Wanted Quicktime 20 Summary

Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 08:58:30 CDT From: Michael Cook <mlc@iberia.cca.rockwell.com> Subject: Wanted: Quicktime 2.0 and Apple Movie Player summary I previously wrote: > I'm trying to locate a copy of Quicktime 2.0, as well as Apple's > "Movie Player". > > Would someone please send me the ftp locations of these applications? > Are they available somewhere other than ftp.apple.com? > > (I'm trying to play the "1984" Macintosh commercial, ... I got replies from the following folks. Thanks! EWilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts) pope@imv.aau.dk (Povl H. Pedersen) Krishna Mattegunta Kant <kkant@ugcs.caltech.edu> Peter Schoenrank <PSchoenr@PostOffice.uvic.ca> glenhoag@nuance.com (Glen Hoag) ether@gulf.uvic.ca (Karen Etheridge) jtorrey@ksu.ksu.edu (J. Patrick Torrey) abrody@worldweb.net (Don't Panic) ware@covina.lightside.com (Ryan Ware) shakil@dircon.co.uk (Shakil) I'm open to suggestions for movie players that can play movies that Quicktime cannot. At the end of this summary is information about the 1984 Macintosh Super Bowl commercial. Michael Cook MLC@IBERIA.CCA.ROCKWELL.COM These are not the opinions of my employer. =============================================================================== Quicktime 1.6 is apparently available at: > ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu//pub/mac/quicktime/QuickTime162.hqx > According to > > <gopher://info.hed.apple.com/00/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/ > Macintosh/System.Software/Other.System.Software/QuickTime.Information.txt> > > QuickTime 1.x has been removed from all Apple ftp sites. and > QuickTime Information > > QuickTime 2.0 for Mac OS is available as part of System 7.5 or a $9.95 download > from CompuServe (GO QTIME). > > QuickTime 2.0 for Windows is only available as a $9.95 download from CompuServe > (GO QTIME). > > Beginning March 27, 1995, QuickTime 2.0 for both Mac OS and Windows will > also be available for $9.95 download via the internet at " > http://quicktime.apple.com ". > > All earlier versions of QuickTime are no longer available and have been removed > from Apple SW Updates. > > If you have any questions, please send an e-mail message to > "quicktime@applelink.apple.com". > QuickTime 2.0 is *NOT* freely distributable. You get a license and the media > as part of System 7.5, or you can purchase it separately. I hadn't realized this, since Quicktime 1.6 was free. I have System 7.1 on a Performa 475. > Simpletext is a Quicktime Player. Have you tried using that? > Simpletext will play Quicktime movies. There is no "quicktime application". > The extention is all that is necessary to open quicktime files in simpletext. > Other players, such as Sparkle, Movie Player and Movie Play, can be found on > sumex in the grf/qt directory. > Also, there's a piece of software called > Sparkle which will do the trick. It's available on info-mac. > There are _many_ shareware/freeware quicktime movie players at info-mac > and umich. I would recommend BijouPlay. You can find the…