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From: taak9@isuvax.iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: CDTV & CD-I
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.233408.208@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 23:34:08 GMT
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I recently attended a demonstration for the new CD-I players that Phillips
Sony are working on.  The demo was given by Microware(here in Iowa), which
makes OS-9, the operating system of the new CD-I.

Basically CD-I and CDTV serve the same purpose, just built around two
different computers.

The interesting thing that came out of the demo, was that the rep
from Microware said that they were using Amiga's for production work
of CD-I animations. They're using Deluxe Paint III, DigiView, and the
Toaster.

His reasoning was that these tools don't exist on the CD-I hardware.

Kind of interesting, but then he also said that every company doing
software development for CD-I is using different tools.

I'm afraid, tho, that the CD-I product will be more successful simply
because of the tremendous amount of capitol backing it up.

Steve Sheldon
TAAK9@ccvax.iastate.edu