This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Tim, Hasn't anyone let you know that soliciting business in this manner in the forums is prohibited all across CompuServe? We moved your messages out of sight in our forums for that reason, as have the sysops of many other forums. Nick
Jordan, —-> "The last place I want to see advertising is in a non-advertising forum. Thanks for the slap-in-the-face." Glad I could wake you up! 😉 This CISNET thing is popping all over CIS — it's what we sysops call a "bombing run." Nick
Barry, You might also post this message in the Education section of the Multimedia Forum. Nick
Howard, Did you just upgrade to the new CD-ROM drivers? It's possible that they're causing a conflict with some other INITs. Try running with nothing but them and see what happens. If that's not the answer, I'd try a new cable. I'm using a CD300 with an FX and several…
Jan, "The Multimedia Producer's Legal Survival Guide" is intended mainly for companies that are actually producing titles. At $299, it might be overkill for you. I'd suggest a solid book on journalism law. I can't think of anything off the top of my head, despite my years in journalism (or…
Keith, It's Gutenberg all over again (the subject of a long discussion over in our main forum)… Sounds very interesting. Is it available retail? Nick
Jan, There are plenty of Mac viruses, believe me. This guy should, as you and Rich point out, be more concerned about his legal exposure for distributing a Trojan Horse, than about your review. It certainly is illegal to knowingly distribute software that will damage a computer like that… I'm…
Laurence, I think that the driver here was a beta version. We should have the release version available in the next few days. Watch for an announcement. Nick
Reese, You might also pose this question in the audio section of the Multimedia Forum. Nick
Video on CD-ROM?
Message #41418
Jim, ——> "Don't forget the Pioneer LD-ROM system that allows storing both analog and digital data on the same disc." Geez, the market has forgotten it; why can't I? Besides, it's still not the same video. They'd be on two different parts of the disc. Nick
Robert, What kind of multimedia capabilities are you looking for? Folks in the Multimedia Forum will undoubtedly have ideas about that, too. Nick
Mark, Have you seen a final driver for PhotoCD? We have a beta version of it in MULTIVEN, but I'm not aware of a final version yet. In fact, maybe the beta is for multi-session… Nick
Creative Labs CD Drive
Message #34724
Mark, Have you tried the beta driver for PhotoCD for that drive? We have it in the MULTIVEN Forum, but I haven't tried it yet… Nick
Jeff, I agree with everything you're saying about shareware. And there's not much chance this will come out like DAK… Nick
Len, Have you left a message about this in Media Vision's section in the Multimedia Vendor Forum (GO MULTIVEN)? Nick
Bill, ——–> "I see the real consumer machines as enhanced game machines with cd-rom drives. The rest of the folks will be using computers or machines which can play computer titles." I agree, except that I'd add smart cable boxes, which may be how CD-I and VIS each make their…
[continued] that goes with porting to yet another platform, when we're doing MPC versions *anyway*. It all comes down to that — we're doing MPC versions anyway, because it has by far the biggest, fastest-growing installed base, although one could argue that the Mac is still ahead in a sense.…
Kevin, I'm talking about software development when I say that VIS is leveraging an installed base that's 10 times the size of CD-I, even though the Multimedia PC was announced years after CD-I was. As a developer, I look at developing once for Windows and VIS, versus developing another version…
Kevin, ——-> "No, again this is another reason why CD-I is preferable as a *mass consumer* medium. It was designed by consumer electronics companies for the specific purpose of being a world standard, highly interactive, *TV-based* system." But VIS is also a TV-based system, designed as such from the ground…
Kevin, ——-> " when the MPC specs got upgraded suddenly to a 386 cpu, Tandy got stuck with zillions of 286s. Thus, VIS was born :-)" VIS was already planned when the spec was changed. I was amazed that Tandy went along with the change, but Tandy says that VIS…
#Is CD-I a dying format?
Message #29113
John, ——> " I see VIS, from what little I know, as a parallel medium, since it utilizes computers, as opposed to CD-I, which uses the ubiquitous TV." Huh? VIS connects to televisions, not computer monitors. But both CD-I and VIS are computers inside. They use quite different operating systems…
Is CD-I a dying format?
Message #29112
Jan, ——-> "The lack of competing brands is really just the West getting wise. They invent something, let the Japanese in and the Japanese take the market away from them The Japanese want in – they don't have it working yet." I don't think so. The Japanese have had about…
Frank (& Graham), You can also find MSCDEX.EXE in Library 1 of the Multimedia Forum. Nick
Dan, I missed the beginning of this thread. Are you involved in multimedia and education in Hawaii? If so, I'd like to know more… Nick
Rick, Warner New Media developed CD+G and has done all of the mastering. You might call them to see if they have specs. They're at (818) 955-9999. Nick
#19895-
Networked CD ROMs?
Message #19955
Scott, In addition to CBIS, you might also contact Jostens Learning Corp., if your schools aren't already in touch with them. They're the largest school computer vendor, by far. They've been doing CD networked multimedia for a few years. They're the developers of the Compton's Multimedia Encylopedia, which they sell…
Tom, I'm just not comfortable with being too easy to find when I want to be left alone. My life is increasingly public and when I'm trying to get away from work, I don't want anyone to find me. But that's what the mountains are for, I guess. Nick
Sol, I'm not sure if I've seen you on CompuServe before… if not, here's an electronic welcome. Are you also aware of the Multimedia Forum (GO MULTIMEDIA) and Multimedia Vendor Forum (GO MULTIVEN)? Our company operates those. BTW, your message was dangerously commercial. CIS doesn't like that sort of thing,…
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Pioneer LD player?
Message #12567
Don't leave a disc in the player for very long. It'll look like a flower, as the edges curl up. The local videodisc rental store won't even rent discs to people with top-loading players, if you can believe that. I'll check with Halted tomorrow to see if they have the…
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Pioneer LD player?
Message #12446
Is that one of the old top-loading Pioneers? If so, you might be able to get docs from Halted Electronics, in Santa Clara, Calif. If you're not in the area, I probably could get them for you — Halted is right around the corner from us. Those players have a…