Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!hal!stevem
From: stevem@hal.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CD-ROM and the Amiga
Message-ID: <441@hal.CSS.GOV>
Date: 30 Jun 90 01:14:10 GMT
References: <3347@crash.cts.com>
Organization: ENSCO Inc., Melbourne FL
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seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:

>In-Reply-To: message from stevem@hal.CSS.GOV
> 
>That, and many of the other databases on CD-ROM, are more than likely MS-DOS
>format...let's get real here, it's just like software.
> 
>You can't just put in an MS-DOS 3.5" disk in an Amiga and have it work, just
>like you won't be able to use their CDs.
> 
I'm not talking about software (binary) compatibility, but the ability
to read DATA.  In fact, my Amiga CAN read IBM MS-DOS 3.5" disks by using
Cross-Dos.  I guess what I am asking for is not that C= necessarily use
the existing formats for their products, but I can use their hardware
and software to read the large number of CD-ROMs already out there and
the many more appearing all of the time.  As a scientist excited about
the potential of CD-ROMs storage capacity combined with the power of
my Amiga, I hope C= will not force me to make my Amiga look like an
IBM-PC to take advantage of this resource.

So, my question again is:  my IBM/Mac friends can already use these
powerful tools...when will I be able to??

Steve Masters    stevem@hal.CSS.GOV
Ensco, Inc.
Melbourne, FL  32940
(407) 254 4122