Got my Commodore CDTV today

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Jun 6 13:58:00 2003

--- Keys <jrkeys_at_concentric.net> wrote:
> No I didn't get the start-up disk (the seller kept it?)

It's not critical. Most people never did much with it after they
unpacked the box.

One of the fun things that the CDTV (and CD32) will do is play CD+G
disks. There used to be a FAQ with a list of pop music in that
format, but I can't seem to find it now. I have several titles
by Fleetwood Mac and Little Feat that display graphics while they
play. On all of the ones I have, you can read "CD+G" in tiny
letters around the inner surface of the disc. These days, the only
people releasing CD+G media are Karaoke companies.

There was reputed to be one CD+MIDI disk (another format that the
CDTV and CD32 will play) - George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
supposedly put out by Warner New Media. I'd love to get a copy of
it just to fiddle around, but I've never been able to located it
in Warner's catalog. It is supposed to have the same piece in three
renditions - CDDA only, CDDA+MIDI and MIDI only. You would
have to attach a MIDI "voice" to hear the MIDI tracks.

-ethan
Received on Fri Jun 06 2003 - 13:58:00 BST