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From: Coyote@cup.portal.com (Mike W Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: Re: ABC Interactive Update
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Date: 26 Feb 90 11:04:39 GMT
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>I saw ABC's 88 Vote disk, and I thought they did a very good job with it
>as well.  I will have to keep my eye open for a chance to see this new one.
>Does anyone know what other topics they are thinking of doing?  They have
>a vast source for data.
>
>Kurt
>--

The Voyager Company is shipping a copy of "The Great Quake of 89" which
features Dianne Sawyer talking about the Loma Prieta Earthquake with
chapter indices, etc. and which is advertised as an "interactive" disc.
However, I didn't receive any software with it.

Speaking of software from Voyager, they have a box wi. software for allowing
the Mac to talk to quite a number of disc players, many of which aren't
necessarily industrial players, such as the Pioneer CLD3030 which uses
a DIN plug connection as opposed to a serial port.  They sell a number
of hypercard stacks to access some of the videodiscs they sell.

A videodisc store had this and I asked whether they had an interface for
the PC.  They replied that they had one that controlled some of the
industrial players, but that it didn't support a lot of the commercial
players like the Mac interface did.  Does anyone know what the reason
for this is?  Is the Voyager company waiting for a hypercard-like interface
for the PC?

Mike Neff
Coyote@portal.cup.com