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From: huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner)
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Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
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Date: 10 Dec 90 17:12:04 GMT
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In article <10726@helios.TAMU.EDU>, n368bq@tamuts.tamu.edu (Raoul
Rodriguez) writes:
|> 
|> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes
|> >question. First to the A3000. Will an A3000+cd-rom= CDTV? Are the Sierra
|> 
|> Actually, Any amiga +cd-rom= CDTV...  As for the other questions, I am not
|> as sure.

I don't see how you could be possibly sure of what you DID post.  The CDTV
is not only not yet relased but delayed due to changes being implemented.
Commenting on whether or not A3000+CDROM = CDTV is like trying to hit a
moving target.  

One of the reasons I see that argues that it will not be == CDTV is
that CDTV (according to Commodore as quoted in .info) will offer a CDTV
"upgrade" path to CD-I standard (smart move, but might that hurt the
number of developers interested in CDTV-only software?).  CDTV will also
have a modified OS, although this could be installed on a A3000 as well.

I expect Commodore will offer CDTV-compatability packages for most of their
machines, but I don't think it will be 100% (no upgrade path), and saying
A3000+CDROM==CDTV implies that hooking up a Xetex CD-ROM will let you pop
in Lemmings by Psygnosis (first ad I saw mentioning a CDTV version) and play
away.  This I really doubt.

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Robert Huebner			huebner@aerospace.aero.org
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