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Article #990Re: Photo CD's
From: Robin Hood
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:50
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 12:50
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Digital Arts PD Software <DigitalA@zenecaen.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > In article: <4h6j9b$qlt@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Robin Hood <bx@dl.ac.uk> writes: > > > > >> > > >> Is it possible to read Photo CD's on the CD32, and if so what software > > >> is required? > > >> > > >YES!!! > > > > > >If you have a CD32 or AMIGA CDROM then buy the NETWORK 2 CD which contains > > >tonnes of stuff for INTERNET, BBS, SHAREWARE etc... and includes software for > > >converting PHOTO CD Images, the CDROMS are the same format as NORMAL Amiga CDs, > > > > But the PHOTO CD Viewer on Network CD2 is painfully slow. It takes a few > > minutes > > to load a photo on the TV screen. Also CD32 is slow for JPG files, TIFF image > > is OK. > > > > Anyboday know if the PC's FLI file is same as AMIGA's FLI file. Why > > I could not view PC's FLI on CD32 using Network CD32 ? > > > > >you don't need to buy any crappy software... BEWARE don't buy the PHOTO CD software > > >that SILICA are selling, its well dodgy, a the software is around 20 and is about a > > >1 MEG of software on a CD.. and its CRAP!!! it was reviewed by AMIGA FORMAT and it got > > >something like 50 odd %... > > > > > > > > > If you live in the UK you can buy CD32 Gamer, which includes an > FLI viewer on its CD each month... > ON CD32 ONLY, Can you load FLI viewer, then with NoReset (as NetWork CD 2 does) and change to view FLI files on a PC CDROM with FLI ? > FLI files are a PC format, similar to our AMIM file format, you > certainly can view the FLI files, but unless you have an upgraded > CD32 they will be pretty slow... > I RECOMMEND: > > CD32 + SX1 or SX32 > at least 4Mb Fastram > > and it should work perfick... > > > Nice One!! > > DARREN (THE MANCUNIAN WITH ATTITUDE) > > Digital Arts Software (Manchesters BEST PD Group on the WEB) > ---- http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/digiarts ---------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!yama.mcc.ac.uk!daresbury!usenet From: Robin Hood <bx@dl.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.cd32 Subject: Re: Photo CD's Date: 15 Mar 1996 12:50:14 GMT Organization: Daresbury Lab, Warrington, U.K. Message-ID: <4ibp26$mkv@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> References: <Dn8rMH.1Dv@cix.compulink.co.uk> <596768170wnr@zenecaen.demon.co.uk> <4h6j9b$qlt@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> <303068322wnr@zenecaen.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: tcsg2.dl.ac.uk