Multimedia platform
20-Mar-93 06:22:04
Sb: #27719-Multimedia platform
Fm: Jim Dutton 72237,561
To: Barbara Andrew 71035,1707
Barbara,
I just put on a multimedia networking demonstration today at work with
my A2000, and was asked several times, "is that coming from CD-ROM?". I
would reply, "no, it is read from harddrive and then kept in RAM
(entirely)".
Most messy-DOS PC's are not capable of MM as they come out of the box,
hence, the CD-ROM distribution of graphics, etc; which the messy-dos PC
then just 'reads and displays' is a fairly simple solution.
Somebody, however, had to generate that CD-ROM and create or gather the
graphics, pictures, et cetera, and then develop special software. If you
have a CD-ROM producing capability, and your client is mostly messy-dos,
then the simplest solution for you might be to just "slap" it all to
CD-ROM and let them use it like a special disk.
If your client isn't locked in to a single platform, and there isn't as
much of a need for everyone in the organization to have their own,
individual access to whatever you develop, then, maybe a few A1200's (with
256 colors!!) will provide the "training base" that the customer can make
use of (eg; in a special or seperate "training room"). You could then use
AmigaVision, which is VERY EASY to use, to generate your/their training
program.
Real World:southern Illinois,USA Internet:ca0008 at siucvmb.siu.edu