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From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: formats and distributions
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:10:35 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.3 PL6]

Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.COM) wrote:

> 1) Do the standard CD-ROM formats restrict filenames to the standard
>    DOS 8 main + 3 ext formats?  If so, how are vendors of Unix-related
>    CD-ROMs dealing with this?  Cpio or tar files?

Yes, ISO 9660 level one filenames are FILENAME.EXT;1 
There are several strategies for dealing with this:
 1. Have a small number of 8.3 files, each being a cpio or tar archive
    of many original Un*x files.
 2. Write a script to coerce the names to 8.3 uppercase when going onto
    the CD, and supply a script to later create hard disk-based symlinks
    which have the original names.

The RockRidge format (POSIX file capabilities on top of ISO 9660) avoids the
8.3 limitations, but is not yet widely supported.

> 2) Related to (1).  Does anyone know what format Sunsoft is using for
>    their CD-ROM distributions for Solaris (for PCs)?

The SPARC distribution is reportedly RockRidge format.
I have no clue about the Intel CD.

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From: sklower@diva.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Sklower)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: "Erasable" CD-ROMs
Date: 30 Sep 92 22:11:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.44799
Organization: /etc/organizaton

In article <1992Sep28.140031.8918@cadlab.sublink.org> martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes:
}bakken@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Bakken) writes:
}:... Sony was rumored to be announcing an "erasable" CD-ROM ...
}:you could ... then read with a normal CD-ROM drive.
}
}It has been on the market for QUITE some time ...

Alex then went on to talk about magneto-optical drives which are in
fact NOT compatible with standard CD-ROM drives.

Sony and phillips have been selling CD-WORM drives, which utilize
media that can be read on a normal CD-ROM drive (or put in a standard
consumer CD player)  Unless you're a giant like KODAK, the blank
media costs on the order of $35-$40 and can be written only once.
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: gpaille@CLN.ETC.BC.CA
Subject: NEC 74
Reply-To: gpaille@CLN.ETC.BC.CA
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 03:37:21 GMT

Does anyone have any positive or negative comments on the NEC 74 drive?  I
have had one on back order now, from a supplier in Toronto, for a long
time.  They have the drive, but NEC does not seem to be able to supply the
interface and driver for my Mac.

The reason I am asking for comments is that I have been reading about these
"new" multisession drives that are supposed to appear before the end of the
year.  I hear that the new drives from Sony, Phillips etc., will have
faster data transfer rates and access times and all at a much less
expensive price.  Does anyone have any info that substantiates these
claims?  Should I cancel my order and wait?

Thanks for any comments.


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From: blob@Apple.COM (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Version Number in ISO Formatted CDROM (sorry, long) (fwd)
Date: 29 Sep 92 14:06:59 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

shaun%marble%octela@UUNET.UU.NET ("", Attacking Deep Structure) writes:

>I want to press a CD ROM that will be readable on Macs, Vaxen running VMS,
>and MSDOS and Unix machines, although the primary focus will be DOS/Unix
>machines.  Should I include version numbers or not?  Is it even possible
>to name the files so that they will accessible under both MS-DOS and VMS?

You should definitely include version numbers.  It's what the standard
says to do.  MS-DOS will ignore them and not display them.  VMS will
use them.  Macintoshes will show them as part of the file name, since
ISO9660 naming is a subset of Mac naming.  Depending upon the Unix
implementation, you'll see them or not.

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"
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From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: "Erasable" CD-ROMs
Date: 30 Sep 92 12:32:17 GMT
Organization: U of Cambridge, England

In article <1992Sep28.140031.8918@cadlab.sublink.org> martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes:
>It has been on the market for QUITE some time, and in several
>different implementations (SONY's is just one, another is made
>and sold by Maxtor).  We have been using some for a couple of
>years, for example for semi-permanent archiving of Usenet news
>as they expire, but are currently very unsatisfied.  At first

Bearing in mind what you've said about their (un)reliability, are
either of these drives using the CD-MO (CD-magneto-optical) standard
specified in the Orange Book part 1?

And are these still CLV drives, i.e. with CD-ROM-type random access
times? Is CD-MO (Orange Book part 1), in fact, a CLV standard?

(I presume you _are_ talking about CD-ROM-size (120mm) discs, rather
than the 130mm CAV rewritable discs.)

p.s. sorry if you see this twice. I canceled it and put in some more.
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: A23247@ITESO.BITNET
Subject: Cleaning problems...
Reply-To: A23247@ITESO.bitnet
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:27:41 GMT

        Can Anyone tell me a safe and easy way to clean a CD ? I have tried
many from Wax to water. I live in a "dusty" place, and they are full of dust
everytime I use them. I am interested in a SAFE way to clean the CD heads too.

        thanks.

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a23247@ITESO.BITNET                                        ITESO University
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO , MEXICO
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From: peteru@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: Re: CD-ROM drives as audio CD players?
Organization: school of Mathematics UNSW
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:08:20 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.052329.28017@news.yale.edu> paul@econ.yale.edu (Paul McGuire) writes:
>It is about time for me to break down and buy a CD player to plug into
>my stereo and I've been thinking about getting a CD-ROM drive for my
>computer as well.  Can I use one device for both purposes?  I've seen
>a number of CD-ROM drives advertised as capable of playing audio CDs.
>Is dual capability fairly universal?  Will such a drive plug into the
>stereo and give me decent sound?  I realize I'll be lacking a lot in the
>way of front panel control.  Will it function without being plugged into
>the computer for control?  Is it a bad idea for some other reason?

Well, you can always get a CDTV. It is a normal stereo component (you have
to use caddies for the discs though) but you can also attach to it floppy
drives, keyboard, mouse, etc. It comes with a remote. It does run software
directly off of CD-ROM, I use it with World Vista Atlas, SimCity, The Fred
Fish Collection on CD-ROM and Grolliers Encyclopaedia.

The specs on the audio are better than most audio-only CD players. It also
plays CD+G and CD+MIDI disks. This gives you graphics on your TV while
playing music and/or the MIDI port at the back spews out MIDI data for the
audio.

Check it out, it's neat. I have networked it to my computer and it works
as a normal CD-ROM drive for it as well.


Peter Urbanec				  peteru@hydra.maths.unsw.oz.au
University of New South Wales		s1013734@cs.unsw.oz.au
Sydney, Australia
		The only sin is stupidity  - Machiavelli
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: jpascone@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeffrey Pascone)
Subject: I Need a Shareware CD
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix (sponsored by U. of Denver Math/CS dept.)
Disclaimer1: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of
Disclaimer2: Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
Disclaimer3: control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 18:49:51 GMT

I am looking for a CD disk filled to capacity with Shareware, you know,
one of thos with 15 or so different subs with a bunch of compressed files.
It is for a BBS.
Leave mail to pasconej@euclid.humboldt.edu or @axe.humboldt.edu...

Thanks..


Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: marks@pwa-b.uucp (Evan R. Marks)
Subject: Problems with Sony CDU-541
Organization: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:22:45 GMT

I have a sony CDU-541 that decided to go south on me.
It seems to work fine, except when I access the drive.
It tells me Disc is not in ISO-9660 or High Sierra format.


These same Roms worked fine last week.

The autoexec.bat and config.sys files are correct.

The Discs all seat correctly and the drive light goes on when 
accessed.

I have a feeling it is dead

Doers anyone know of a place to get CD-ROM's fixed at a reasonable
rate?  Thanx

-- 
Evan R. Marks  			   	 Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Sr. Systems Support Specialist           400 Main St. M/S 161-05
Unix Workstation Support                 East Hartford, CT 06108
marks@pwfire.pweh.utc.com 		 (203) 565-5444
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From: adrie@ica.philips.nl (Adrie Koolen)
Subject: Re: Reading and writing audio tracks on a Philips CDD-521 recorder
Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:40:33 GMT

In article <1a5mjeINN6v8@agate.berkeley.edu> rab@sprite.berkeley.edu (Robert A. Bruce) writes:
>Does anyone know how to read or write audio tracks on a Philips
>CDD-521 recorder?  I have it connected to a 386 msdos system with
>an Adaptec 1542 SCSI card.  I can read/write ISO-9660 discs, but
>when I try to read an audio disc, I get errors.
>
>What I want to do is read my favorite songs from about a dozen different
>audio cd's and put them all on one disc.  I am pretty sure that it is
>possible to do this but I haven't figured out how yet.

You can't read audio frames with a CDD-521. It can write them, but not
read them. Looks to me that they have removed that feature to satisfy
lawyers in copyright matters. It's also possible that the hardware
simply cannot read audio frames. Most CDROM drives do have this problem
as they use the 12 bytes sync pattern to recognize (data) frames. Audio
frames do not carry sync patterns. Note that I work for Philips but have
not worked on the 521 so I do not know its internals.

Of course, you can write audio frames. How you get the data is another
matter... The Sony CDU561 is said to be able to read audio blocks. I
don't know whether it's already in production.

Adrie Koolen (adrie@ica.philips.nl)
Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: DFMHDJ@VM.UNI-C.DK ("Hans D. Jensen")
Subject: PLaying MM .WAV
Reply-To: "Hans D. Jensen" <DFMHDJ@VM.UNI-C.DK>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:10:13 GMT

Hi,
This question is maybe more appropriate in a Windows list, but then
again... I have Microsoft Bookshelf for Windows, but no audio-card.
I have installed the SPEAK.EXE driver to get some audio, and I can play
part of the .WAV files using the Sound Recorder, but only of the order
3 seconds. Does anybody know if there is another driver or utility
to play the MultiMedia sound files in full through the PC speaker?
(maybe I should buy a sound-card for Christmas).

Hans D. Jensen
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: BISHOP.TIC@COMMLAN.SAFB.AF.MIL ("", Bishop, David T., Capt)
Subject: Re: PLaying MM .WAV
Reply-To: "(Bishop, David T., Capt)" <BISHOP.TIC@COMMLAN.SAFB.AF.MIL>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 17:39:22 GMT

The setup utility for the PC Speaker driver for Windows 3.1 allows you to
change the maximum time a .wav file is allowed to take over the system.
The idea of limiting the length was to prevent the speaker driver from
preventing background tasks from running.  A new version of the driver
has a check box that allows you to enable interrupts (so background
processes still work) at the expense of sound quality.

Dave Bishop
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: burke@reg.triumf.ca (RICK BURKE TRIUMF OPERATIONS)
Subject: Availability of physics related info on CD-ROM
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 23:10:00 GMT


Question:  What is available on CD-ROM that would be of interest to people 
           working in the particle physics, solid state physics, bio-physics
           astro physics, etc. fields?

We are thinking of getting a CD-ROM drive for our 486 and were wondering what 
might be out there. 
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: sherman@ecadsr.enet.dec.com (My name is...)
Subject: Re: Sony CD Rom
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:33:16 GMT


In article <67263@cup.portal.com>, scohen@cup.portal.com (Seth D Cohen) writes...
>I need some help!
> 

Seth,

This is perhaps not the best solution, but it is probably a solution.
You might consider giving MediaVision a call.  I understand they sell and 
support at least one sound board that can interface to your drive.  You may 
have to buy the sound board, but that may not be a bad thing.  They will then 
sell you the cabling and software (from Trantor) you need to make the thing 
work.  You can reach them at (800) 638-2807.  Good luck!

Steve
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: For Sale: NEC-74 CD-ROM Package
From: mgeorgy@vmsclst1.sc.csupomona.edu
Date: 4 Oct 92 14:14:17 PDT
Organization: Computer Science Computational Systems
Nntp-Posting-User: mgeorgy

This is for the MAC
I have a brand new NEC 74 CD-ROM Drive.  I used it about 7 times but found that
I can't afford the payments on my VISA.  I have had it for about 3 months.  I
also have these CD's that come with it:

NASA GEDEX Expierament CD (2 CD's)
U.S. History on CD-ROM
Sherlock Holmes on DISK
Shakespeare on DISK
[End of file]
Multimedia Audubons Mammals
Multimedia Birds of America
Source CD-ROM: Source Code Disk
Desert Storm CD
The MacWorld Resource CD
Apple's QuickTime Developers CD 1.0
Time Table of History
The Software Toolworks World Atlas
Class Room CD
Apple's Technical Support Information Source
3- Developer CD's
CIA World FactBook
Groilers Encyclopedia
Great Literature
The Educorp CD-Sampler
Nautilus Intro CD-ROM
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
Amazing Universe CD-ROM
Discovery Environmental Data Disc
The Orient Travel Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Cosmic Osmo
Cinderella
Apple MPW Devlopers CD (includes MPW, MPW C, MPW Pascal, MPW Assembler, 411,
Source BUG, MacsBug, ResEdit, SADE).

Anyone who has been looking for a CD-ROM drive know this is a hell of a deal.
If you are interested or need further info on a CD let me know, E-MAIL or
CALL!!!

I am asking $1100, for the whole package + you pay shipping.  Contact me and
maybe we can work something out!!!

Matt Georgy
(714) 860-1015

or E-Mail
Matt Georgy
California State Polytechnic State University, Pomona  -- Computer Science
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From: dclunie@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (David Clunie)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Pioneer DRM600 & Sun - DRIVERS UNNECESSARY
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:28:25 GMT
Organization: Her Master's Voice
NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.itd.adelaide.edu.au

In article <70@gobi.UUCP> stevek@gobi.UUCP (Stephen Kogge) writes:
>>   Now I ask you what extra functionality does the $500 driver from
>>   Young Minds or Tracer Technologies or whoever offer above this
>>   freebie from sun ? So far I have not been able to find out.
>	Remember that the DRM600 has 6 platters and the present Sun driver
>supports only logical unit 0,units (platters) 1 thru 5 are properly
>supported by the Tracer Tech driver. You need to be sure to buy the correct
>ROMS (512 byte sector) to be able to boot and use platter 0. One of

The Sun driver ABSOLUTELY DEFINITELY DOES SUPPORT logical units
1 through 5, just by adding the definitions to the kernel and
recompiling (SunOS 4.1.2). It does not support audio play I am told
though haven't looked into this aspect.

I repeat ... you do not need an extra driver at extra cost to read
normal ISO9660 CD's in any platter of the DRM600.

The comment about needing the 512 byte sector CDROM's is quite correct
of course. This does not mean that the drive won't work on a "normal"
machine ... there is a dip swicth on the back to switch between
2048 and 512 byte sectors.

I prseum the reason Sun went with 512 bte sectors is because of the
desirre to use CDROM's with their "4.2" filesystem on them. Am I
wrong ?

david
-- 
David Clunie (dclunie@itd.adelaide.edu.au)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: NEC CD-ROM drives
From: tswanson@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES.)
Date: 26 Sep 1992 00:14 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I'm getting the itch to buy a CD-ROM drive and have pretty much settled on
an NEC 74 or 84.  Is there any difference between the two drives besides
external vs. internal (and price)?

I thought they were the same, but was a little confused by a recent post
that said the 74 had better buffering.  

I'd also be interested in general opinions of the drives' performance,
particularly with handling multimedia apps.

Thanks,
Ted

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: DFMHDJ@VM.UNI-C.DK ("Hans D. Jensen")
Subject: STW Ill. Encycl. sound
Reply-To: "Hans D. Jensen" <DFMHDJ@VM.UNI-C.DK>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:09:08 GMT

Hi,
I have a small problem with the Software Toolworks Illustrated
Encyclopedia and the sound clips in it. I got the Ill. Encycl. bundled
with my drive (a Procom PCDM650 through CompUSA). If I start STW
and choose a soundclip, e.g. from the Picture list, it sometimes
happens that the clip is not played. The drive seems to search, but
cannot find anything(?). If I start a program to play an audio CD
(playcd.exe in my system) it finds the two track (data and sound) and
I can play the second track. If I now enter STW, I can play the clips.
I saw the same behavior on a NEC drive at CompUSA, so I suppose it is
in the STW retrieval software? Has anybody an explanation and/or a
fix for this behavior? BTW when playing the sound-track, there is also
Niel Armstrongs "One step for a man, ...", but if you go to the article
and try to play that clip, you are told that the sound isn't available!

Hans D. Jensen
dfmhdj@neuvm1.bitnet, dfmhdj@vm.uni-c.dk, or hdj@dfm.dth.dk
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: scott@unixland.natick.ma.us (Scott Evernden)
Subject: Adaptec 1542B Plus NEC CDR74
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix & Think_Tank BBS
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 00:23:43 GMT


Is anyone successfully using this combination?  I've tried both
the Adaptec ASW410 as well as the CorelSCSI software, and I
cannot make the 1542 talk to the 74.  I keep seeing hints and
wisps of suggestions that there is some sort of known problem
with the 1542 (no problem getting the 74 working with it's
Trantor T128 card).

I'm having this problem on more than one machine.

Information would be greatly appreciated cause I'm running out
of options and $$...

-scott
----
GrayMatter Software Co.              Holliston, MA   508 429-7867
scott@unixland.natick.ma.us    scott@opl.com    spe@world.std.com
user interface and application development technologies and tools
Organization: University of Louisville
Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 1992 10:35:13 EDT
From: David Ehresman <DEEHRE01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: The Bible Library
 <92272.092648HARVEY@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>

The CD-ROM Source (Indianapolis, IN) (317) 541-0222 lists
The Bible Library in their catalog for $50.
From: korpela@rocket.ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric J. Korpela)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Mitsumi's Address
Date: 28 Sep 1992 23:57:30 GMT
Organization: Cal Berkeley-- Space Sciences Lab
NNTP-Posting-Host: rocket.ssl.berkeley.edu

In article <76@motatl.UUCP> mad@motatl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) writes:
>
>I am looking for an address or phone number for the US headquarters for Mitsumi.
>If they have a BBS, that would be useful as well. 
>

I'm interested in getting this info as well.  Please post it, rather than
email it.

Thanks in advance.


Eric Korpela                                    |  The two most common things
korpela@cea.berkeley.edu              Internet  |  in the universe are
BKYAST::KORPELA    42215::KORPELA     DecNet    |  Hydrogen and stupidity.
korpela%bkyast@ucbjade                Bitnet    |       -Harlan Ellison
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From: AIRFOR@SAKACS00.BITNET (System Analysis Team 476-9777 x4155)
Subject: (none)
Reply-To: System Analysis Team 476-9777 x4155 <AIRFOR@SAKACS00.bitnet>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 19:59:31 GMT

What is the best way to add CD-ROM capability to a PC running Windows?

I currently own a Gateway 486/33 w/8Mb RAM, a 200Mb IDE hard drive and
SVGA.  I operate almost exclusively in Windows 3.1, and I am inter-
ested in CD-ROM.

I am trying to evaluate the various Multimedia Upgrade Kits available
through mail order.  I think the two best kits out there are the Sound
Blaster Multimedia Upgrade Kit ($600) and the Media Vision Upgrade
Kit ($800, includes 16-bit sound v Sound Blaster Pro's 8-bit sound).
The Sound Blaster kit includes a Panasonic SCD-521 CD-ROM drive and
the Media Vision kit includes a Sony CDU-541 CD-ROM drive.

Does anyone have experience using either one of these kits?  If so,
are there any compatiblity problems with either kit?  Any ideas on
which kit is best?

If I do not purchase an upgrade kit, how much can I expect to pay for
a good CD-ROM reader (what brand and model?), a good SCSI card (should
I get any cache on the card?) and a sound card (SoundBlaster Pro?)?

Thanks in advance for the help.

James H. Smith - Information Systems Analyst - Royal Saudi Air Force
airfor@sakacs00.bitnet
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From: warnock@Hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov (Archie Warnock)
Subject: Re: Version Number in ISO Formatted CDROM (sorry, long) (fwd)
Reply-To: warnock@hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov
Organization: Hughes STX at Goddard Space Flight Center
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:32:33 GMT

In article <BvDpMq.KtA@iat.holonet.net>, bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams) writes:
|> No do not include them. By default the ";1" is annoying and ugly if all
|> files on the disk, or in a directory are ";1" and besides THE
|> SPECIFICATION DOES NOT SAY THEY ARE MANDATORY to press into the ISO9660.
|> 
|> I will not include than if I even master anything sow any defective
|> ISO9660 implementators better beware.

Umm-m-m-m, ok.  That's your choice, although most reputable vendors
master them in and you're going to ensure that your disks aren't
readable on a whole variety of machines (including anything running
VMS).  But it's only 2 characters...  Maybe you should switch to
decaffinated coffee, eh?

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-- Hughes STX                       "Unix --- JCL For The 90s"
-- NASA/GSFC                        
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