Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!cfctech!teemc!sycom!rkushner From: rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia Subject: Re: CDTV titles on an A500? Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 91 16:33:35 GMT References: <1991May31.093712.47965@cc.usu.edu> <1991Jun3.054319.10135@news.iastate.edu>,<1991Jun3.060223.8266@cs.mcgill.ca><1991Jun4.011109.4290@news.iastate.edu> Organization: Life In Hell BBS, Sterling Heights, MI Lines: 41 writes: >In article <1991Jun3.060223.8266@cs.mcgill.ca>, tinyguy@cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon >>In article <1991Jun3.054319.10135@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu >>> >>> How is this problem going to be solved? Obviously there is a great >>>potential for CDTV software using some of the routines in this extra >>>256K, and any software that does so may not run on an Amiga with the >>>Commodore CD-ROM drive and will not run on Amiga with the Xetec CD-ROM >>>drive. >>> >>> / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / >> >>So how come I heard from someone that every title for CDTV worked >>for A2000+Xetec combination except for Barney Bear thingy? This >>has been mentioned here on the net before, I'm not sure which >>group but I do remember clearly. > > You just proved my point. I think Commodore may be pushing CDTV >software developers to avoid using code in this extra 256K, and to >stay within the original 256K of 1.3 ROM. Developers of early >CDTV software are probably going to follow Commodore's rules to the >letter, or risk serious incompatibilities if Commodore suddenly changed >something in the CDTV before releasing it. > Has anyone tried an A3000+Xetec on CDTV titles under 1.3 or 2.0? Just wondering....I just bought an Amiga 3000 as my primary use system and have my Amiga 2000 sitting in another room collecting dust...Actually my sister makes good use of it...But I wouldn't want to buy a CDROM drive and have to hook it up in her room to play something... -Ron -- C-UseNet V0.42b Ronald Kushner Life in Hell BBS +1 (313) 939-6666 P.O. Box 353 14400 USR HST V.42 & V.42bis Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 Complete Amiga Support UUCP: uunet!umich!vela!sycom!rkushner (We are not satanic, just NUTS!) DISCLAIMER: I say what I mean, and mean what I say.