Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: CDTV & CD-I The Whole Picture Message-ID: <1991Apr20.065011.17774@ncsu.edu> Date: 20 Apr 91 06:50:11 GMT References: Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 24 roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) writes: > [...] has several fans in the computer world who plague the > magazines and the Net with technical references and comments like > "programmers will know what I'm talking about" [...] Oh, c'mon. Really. "...plague... with technical references"?? That phrase sounds similar to the way other computerists respond to Amiga owners. Yuck. Yet this isn't about _anything_ "vs Amiga" as some seem to fear; it's only about CD-I component and CDTV component comparisons. Get a life. I've got over 20 years of computer graphics hardware and software experience. I've studied the Amiga since day one (I bought an A1000), and am often known on the CIS Amiga forums as a good source on ANIM and gfx hardware details. I've also spent four years semi-seriously following CD-I/I-TV progress, and two years utilizing CD-I chips in 68K standalone industrial controller boards. Apologies if I post some specs which mostly programmers/techs would understand, and reject hardware myths and brandname jingoism. Oh, and I don't believe in ganging up, either ;-). Would appreciate it if y'all would also wait, think, and then reply over a few days... unless you feel you'd lose some advantage. I have a biz to run; and anyway am here to educate, not for silly conflicts. I've been overwhelmed in email with questions... and will post a composite reply soon. Should be very interesting. thanks to all - kevin