#: 18497 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    04-Aug-93  10:51:06
Sb: #18490-Phillips CD-I
Fm: Ean Schuessler 73422,3441
To: Brian A Lantz 71055,1611 (X)

Ken >>>

I'd certainly agree that there are a lot of handicaps when trying to use the
CD-I machine for any kind of fast-interactive graphics. I would think that is
due more to short-sightedness on Philips part in not providing any kind of
facilities for fast hardware sprites. I know it would have drivin' costs up,
but at least developers wouldn't be having to "coax" the hardware into
performing.


Graham >>

Well, I don't know if agree entirely. The level of hardware abstraction that
OS-9 provides certainly does add some value when it comes to creating a
flexible harware/software standard such as Philips has tried to do, but I also
wonder if that abstraction won't eventually lead to more problems than
solutions with psuedo-green players.

Brian >>>

Groovy! The main thing that I am wrestling with right now is trying to get OS-9
to see my drives I formatted on another machine as well as my Exabyte tapes.


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