CompuServe Messages

Pat, One thing…. your statement 'witness the design of the newer series, which are BUILT with IBM slots' makes me believe that you're under the impression that the slots are new, and that the Amiga itself uses them. Both impressions (if those are indeed your impressions) are wrong. The A2000 has had IBM compatible slots in it since day 1 (which was several years ago) so they're nothing new. However, those slots are for use by the Bridge Board…which is an IBM PC/XT or AT on a board that fits inside the AMiga. The Amiga itself doesn't use those slots…the only thing in common between the AMiga and those slots is the power supply. IBM boards can not be used by the Amiga alone. However, if you do have the BridgeBoard (the PC on a board) installed, then you can share a few things from one side to hte other..in particular, either side can use the other side's hard drive. I realize that wasn't to your point about CDTV vs CD-I, so I'll comment on that also. Presuming that CDTV gets to market first (it's not supposed to be available until later this year…perhaps by Christmas??) and CD-I doesn't quickly follow on the market … then CDTV may well become the defacto standard. Especially if CD-I, when it gets to the market costs twice as much (as is speculated now). Don