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FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group comp.sys.amiga.cd32 unmoderated group rec.games.video.cd32 Newsgroups line: comp.sys.amiga.cd32     Technical and computing talk for Commodore Amiga CD32. rec.games.video.cd32    Gaming talk, info and help for the Amiga CD32. Please read this entire post before replying. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 GMT, [ *** ] March 1994. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For questions about voting contact Jan Isley < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  For questions about the proposed groups contact Alan L.M. Buxey < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it CHARTERS comp.sys.amiga.cd32 discussion for the following topics - using CD32 as a slave drive - Add-ons for the CD32 (eg FMV addition) - Technical talk about CD32 - Serious issues for CD32 (piracy etc) rec.games.video.cd32 - Games on the CD32 - Peoples opinions about games out - Hints and tips for games - Rumours/lists of games available/coming Other discussions may occur on these groups as time goes on, CD is a new revolution and only time will tell what can occur. WHY VOTE FOR THESE GROUPS We are just witnessing the sudden birth of the 32-bit CDROM age, the past 4 months have seen a huge explosion in the interest of gaming from the CD. There are huge increases weekly in the numbers of silver discs being sold with games and serious software pressed onto them instead of the latest pop hit...and CD32 - which is lonely without a group is one of the main contenders - both as a game platform and as a pro-serious computing platform. Within the year, you will find 100,000 of CD32 machines will have turned into fully-fledged computer systems thanks to 2 new module add-ons from 3rd party developers - one, the SX1 is already available. Many will also have become slave CD-ROM's. The machine is ALSO an AMIGA <and there is no doubting this fact - so many computing people will want the comp.* group - also, many of the problems will be amiga type problems (of memory and how the thing works in general) - this can only be dealt with by amiga people - not just games oriented people. The add-on for the A4000 to allow CD32 gaming is still in main development and as this is the main development platform, its release is imminently in the spring - exactly when the cd32 groups will finally form! But there is also no denying that the CD32 isn't a games console either, far from it! So the rec.games.video.cd32 group is also required - to take the CD32 into the main arena for it isn't just a computing system. The CD32 now has 45% of the CDROM market in the UK (this is a true figure from the trade press) against 27% for the PC CDROM (which is dominated by multimedia and serious software). Admittedly, the market on CD32 right now is games - provoking the rec. group but what happens when the serious software comes out for CD32 (ie Wordworth 3, pagestream 3 and many more such _title_s..- all would utilize CD medium to the full)? So we require the 2 groups, One to put all CD32 bandwidth from all comp.sys.amiga.* groups into one group where it can be seen clearly. Another for just the gamers out there who only want game discussion. HOW TO VOTE Please do not mail this entire post.  I know what it says. Erase everything above the top -=-=-=- line and erase everything below the bottom -=-=-=- line.  Do not erase anything between these lines and do not change the group names. Please give your name on the line that asks for it. For each group, place a YES or NO in the brackets next to it to vote for or against it.  If you don't want to vote on a particular group, just leave the space blank.  Don't worry about spacing of the columns or any quote characters ( ) that your reply inserts. Then mail the ballot to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Just Replying to this message should work, but check the To: line. -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Amiga CD32 vote Ballot    <CD32-0001 (Don't remove this marker) Give your real name here: [Your Vote]  Group

LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) unmoderated group comp.sys.amiga.cd32 unmoderated group rec.games.video.cd32 Newsgroups line: comp.sys.amiga.cd32     Technical and computing talk for Commodore Amiga CD32. rec.games.video.cd32    Gaming talk, info and help for the Amiga CD32. Please read this entire post before replying. Votes must be received by 23:59:59 GMT, 30 March 1994. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party.  For questions about voting contact Jan Isley < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  For questions about the proposed groups contact Alan L.M. Buxey < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it CHARTERS comp.sys.amiga.cd32 discussion for the following topics - using CD32 as a slave drive - Add-ons for the CD32 (eg FMV addition) - Technical talk about CD32 - Serious issues for CD32 (piracy etc) rec.games.video.cd32 - Games on the CD32 - Peoples opinions about games out - Hints and tips for games - Rumours/lists of games available/coming Other discussions may occur on these groups as time goes on, CD is a new revolution and only time will tell what can occur. WHY VOTE FOR THESE GROUPS We are just witnessing the sudden birth of the 32-bit CDROM age, the past 4 months have seen a huge explosion in the interest of gaming from the CD. There are huge increases weekly in the numbers of silver discs being sold with games and serious software pressed onto them instead of the latest pop hit...and CD32 - which is lonely without a group is one of the main contenders - both as a game platform and as a pro-serious computing platform. Within the year, you will find 100,000 of CD32 machines will have turned into fully-fledged computer systems thanks to 2 new module add-ons from 3rd party developers - one, the SX1 is already available. Many will also have become slave CD-ROM's. The machine is ALSO an AMIGA <and there is no doubting this fact - so many computing people will want the comp.* group - also, many of the problems will be amiga type problems (of memory and how the thing works in general) - this can only be dealt with by amiga people - not just games oriented people. The add-on for the A4000 to allow CD32 gaming is still in main development and as this is the main development platform, its release is imminently in the spring - exactly when the cd32 groups will finally form! But there is also no denying that the CD32 isn't a games console either, far from it! So the rec.games.video.cd32 group is also required - to take the CD32 into the main arena for it isn't just a computing system. The CD32 now has 45% of the CDROM market in the UK (this is a true figure from the trade press) against 27% for the PC CDROM (which is dominated by multimedia and serious software). Admittedly, the market on CD32 right now is games - provoking the rec. group but what happens when the serious software comes out for CD32 (ie Wordworth 3, pagestream 3 and many more such _title_s..- all would utilize CD medium to the full)? So we require the 2 groups, One to put all CD32 bandwidth from all comp.sys.amiga.* groups into one group where it can be seen clearly. Another for just the gamers out there who only want game discussion. HOW TO VOTE Please do not mail this entire post.  I know what it says. Erase everything above the top -=-=-=- line and erase everything below the bottom -=-=-=- line.  Do not erase anything between these lines and do not change the group names. Please give your name on the line that asks for it. For each group, place a YES or NO in the brackets next to it to vote for or against it.  If you don't want to vote on a particular group, just leave the space blank.  Don't worry about spacing of the columns or any quote characters ( ) that your reply inserts. Then mail the ballot to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Just Replying to this message should work, but check the To: line. -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Amiga CD32 vote Ballot    <CD32-0001 (Don't remove this marker) Give your real name here: [Your Vote]  Group

RESULT: unmoderated group comp.sys.amiga.cd32  passes 464:56 RESULT: unmoderated group rec.games.video.cd32 passes 463:51 Amiga CD32 vote results - 532 valid votes  Yes   No : 2/3? 100? : Pass? : Group