Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.games.video Subject: Re: Dragon's Lair Message-ID: <3102@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jul-83 16:06:38 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.3102 Posted: Tue Jul 19 16:06:38 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 16:06:38 EDT References: <470@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 11 The problem with long delays for jumps on the videodisc is one that is fundamental to the technology, not something that the electronics or computer interface get the blame for. Current videodiscs simply take a long time to seek more than a few tracks. They don't have the blazing- fast head actuators that computer disk drives have, because there is no need for such speed in the "ordinary" videodisc application of watching sequential frames. -- Henry Spencer U of Toronto {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry