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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re:  CDTV..
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References: <arctngnt.2964@amiganet.chi.il.us> <1991Jun5.152659.25120@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <mykes.3256@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1991 16:00:34 GMT

In article <mykes.3256@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>In article <1991Jun5.152659.25120@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>	You haven't described to me how you actually combine
>>those three things to make a CDTV. For example, lets say you want
>>the encyclopedia, or the CD+G, or one of the larger games. You
>>can't do it with those things.
>>	None of them can talk to each other. The Amiga can't
>>control the CD and it can't control the VCR. The closest you
>>could come would be adding a genlock, but then you still can't
>>tell a VCR (at your price) to skip to a certain frame and start
>>playing.
>
>Point of information:  The Amiga CAN control the CD and it CAN
>control a number of VCRs and LaserDisk players.
>
	Hah! You fell into the trap! 8-) The whole point was that
you (generic you) could get a CD, VCR and Amiga for less than a
CDTV. That would require the VCR and CD to cost under $300 for
both. There ain't no VCRs or CD players that'll come in with
computer control for that price.
	-- Ethan


Now the world has gone to bed,		Now I lay me down to sleep,
Darkness won't engulf my head,		Try to count electric sheep,
I can see by infrared,			Sweet dream wishes you can keep,
How I hate the night.			How I hate the night.   -- Marvin
