Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!easu052 From: easu052@orion.oac.uci.edu (Thu Ra Tin) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: CDI questions Message-ID: <27C0817F.3098@orion.oac.uci.edu> Date: 19 Feb 91 01:38:07 GMT References: <639.27ba5a65@vger.nsu.edu> <1991Feb15.141309.6025@cbnewsh.att.com> <651.27bcf03a@vger.nsu.edu> Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 51 In article <651.27bcf03a@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes: >In article <1991Feb15.141309.6025@cbnewsh.att.com>, rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux) writes: >> In article <639.27ba5a65@vger.nsu.edu>, manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes: >>> >>> PC and Mac, PC and Mac. Complete ignorance of what is true competition. >>> Neither the Mac nor the PC have truly viable multimedia platforms. I >>> find it interesting that you are completely ignoring the significance >>> of Commodore's CDTV unit. >>> >>> You folks wonder why Amiga people are so "defensive". You see, in a market >>> nearly created by Commodore the only machines mentioned in a message like >>> this is PC and Mac. Ignorance is bliss I guess. >> >> Not at all. CD-I is neither PC or Mac, but a standalone box whose >> main purpose is to deliver multimedia. >> >> As for why PC and Mac are always mentioned, well, the Mac has had >> tools for audio and video production/editing for several years. PC because >> of the installation base. Why would I want to buy *another* computer system >> so I can have multimedia (after I've already spent thousands of dollars on >> hardware and software) when I can readily buy a little more hardware and >> software for my PC? > >Amiga has had tools since its creation in 1985 for both audio and video >production. I grant that the software was at the weak side then, but >it certainly is no longer. At the end of your message you say "Amigas >do multimedia", if you had said that in your initial message you would >not have gotten a message from me claiming "blinders are installed". > > >I might say that if you need to add sound and if you need to add some >more special hardware to bring your video to a NTSC standard for overlaying >laser disk output, and if you need a genlock you could have purchased an >amiga and more than likely all the support hardware that you need. > >> I disagree that neither the Mac nor the PC have truly viable >> multimedia platforms. What makes you say that? What can you do on an >> Amiga that you can't do on a PC or Mac? There has to be an incredibly >> significant advantage to make people switch. After all PC does multimedia, >> Mac does multimedia, Amiga does multimedia, CD-I does multimedia, and Bo >> does multimedia ;-). > I certainly have to agree that Amiga is the best multimedia platform. I have a 386 25MHz clone, Amiga 1000/3000, and a Mac SE/30, and out of them all I think the A3000 is the best platform for producing interactive multimedia presentations. Windows 3.0 on my 25MHz is quite slow compared to the A3000 with AmigaDos 2.0. Even on my friend's 33MHz PC, Windows is still slow. As for the MAC I don't like the way they force you to use point and click only interface. AFter using it for a few days, I get sick o f it. Currently I am developing a prototype learning environment for the HyperLearning Center near UC Irvine and guess which system I am using. A3000 with AmigaVision.