the CD came out just before 1980. it was very expensive at first and just for show. i attended some of the Sony seminars when they were first coming out. you couldn't buy anything at a "record store" until about 1982 though.
i would not be surprised to see ISO 800 color print film be about the only easily obtainable color one. Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:22 PM Subject: A conversation with Noritsu. > Her opinion is that digital will replace film, in much the same way that the > compact disc replaced long play records, and that it will happen at a very > fast pace. > > IIRC, the compact disc came out in around 1984 or so, and records were > pretty much history by the early 1990s. > > Film's days may be severely numbered.