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In article <9118416.28225@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au () writes:
>   Last night (3/7/91), Beyond 2000 screened a short (2minutes) stint on
> CD TV, featuring .... CDTV .... from C=. I WAS SHOCKED! Had C= Australia
> actually GONE to Beyond 2000 and OFFERED them this CDTV-thing-like-device
> to put on television where it will reach *thousands* of people. And they
> even had their name mentioned! I still remain shocked...
> 

Most Commodore subsideries around the world have had CDTV's for around
6 to 8 months at least (in their prototype form). So its not like they
did it really quickly! :-) About 6 months ago our Commodore
Educational Rep (I sell C= and am proud of it!) accidentally blabbed
that C= NZ had a CDTV in Auckland. For 6 months they refused to show it
off, the reason? They didn't want to arouse public interest to early
(how do you do a symbol of a head banging against a wall), finally we
got to play with one last month! It was great! It was fab-u-lous.
We've now got CDTV software over here, and can use Xetec CD-ROMs to
use it on standard 500's, 2000's, and 3000's.

One interesting point we did find out about Commodore International,
whenever a new product is being developed, the subsidiries usually get
the prototype/pre-prodn version shipped to them (eg, we saw the C=
286LT laptop (actually a ZEOS), it was white, we said we preferred a
dark rough texture laptop, so did a lot of other dealers, when it was
released, guess what! It was a rough black case!).