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Re: Photo CD's

#990
From: Robin Hood
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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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
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