----------------------------Original message---------------------------- TO ALL MEMBERS OF ARLIS-L I do apologise for taking so long to supply the results of the survey. Many well known CDRom users did not reply which why I made three announcements on ARLIS-L. Just hoping to get more replies. Hence the delay. For those who did take the trouble to reply, thank you. Few though the respondees were, I hope that publishers will take note of the results and especially some of the comments. TOTAL RESPONSES ............ 42 In answer to question 1. What systems.... 39 used PC systems 23 used Mac systems. of these 17 used both PC and Mac systems 2 also had access to UNIX only 6 out of 46 could not use PC format CDs, compared to 23 out of 46 who could not use Mac. Everyone who replied had CD drives, although one wasn't sure (their other replies made it clear that they had a drive). 39 could read PC format CDs and 1 wasn't sure. 38 could display image files in ".jpeg" format plus 5 who weren't sure. Of those who could, several had other preferences. gif 2 pif 1 cmp 1 bmp 2 photoCD 1 not sure 3 Of those who could not, 2 could read text only and 1 could use bmp only. Question 6. brought the following comments. "I only use to show CDRoms and PhotoCDs. Not very much" "looks as if I have a lot to learn" "...easier to network PC than Mac CDs" "prefer on-line to CD" "I don't know which format, I just use whatever comes on the CD" "..problem...software obsolescence. I hate 3 year old CDs that can't be used" "I think Mac is doomed...future models incompatible with current" "little interest by curators" "minimum installation on HD, everything on CD" "still looking for that single-user interface. At present it's like every other book is in a different language" "We hope to add a CDRom in the next couple of years, if budgets allow" "suggest a survey looking at most popular CDs and why" "like to see comparison of CD price indexes" "paintshop seems to handle everything" Our first CDRom title, FASHION UPDATE, will have image files in ".jpeg" format, which should please most respondees. Unfortunately, publication has been delayed until 1997. Please note, that the $dollar price for all our titles is unchanged. We worked them out at $1.52 to =A31. -- Jim Emmett Emmett Publishing Ltd