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Toshiba 3401 Broken
Message #50601
Jay– I had *two* defective 3401 drives before I got a good one. Toshiba tech support said "Disconnect the drive from everything but the power supply. Insert caddy. If the caddy won't stay in, you have a broken latch and must return the drive to your vendor for a replacement…
Justin– No, I haven't tested Compel with Photo CD yet. Unfortunately, that task is near the bottom of a very long To Do list. Asymetrix typically ships solid Version 1.0 products, though–you can probably count on it working. –Jim
Rich– >> What is so magical about 30 fps, and BTW, what is so magical about full screen? Nothing magical about either one. 30 fps is the U.S./Japan NTSC television standard, while the European PAL system uses 25 fps. "Full screen" is only magical because people like big TV images–35"…
Rich– The only way to get full screen 30 fps video on a PC (or Mac) today is to use an Intel ActionMedia II board (or the NuVideo DVI board for a Mac) or a Motion JPEG board like the Videologic Mediaspace. Hardware compression/decompression coprocessors are needed to move so…
Chris– You're asking a complicated question. Harry Hallman mentioned CD-I, which you should consider if you need low-cost delivery machines (CD-I players output to TV monitors, and the players with FMV boards are slated to ship in August for about $850 list price). CD-I development is expensive, however, and there's…
Dan– I'll gladly provide you with enough information to talk your customer out of this plan, or to proceed if he/she is really determined. Call me anytime Monday or Tuesday. Jim Kauffman / Lehigh Interactive Multimedia (215) 867-8448 (215) 867-8517 FAX
Tim– I'm a multimedia developer, but I'd like more info on your product before making a commitment. Learning a new authoring package is not a trivial task (or perhaps yours is different?). What platform(s) are you running on? –Jim
Joe– Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread. From the row of exclamation points you appended to your reply, I gather these are the sort of pictures sold in those little shops along the highway where guys park behind the building so the neighbors can't see their cars. OTOH,…
Joe– Are these 3500+ GIF files public domain, copyrighted material or a mix of both? Any chance that some might be illegal copies of copyrighted material? I'm asking because I'll need to get proper clearance if I decide to use some of these images in a custom project for a…
Paul– I understand that MSCDEX 2.21 is in LIB 4 here, but FYI the Microsoft MM Support BBS number is 206-936-4082. –Jim
Robert– Nick Arnett, the sysop of the Multimedia forum on CIS, has posted a message indicating that the Multimedia Extensions are available at retail from any IBM dealer because of IBM's Windows contract with Microsoft. That's assuming, of course, that the dealer knows what you're talking about when you ask…
William– FWIW, I have the MediaVision Multimedia bundle and can run Mixed Up Mother Goose, which also uses lots of CD Audio, with no problems. I am, however, using the MSCDEX upgrade (2.21) from the Microsoft Multimedia BBS. –Jim P.S. I have the floppy version of Manhole and my four…