| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4795.1 | Amiga Shopper | KETJE::VLASIU | | Thu Jun 06 1991 05:24 | 21 |
| Chris,
I've recently bought a new UK Amiga magazine named "Amiga Shopper". It was the
second issue and it comes from the same publisher as "Amiga Format".
"Amiga Shopper" has no games in it and it talks only about technical aspects
(hard and software) and buyer advices (lots of advertising). I think I'll
continue with it. "Amiga World" (US) is also very little game oriented.
"Amiga Shopper" is not very colorful (just like "Computer Shopper") but it has
also a modest price (99p in UK).
About the CDTV (I haven't yet seen one), you should find a dealer or someone
with an A2000 in order to check if you can connect the A2000 keyboard, the
mouse and eventually the external floppy and the printer. I don't know how you
could connect a hard disk. Maybe you have an expansion port just like on the
A500 (or maybe you already have a SCSI interface - used for the CD ?? - in your
CDTV). If you already have a SCSI connection, you can check the connection
of a Macintosh external SCSI hard drive (but again you have to access a Mac).
Wish it helps, and good luck.
Sorin (who hasn't yet switched from his A500/A590)
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| 4795.2 | Amiga Format | MASALA::GAITKENHEAD | | Thu Jun 06 1991 05:32 | 7 |
| Try taking a look at "AMIGA FORMAT" which has a wide range of different
article's. I think it's also produced by the people who do the "AMIGA
SHOPPER" mag.
Geo.
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| 4795.3 | Floppy port, not SCSI port? | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Fri Jun 07 1991 16:52 | 19 |
| Re: .0
I heard that the disk port on the CDTV is not a SCSI port, but a standard
Amiga floppy disk port. I've also heard that if you connect an Amiga
external floppy drive to that port and place a Workbench floppy in it
when turning on the machine it will boot as a standard Amiga.
In case anyone hadn't heard, the "Welcome" CD that comes with CDTV
evidently was a image copy of the hard disk of the contractor who
wrote the Welcome Tutorial on the CD. It includes random animations
and pictures that the guy collected, along with copies of his contract
with Commodore.
I first heard this story from a former Commodore rep I ran into at
Systems Eyes. A friend of his in the area who is a developer booted
his CDTV as an Amiga and browsed through the files.
The most recent .info contains a similar claim by the editors of that
magazine.
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| 4795.4 | | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ LTN1 | Fri Jun 07 1991 17:09 | 13 |
| Re .3:
> I heard that the disk port on the CDTV is not a SCSI port, but a standard
> Amiga floppy disk port. I've also heard that if you connect an Amiga
> external floppy drive to that port and place a Workbench floppy in it
> when turning on the machine it will boot as a standard Amiga.
Indeed, the disk port on the back of the CDTV is for an Amiga floppy
disk. The Memory Location's CDTV is set up that way. For the moment,
I don't know HOW people will connect hard disks, unless there's a SCSI
port somewhere inside. TML has a mouse connected to a ribbon cable
that emanates from beneath the unit, so it appears a hacker should be
able to do a lot (at risk of voiding the CDTV warranty).
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| 4795.5 | | IAMNRA::SULLIVAN | You only play the games that you know you can lose | Fri Jun 07 1991 17:26 | 2 |
| There is an internal DMA port and possible yet-to-be-announced products
could include a SCSI disk adapter, Ethernet card, X10...
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| 4795.6 | And people thought stereos had a lot of cables before | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Mon Jun 10 1991 14:09 | 7 |
| Re: .5
>possible yet-to-be-announced products could include a SCSI disk adapter,
>Ethernet card, X10...
I find something inherently amusing about somebody's stereo hooked up
to Ethernet.
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| 4795.7 | The Music Network? | TLE::ALIVE::ASHFORTH | Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace | Mon Jun 10 1991 16:03 | 18 |
| Re .6:
>I find something inherently amusing about somebody's stereo hooked up
>to Ethernet.
Really? I'm not the marketing maven to make it happen, but offhand I would think
the possibilities, as they say, are endless.
Imagine a "file server" akin to the Library of Congress, offering a vast
compilation of music (all-digital, of course) available for your listening
pleasure. Charge a time-sharing fee to fund the service, but nominal as all
get-out. No more cookie-cutter playlists, no more need for endless private
purchases to build your own music library...
Welcome, brave new world.
Cheers,
Bob
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| 4795.9 | | BHUNA::IJOHNSTON | Dib Dib Dib! | Mon Jun 10 1991 16:58 | 8 |
| re last two
Have you guys ever thought about getting into the computer business????
Ian
;-)
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| 4795.10 | | IAMNRA::SULLIVAN | You only play the games that you know you can lose | Tue Jun 11 1991 15:09 | 7 |
| > I find something inherently amusing about somebody's stereo hooked up
> to Ethernet.
I find something inherently profitable about Computer Aided Instruction and
testing using network based LOW COST CDROM based platforms. Has a great deal
of potential I would think.
-SES
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| 4795.11 | Music Network | SUBWAY::LAFFORD | Llewellyn Lafford | Thu Oct 10 1991 17:46 | 5 |
| Great Idea!! And works of Art of all kinds! No more fumbling with messy CDs!
(Look out Bill Gates--we'll bypass your copyrighting the Mona Lisa.) We're
getting closer to digital delivery of ham sandwiches all the time--if this
telemass chamber were just big enough for the Venus de Milo...
--Llewellyn
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| 4795.12 | My 4795.11 was re: 4795.7 --Music Network Idea | SUBWAY::LAFFORD | Llewellyn Lafford | Thu Oct 10 1991 17:58 | 1 |
| My 4795.11 was re: 4795.7 --Music Network Idea
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