> Okay, I am happy to agree that a Hard disk would be nice, and I would > possibly consider buying that, if I could afford it. What I probably would > not buy, are things like the Quazar Surround Sound.
Oh dear, thats not a nice thing to say.... Taking all that has been said into consideration,I feel that people are let down / annoyed when there is NO SOFTWARE SUPPORT for new bits of hardware, taking the kalideoscope, many people purchased that, but what software was there? The only thing i've seen was a routine on SAM PRIME issue 3, apart from that i dont even know if there was anything else. And how many people actually know how they can use it themselves...? Would you not agree that this would make people more skeptical about hardware in the future. If there was software support, the hardware would 'have a use' and become more popular. Taking the Quazar Surround as the next example (as it's my own creation!) the support will be there, with top companies like FRED PUBLISHING and PHOENIX SOFTWARE and top programmers are also VERY intrested in using it, plus myself - programming away till the early hours of the morning for past two weeks writing software for it, i can assure everyone the support will be there, and I am planning to get lots of software ready for it's launch (approx early March) As for compatibiliy, most games will not be written specifically for the Quazar Surround, so people without it can still play them (although without the cool sound obviously) - this means people won't miss out. And as for 'anyone' using it, all the software for playing samples in M/C AND BASIC is ready to be supplied with it, so even someone with limited knowledge of basic can still enjoy writing small programs for it. As said before, how many people knew how to use the kalideoscope properly? Colin Piggot - Creater of the Quazar Surround.
