Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!mimsy!mojo!SYSMGR@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: CD-ROM software distribution... Message-ID: <00940B9A.4DE80EE0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> Date: 5 Dec 90 14:16:31 GMT References: <1990Nov16.234227.3246@cs.cmu.edu> <11191@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <00940487.15804140@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> <28083@mimsy.umd.edu> <009406EF.82F93E60@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> <00045@meph.UUCP> <1990Dec4.123806.6221@bellcore.bellcore.com>, Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Reply-To: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) Organization: The U. of MD, CP, CAD lab Lines: 24 In article , peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <1990Dec4.123806.6221@bellcore.bellcore.com> mo@messy.UUCP (Michael O'Dell) writes: >> I suspect that >> a machine with a non-optional CD-ROM drive isn't that far off.... > >Commodore has already announced it: it amounts to a Commodore Amiga 500 in >a component stereo-shaped box with a CD-ROM drive. It was highlighted in >a recent AmigaWorld. What goes into their drive? I thought this was supposed to be an interactive technology which was/is better than a CD-ROM with a bunch of data on it? (showing more-than-usual-ignorance...) Will it go both ways? (ie: High Sierra and the "CDTV" format) >-- >Peter da Silva. `-_-' >+1 713 274 5180. 'U` ^ | I still think it looks like a road kill; a shame we can't upgrade to multi-media mail... %%%%% Signature v2.0 %%%%% Doug Mohney, Operations Manager, CAD Lab/ME, Univ. of Maryland College Park * If Apple's pricing strategy had been as exciting as their commercials, * * Windows 3.0 would have never been written * Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com