Re: HIST/SPEC-CD-ROM
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- Subject: Re: HIST/SPEC-CD-ROM
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 21:56:37 -0600 (MDT)
Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> CD-ROMs. Just think about it!
>
> Not only could we have one for the historic cultivars, but we could have
> CD-ROMs for all kinds of things! Annual Registrations and Introductions would
> be really excellent if you could make it cost effective. I bigtime concur
> about Species which could include shots in habitat, All Beardless, Japanese,
> whatever....a great fundraiser for AIS! Commentray and other literature
> could be included as well. In theory, they could even be burned to order.
Anner,
Not to be a party pooper, and I do like the idea of photos on CD-ROM,
but in a few years CD-ROM's will be obsolete. The new technology is
called DVD. Yes, it is a new drive, but will hold 10 times the amount
of data that the CD-ROM can hold. Somewhere in the vicinity of 8
gigabytes for a start. This technology will also combine Visual, Sound
and Video all on one media. The movie industry, record and computer
companies have all agreed to this format. I believe some computer
manufactures have already incorporated the drive on their computers.
I have many wonderful photos of historics just sitting here. If anyone
moves forward with the idea of getting them on CD-ROM/DVD I could send
copies.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
