Subj : Re: Movie formats
To   : STORMTROOPER
From : Cougar428
Date : Fri May 23 2025 22:20:12

-=> Quoting Stormtrooper to Dumas Walker <=-

 DW> IIRC, those Laserdiscs, or their players, were relatively easy to
 DW> damage.  A couple of my relatives had them.  They didn't have them too
 DW> long, like before DVDs were even a thing they were gone.

 St> Can't say I ever saw, or even knew anyone with a laserdisc.  The Data
 St> density wasn't to flash and you'd have to flip it for the second half
 St> of your "movie".  The only other things I ever heard of using them was
 St> Dragons Lair and Space Ace arcade games. 
 St> ST

 While in the service, I used a laserdisk setup to connect to an Apple
 II with dBase. You could load topographical maps from disk and control
 the laserdisk to display them on an also attached higher def video
 monitor. It was heady stuff in the early 80's. All dBase driven. Not
 sure about the data density, but all topographical maps of Europe were
 there for perusing.

 I was amazed at the time, and that's what really got me interested in
 computers.

 Have a great day!

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