Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!sdcc6!sdcc13!orovner From: orovner@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Oleg Rovner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDTV.. Message-ID: <20363@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 9 Jun 91 05:08:09 GMT References: <499@regina.uregina.ca> Sender: news@sdcc6.ucsd.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 31 In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: >>DUh, Pete.. I referred to CDTV as a CD Player, VCR and an Amiga in one box, >>meaning you can essentially simulate a CDTV with those three things. NOWHERE >>did I say a CDTV included a VCR. >>> >>>It plainly isnt worth it. I give CDTV the thumbs-down for now.. Lets be real >>>here. >>> >>>Arc >> I'd like to point out that one can also simulate a RAM chip by winding wire arround a ferrite core. A lot of things can be "simulated" by a lot of other things, just not as conveniently, and convenience is the name of the game... (at least in consumer marketing) dumb news software at UCSD bites the big brass monkey > -- "One man's 'harsh and bitter truth' is another man's 'foolish and uninformed fiction'" -d.haynie