.  I didn't read every single page,
but the impression I got was that out of perhaps 300 listings, something
in the order of 250 of them (maybe more) are colored blue.  So why is the
revolutionary Amiga lagging so very far behind???  I'm dying to get my
hands on CD-ROM.  Should Amiga users be writing to the CD-ROM manufacturers
asking when Amiga products will be ready?  Give 'em a push?  Anyone
interested?  If so, I'll gladly compile and post some of the companies.
                                                 J. Petersen