Philips CD ROM writer
27-Oct-92 08:49:22
Sb: #29548-Philips CD ROM writer
Fm: Paul McAfee [Kodak] 70007,6241
To: Frank/Lisa Richards 76354,15
>> … writer was being advertised with borrowed Photo-CD "sizzle" it
actually had nothing to do with PhotoCD.
I am not aware of any PCD Writer 200 advertising.
I wrote the press release, and we were careful not to relate the writer to
Photo CD at this time, except to say that it is "…an outgrowth of the new
Kodak Photo CD system." This is true, because it is the same writer that
is used in the Photo CD Imaging Workstation.
The writer's only connection to Photo CD will be when we introduce desktop
authoring software mid-1993 for the creation of Photo CD Portfolio and
Photo CD Catalog discs. This software will work with our writer and with
other ISO 9660/Orange Book-compatible writers.
> I don't know if the folks at your 800 line were avoiding vaporware or if
they simply didn't know about the desktop authoring software…
A little of both. We will probably not have anything definitive to say
about the desktop authoring software until next year, when it is ready for
shipment.
Paul