Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!adm!lhc!mimsy!dftsrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!xrtnt From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Fred Fish on CDROM....now being advertised Keywords: CDROM FredFish Amiga Message-ID: <3339@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 5 Sep 90 13:41:07 GMT References: <455@hal.CSS.GOV> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Distribution: comp Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA Lines: 58 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article , lupe@alanya.Central.Sun.COM (Lupe Christoph - Sun Germany Consulting - Munich) writes... ^stevem@hal.CSS.GOV (Steve Masters) writes: ^ ^>On p.43 of the October AmigaWorld is an ad from Xetec for an Amiga ^>CD-ROM system. As part of the ad, they say they will include with ^>the system a CD-ROM with the Fred Fish library through #360. ^ ^Any pricing ? $599 internal $699 external Model Number CDx-650i (CDx-650e for the external) ^ ^>The ad says the system reads ISO9660/High Sierra discs...Is this the standard ^>used in the CD-ROM data bases currently available? Put another way, is this ^>reader good for anything today, or are we still some time away from putting ^>this tremendous resource to use on our Amigas? ^ ^Yes, ISO9660/High Sierra is the standard for CD-ROMs. ^E.g. the Sun CD-ROM "player" (it *has* an audio output) plus SunOS SW ^can deal with them. Would be interesting to try the CD-ROM on it. ^Any clue if the CD-ROM is offered *without* the player anywhere ? I called xetec and they said they've been swamped with requests (small surprise) and that no discs will be available seperately for 3-4 weeks. I'm willing to bet that they are selling the drives as fast as they can pick up the phone ;-). Well...less than 2 weeks since this thread said "If only someone would sell a CD-Rom drive for under $1000 and include the Fish Collection with it...". BTW The naming debate is over...it's called "Fish & More" Vol. 1 CD-ROM (tm). The more part is some extra PD stuff gleaned from elsewhere. NT ^-- ^| lchristoph@Sun.COM (Internet) | Disclaimer: | ^| ...!unido!sunmuc!lupe (German EUNet, "bang") | My employer has a | ^| lupe@sunmuc.UUCP (German EUNet, domain) | non-exclusive license | ^| ...!suninfo!lchristoph (Sun Germany customers) | to my opinion. | PS For those who don't get A-Whirld the xetec order line is 800-445-0611. It's usually busy (at least when I tried yesterday and this morning). You can kind of circumvent this by going through the info line (913) 827-0685 where they will queue you (plus you can ask questions ;-). Evidently the 800 line has few slots for waiting customers so is busy much of the time. Nice staff...friendly and fairly informative. OBDis: I have nothing to do with xetec other than reading their ads. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.