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From COMPUTER CURRENTS, "The Bay Area's Own Computer Newsmagazine 
since 1983," Vol. 10, Numb. 13, November 17, 1992 issue, page 10:
 
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News & Industry:  Silicon Valley News
 
New CD offers QuickTime for Windows, Mac Movies
 
The San Francisco Canyon Company (Pleasanton, Calif.) says it will 
ship Canyon Action!, a CD-ROM of clips for QuickTime for Windows 
that includes the Apple video player software for Windows, 
QuickTime dynamic library links (DLLs) for Windows, and Windows 
Picture Viewer.
 
The company says the CD contains QuickTime movies that can be 
played in Windows or on the Mcintosh.  Two exact copies of each of 
the movies, one in the Macintosh QuickTime format and the other in 
the Windows QuickTime format, are included on the disk and the 
company says the software is smart enough to tell if the CD-ROM 
drive it was inserted in is connected to a Macintosh or a PC.
 
The company says the inclusion of QuickTime for Windows and 
QuickTime DLLs allow the Windows user to play the video clips on 
the disk right out of the box.  An install program is available for 
the PC, but the company says Macintosh users will need to already 
have QuickTime for the Macintosh, as the company does not include 
it on the Canyon Action! CD.
 
Four categories of movie clips and still photos are included on the 
disc, said the disc's creator, Nels Johnson.  They include eight 
three-minute clips ofmusic videos including Lou Reed, Bruce 
Springsteen and others; 27 clips from old movies and cartoons from 
the '30s, '40s, and '50s; and modern clips of computer animation or 
abstract, moving images, some of which are from the works of video 
artist Nick Gorski.  The fourth category is "sond movies" which 
aren't movies at all, just sound.
 
A 20MHz PC and a Windows-compatible sound card such as those from 
Media Vision or Creative Labs is needed to play Canyon Action!, the 
company said.  For the Macintosh, the QuickTime starter kit and 
System 7.0 are required.  Canyon Action! is retail priced at $89.95 
and is available directly from the company by calling 800/227-1817, 
ext. 45.
 
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I have questions:  I wonder if this company can mail users just the 
viewer and DLL on 3.5" media?  Who the hell wants to buy a CDROM 
drive just to view QuickTime?  It is surely not a requirement for 
mac users, so it shouldn't be forced on Windows users either.  I am 
hoping this company is just queer, and that others will provide 
freeware viewers soon.  But if you want a viewer now this seems 
like the only way.
 
I don't know anything about the company; I am not affiliated with 
the company; and I don't give a damn about their commercial 
interests.  I posted this in its entirety because there are 
doubtless people out there who want this information, and I'd 
rather post it all here then get lots of email asking for the phone 
number and so forth.  Bye for now.

-- 
Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>