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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Multimedia
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Date: 15 Dec 89 23:45:58 GMT
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The following is reprinted from InfoWorld's "Notes from the field", Dec. 
11, 1989:

"Microsoft does Flip-Flop, Won't be Faithful to Multimedia Anymore

... Take multimedia computing. After all this year's hoopla, Microsoft will
soon start to downplay multimedia because the kids in Redmond
have finally noticed that the hardware is not there yet at an acceptable
price.
    "Their target systems have a 386SX, 2 to 4 megabytes of RAM, extended VGA
graphics, and a buil-in CD-ROM player, all for uder $2,000. The system's no 
problem, but the price sure is -- at least for 1990"

-- end of quote

Well, I guess I 'll have to continue to do "multimedia" with my <$2,000,
<4 MB RAM Amiga :-)

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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