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From: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Wing Commander?
Keywords: Origin.  IBM only?(ugh)
Message-ID: <4582@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 91 03:28:12 GMT
References: <4542@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <53591@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <4564@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jan07.205438.6824@convex.com>
Reply-To: hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland)
Organization: Evil Young Mutants For A Better Tomorrow.
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In article <1991Jan07.205438.6824@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:

>Speaking of unchronicled difficulties, has anyone ever heard anything about
>the Thor (TM) rewritable CD technology that Tandy unveiled with such fanfare
>a few years ago?  I thought they were supposed to already have a product out
>by now.  If they don't get their tales in gear the Japanese electronics giants
>will have magnetic-technology rewritables selling cheaper than Tandy will be
>able to sell the initial Thor technology units for...

As far as I know, Thor hasn't been touted much as of late. If you read
Popular Science you will know that they already have an Audio version
of the very same MOD drives that you can purchase for your Amiga's
today. What most people call "erasable" CDs I see as being the new
MODs. In the article I read they had a player set up so that when you
put a normal CD in it it said CD on the front. When you put a MOD in,
it said MOD. It could play either, and made copies that the DAT
machines would be proud of. They said that current lines of CD players
would only require a minor modification to be able to play MODs.
(Minor chip variation I believe is what they mean. Too late for
already built models, but new ones would be fine)

					-Moriland



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