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On Thu, 13 Apr 1995 CIIR@aol.com wrote:

> The big news here is that even these guys have Cyberspace fever.OneI major
> component of the convention was called Multimedia World, where there were
> well attended sessions on how broadcasters can use the Web. Microsoft gave a
> very impressive demo of Windows '95 and MSN. It was my first personal
> exposure to either and I was impressed. Apple did a dog and pony on its video
> capabilities and announced that all new models it produces will include 4X
> CD-ROM drives.
Will it be media compatible with anything else, or another incredible Woz 
Machine?

> Perhaps most germaine to this group was a demo by the Sarnoff Reserach Center
> of SRI (formerly RCA). It has been a leading player in developing HDTV. One
> of the capabilities they have added is the capability to carve out a 500 kbs
> sector which can be used for data alongside a standard NTSC video picture.
> That is, they have taken ISDN several better. At this point it is only a
> capability--not a product. But it is an added option to our previous list
> that included cable modems and DirectPC.
Why can't they just bless MPEG and let the market run (MPEG lets you put 
a 2 hour movie on a 5 1/4 inch CD-ROM).  Adult movies have been using it 
for about a year now, and there are some mainstream titles starting to 
come out.

> So one of these days, WWWZ, channel 3 in your town, may offer to provide the
> downstream link for your Internet connection. 
Several are converting their cable feeds to FDDI or ethernet.  The 10 
Mb/sec is enough to support about 5 MPEG channels.  (Yet another feature 
of GPL, provide by the Internet)

	Rex Ballard


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