#CD-ROM for Newspaper
26-Jun-93 13:42:40
Sb: #50975-#CD-ROM for Newspaper
Fm: Paul Zane Pilzer 70363,2003
To: Jay Gondelman /chicago 71431,701
<Was interested in your announcement of being close to publishing bi-weekly
CD-ROM magazines.>
<How complex are they? Text & graphics? What about video /audio? How much
control do you exercise over the content files, etc.? Is this supplied by
someone else, or are you responsible for the interface, etc? How feasible is a
weekly publication on CD-ROM that includes text, graphics, video (short clips)
and audio?>
The first magazines (expected Dec. 93) will be lots of text synched to
256-color images, audio, lots of color signposts. Video will be available on
on a special version running on a hand-held info appliance.
The operating system is our proprietary PowerCD which was developed originally
to capture the accumulated knowledge of schoolteachers.
The video clips will be a V.2 addition in early 1994. The problem with Video
is compatibility. Currently, a PowerCD application runs the exact same on a
DOS, Windows, Mac and Sony MMCD. The video is difficult to do with a single
data format on all of these platforms from a single disc.
Next week, take a look at the ZCI section in the CD-ROM Forum.