Multi what?

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4 total messages Started by Jeff Dobies Tue, 04 Jun 1991 22:21

#1468

Author: Jeff Dobies
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 22:21

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  Hello everyone,
    I am new to this newsgroup and have heard alot of great things about
  multimedia.  What I hear is that the future of computers is multimedia.
  Can someone please explain what exactly "multimedia" is?

  Is it a computer that runs digitized graphics and sound in some kind of
  user interface?

  Can it be done on a simple PC with sound board?

  What type of sound board is required (adlib, blaster, roland, midi)?

  Can you use one monitor or do you need a tv?

  Is a CD-ROM required?

  If I digitize some graphics and sounds then run them on my PC, is this
  considered a "multimedia system"?

  I saw a demo tape for the "Ulyses" project by IBM. Is this the mainstream
  multimedia arena (that is education)?

  Can anyone please answer my questions? Am I in left field or totally out
  to lunch? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated?

  Thank you for your reply, Jeff Dobies

--
  Jeff R Dobies (Computer Consultant - Oakland University)

Re: Multi what?

#1469

Author: Kevin Darling
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 03:42

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What is multimedia?  Well, I'm sure you'll get many definitions, but
I'll lighten them up with these I ran across today by accident:

 Farallon's Definition:
   Multimedia is anything that takes more than 2 trips to the car.

 O'Donnell's Corollary:
   Multimedia is anything that takes more than 3 AC outlets.

Any presentation with more than one kind of A/V media, is multimedia.
You can make up your own detailed definition from there.  Why not?
Everyone does these days!  Some people now refer to it as "murkymedia".

cheers - kevin <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu>

Re: Multi what?

#1474

Author: Bowie J Poag
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 21:12

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Sheesh..


The IBM is the WORST platform to develop multimedia on.. Its incredibly
ill-suited for the task.

Arc

Re: Multi what?

#1518

Author: Mathew Spolin [summer intern]
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 18:55

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I disagree.  The IBM platform has some distinct advantages for multimedia, 
not the least of which is Intel's DVI technology.

TV-quality video off of a CD-ROM is not to be sneezed at.

Computers are merely tools.  Its what runs on them that counts.

-Mls

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