HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rab@sprite.berkeley.edu (Robert A. Bruce)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Rock Ridge specs available by ftp
Date: 20 Aug 1992 07:57:59 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: sabotage.berkeley.edu

The documents and specifications for the Rock Ridge extensions
to the ISO-9660 standard are available by anonymous ftp from
cdrom.com (192.153.46.254).


pub/rockridge/rrg.01:  Cover Letter
pub/rockridge/rrg.02:  Press Release (postscript)
pub/rockridge/rrg.03:  Comment Form
pub/rockridge/rrg.04:  Goals (postscript)
pub/rockridge/rrg.05:  RRIP spec, v1.09 (ps comprsd)
pub/rockridge/rrg.06:  SUSP spec, v1.09 (postscript)
pub/rockridge/rrg.07:  Press Release (troff)
pub/rockridge/rrg.08:  Goals (troff)
pub/rockridge/rrg.09:  SUSP spec, v1.09 (troff shar)
pub/rockridge/rrg.10:  Press Release (pcl.Z shar)
pub/rockridge/rrg.11:  RRIP spec, v1.09 (troff shar)
pub/rockridge/rrg.12:  Goals (pcl.Z shar)
pub/rockridge/rrg.13:  SUSP spec, v1.09 (troff post)
pub/rockridge/rrg.14:  SUSP spec, v1.09 (pcl.Z shar)
pub/rockridge/rrg.15:  RRIP spec, v1.09 (troff post)
pub/rockridge/rrg.16:  RRIP spec, v1.09 (postscript)
pub/rockridge/rrg.17:  RRIP spec, v1.09 (pcl.Z shar)

pub/rockridge.tar.Z    All of the above files in a compressed tar archive

	-bob

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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Books in Print
Date: 22 Aug 92 16:56:06 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

EUREKA@BRLNCC.BITNET (Eduardo Haddad Filho) writes:

> Hi All:
> Can anyone tell me if the BOOKS IN PRINT has been published in
> CD-ROM? I believe I read somewhere that it had, but I can't find
> anyone who carries them.
> Thanks!
> Eduardo Haddad Filho
> Bitnet: EUREKA@BRLNCC

Books In Print, Books out of print etc.. is published by Bowker and I don't
think they sell through resellers. You can contact Bowker directly at:
1-800-323-3328 or Write for a catalog to:
Bowker Electronic Publishing
121 Chanion Road
New Providence, NJ 07974
They have a catalog of all their cd-rom issues.

GeSS
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: XXUSI3@INDST.BITNET (Martha Niemeier)
Subject: renewal
Reply-To: Martha Niemeier <XXUSI3@INDST.bitnet>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:37:34 GMT

CONFIRM CDROM-L
From: 100012.1163@COMPUSERVE.COM ("100012.1163@COMPUSERVE.COM")
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Toshiba XM-2100A
Date: 16 Aug 92 16:08:13 GMT
Reply-To: "100012.1163@COMPUSERVE.COM" <100012.1163@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Distribution: alt
Organization: FUNET-NGW

To:   >Internet:CDROM-L@UCCVMA.ucop.edu

Dear Grover Thomas,
Toshiba operates a bulletin board in Compuserve.
Why not send a message to the Sysop:

Jim Rohrer    Chief Sysop
76702,1300@compuserve.com

They promise an answer within 24 hours.
Hope it helps!
Rainer Stumpe
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: paul@pands.demon.co.uk (Paul Wilson)
Distribution: world
Subject: Re: Need UNIX Info
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.13 $
Organization: P-and-S Ltd
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 21:09:19 +0000


In article <1992Aug12.174158.10071@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM> beth@techpubs.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Beth Boynton) writes:

> We are producing data on a UNIX system for UNIX systems
> and presently have to transfer it to a DOS machine
> to master CD's. We would prefer to master at the
> UNIX station.  Does anyone know of any mastering machines
> which have UNIX SVR4 drivers for a SCSI connection?  
>                                                     
> Thanks.
>
Philips have just announced a CD-ROM 'cutter' which is connectable to
either a DOS platform of a Sparc station (perhaps not quite what you want,
but closer than DOS!).  The engine is the same one that they have produced
for Kodak to make Photo-CD's.  The cost is 4980 UKP ($9500-ish?) complete
with drive, card and software.

Paul
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: rudy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (avram.r.vener)
Subject: Shopping for CD-ROM Drive from mail order sources.
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 22:47:00 GMT


Hi,

In my search for a CD ROM for my PC 386 system, the most attractive
looking deal I have found in terms of price is from DAK.  Has anyone
else purchased this item and found it worth thr cost?

At one point I thought it would be worth the cost of the drive
just to get some of the CD library discounts but after seeing 
some of the deals which showed up in this newsgroup I am not sure this
is true any longer.  

( One of their items for the package included a world atlas.  Should I 
wait until the Serbe Croation scuffle is over? :-) )

Has anyone else found comparable deals for more well known manufacturers
such as Nec?  

Inquiring Minds Want To Know (how to save as much money as they can.)

Thank you,

--
Rudy Vener   AT&T BTL  rudy@mtqua.att.com
From: "steven baldassarra" <steven.baldassarra@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: cd-rom & adaptec 1542
Date: 22 Aug 92 11:04:05 EST
Reply-To: "steven baldassarra" <steven.baldassarra@canrem.com>
Distribution: alt
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


JD>I need to buy a high speed CD-Rom player known to be compatable
JD>with the adaptec 1542b host adaptor when the CD-Rom drive is at
JD>a physical address >>1.

JD>Muse of the day.  After spending the last two days and nights trying
JD>to get the 1542b to talk to a Syquest SQ555 removable hard drive
JD>and a Matshita CD-ROM (panasonic clone), I just gotta ask.  How the
JD>hell does Adaptec manage to f*ck up so badly?  Both devices work
JD>with Future domain, Allways, DTK Segate ST01 and even the Trantec parallel
JD>port host adaptor.  Why is it every time I get near an Adaptec host
JD>adaptor, I can just plan on trashing a day or so?  Last time it was
JD>an Exabyte, time before that it was a newbury hard drive, before
JD>that an Archive cartridge tape drive.  In each case, the official
JD>adaptec advice has been "get new firmware for the offending device."

Actually, I think you should give COREL System a call. And order
Corel SCSI software version. From the information I got, it work with
SQ555 and Panasonic (Matshita) SCSI CD-ROM unit. You still have to
load in ASPI4DOS, before Corel's own driver.

JD>While I'm at it, anyone have a suggestion for a host adaptor that
JD>will do the following:

JD>*  Run with windows without double buffering
JD>*  Do what microsoft calls "32 bit transfers."
JD>*  support the Syquest drive.
JD>*  support the Exabyte
JD>*  Support a CD-ROM

You don't need to install smartdrv's double buffering with AHA-154x.
All BUS Master device will not do "32bit disk access".
You should use Corel's SCSI device driver, since it compatible with
Panasonic CD-ROM unti, Syquest SQ555, and some model of Exabyte TBU.

Steven
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Subject: Re: CD-Rom & Adaptec 1542b
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 06:07:57 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

del@fnx.uucp (Dag Erik Lindberg) writes:

>>1.   Can the AH1542B BIOS utility to format and verify thrast a disk drive. 
>>When I bought my Quantum PD210S,  I naturally did this.  Well my drive

>Why "naturally"?  SCSI drives are delivered logically error free, there is
>normally no reason to ever format them.  The format utilities are provided
>for *unusual* circumstances.

>Yes.  I'll see if I can make it clear to you as well.  Formatting, as I
>pointed out, is an unusual thing to do to a SCSI drive.  Most of the SCSI
>drives (well, at least the older ones) I have encountered required some
>manual twiddling if you really wanted to format them.  

Not at all.  Drives must be formatted on the Adaptec controller or else
they will not boot.  Apparently adaptec does something different with
the boot track.  Some drives, such as the Segate ST-296, come with only
a mini-format and a dos area that contains the utilities to do
a full format on a Segate controller.  I've gotten bitten several times
trying to move drives that functioned on another brand of controller
over to Adaptec.  The file system, if it exists will be recognized but
the boot track will not.  I suspect it has something to do with the 
track/head translation scheme but I'm not sure.

Formatting in the PC environment is definitely NOT an unusual requirement.

John

john
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From: jerry@incc.com (Jerry Rocteur)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Cabling CD-ROM to Sound Blaster
Summary: cd-rom, SBPRO
Date: 16 Aug 92 11:35:51 GMT
Organization: InCC.com Perwez Belgium

In article <Bt1qpt.BDB@rice.edu>, nat@owlnet.rice.edu (Nathaniel W Guyton) writes:
> In article <1186@consult.UUCP> bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey CDP) writes:
> > [.... deleted]
> >getting the proprietary CD-ROM from Sound Blaster).
> >
> >Thanks for any comments or assistance.
> 
> First off, you need the Sound Blaster PRO for their CD rom/SBPro connection.
> The Soound Blaster won't get you any farther than the old adlib card when it
> comes to running a CD rom player.  Furthermore, the point of the connection
> is that the SBPro serves as the CD rom interface card.  If you already have
> the interface card for your specific player, you don't need this.  You were
> right about the specific model CD rom player for the SBPro, too.  Any other
> player will not work with the proprietary interface.  Sorry.

I have an ESDI controller and drive on my dos machine, so to add a
cd-rom I get the SBPro card and the CD rom and I don't  have to buy a
SCSI controller ??? Is this right ???

Can I use the SBPro with _any_ cd-rom ?? if not which ones ??

Thanks for the help. 

If someone has the FAQ for this group, which I have just subscribed
to, could they email me (jerry@incc.com) to tell me they would be
willing to email it to me and I'll reply. This is to avoid getting
half a dozen copies, I pay for my news and for the phone time via which it
comes :-(

Thanks,
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From: ebupaf@ebu.ericsson.se (Pat Fargo 6266)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Help
Date: 19 Aug 92 21:05:33 GMT
Reply-To: ebupaf@ebu.ericsson.se
Organization: Ericsson Business Communications, Inc.

I am considering buying a Dell 486 computer,
and have been reading this group for quite awhile. 
Does anyone have a FAQ file, or advice on what
CD unit options or manufacturers to look at?
Advice would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks in advance.

---
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				Anaheim, California
From: ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Desktop Library CD - buy it!
Date: 22 Aug 92 12:08:57 GMT
Reply-To: ag129@cl.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Distribution: alt
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK


It looks like I owe Project Gutenberg an apology. The copy of 
"Terance..." (sic) by "A.E. Houseman" (sic) on the Oregon Almanac
server did not come from Project Gutenberg. Sorry.

Nevertheless, this does raise the question of accuracy in e-texts.
A statistical analysis of spelling in 17th-century English texts 
would be quite useless if they had been typed in from a modernised
or Americanised edition, for example (or just typed in with lots of
mistakes, of course). I would still be interested to know if the
texts on the Walnut Creek disc are "scholarly editions".
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU ("Michael S. Hart")
Subject: Re: Desktop Library CD - buy it!
Reply-To: "Michael S. Hart" <HART@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 01:03:02 GMT

On Sat, 22 Aug 1992 12:08:57 GMT you said:
>It looks like I owe Project Gutenberg an apology. The copy of
>"Terance..." (sic) by "A.E. Houseman" (sic) on the Oregon Almanac
>server did not come from Project Gutenberg. Sorry.
>
>Nevertheless, this does raise the question of accuracy in e-texts.
>A statistical analysis of spelling in 17th-century English texts
>would be quite useless if they had been typed in from a modernised
>or Americanised edition, for example (or just typed in with lots of
>mistakes, of course). I would still be interested to know if the
>texts on the Walnut Creek disc are "scholarly editions".

I can answer that without even looking. . .no etext, not even those
prepared by famous members of the scholarly community are accepted
as "scholarly edition."

The Walnut Creek CD is a collection assembled mostly by FTP as I
understand, but not edited severely enough to be called scholarly.
However, they give a lot of bang for the buck.
=====================================================

Thank you for your interest,

Michael S. Hart, Professor of Electronic Text
Executive Director of Project Gutenberg Etext
Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
No official connection to U of Illinois--UIUC
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: CD Encyclopedias
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:50:24 GMT


I'm aware of Comptons Encyclopedia but that's it. What others are out there?
Would anyone who has seen the Comptons care to offer a short overview of
the quality of this disc? Is it worth the ~ $275 I've seen it advertised for?

MJ
--
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  =-=-=  The official .signature of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. =-=-=

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller)
Subject: Re: Desktop Library CD - buy it!
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 01:49:26 GMT

dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) wrote:
>The disk says that the files may be freely copied.  I wonder if this means
>that Project Gutenberg or anyone else could put these files up for grabs
>at any public forum?

Well, since the whole thing is set up so that it may be a public
drive on a BBS system (I think: I may be thinking of some of their other
disks...), I don't see why not.  Much (most?) of the material was obtained
by painstking FTP-searching (I talked to the guy who did it... he SOUNDED
tired...), so they have done much of the work that Gutemburg is looking
at if they want to do it themselves.

-Dave

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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: jozef@crchh345.DOMAIN.NOT.SET (John Patoskie)
Subject: test, please ignore
Reply-To: jozef@crchh345.DOMAIN.NOT.SET (John Patoskie)
Organization: Bell Northern Research
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:52:00 GMT


test
From: dvss!jtroy@udel.edu (Jay Troy)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: how about a text manipulation cdrom?
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 08:19:08 EDT
Organization: Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.

wgsteven@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Warren Stevens) writes:

> How about it?  All the big name text processing packages, (TeX, LaTeX,
> etc.) and some common utilities to handle conversions.

A mountable CD file system with all of the TeX stuff would be a great
idea.  Perhaps is could contain several of the versions of the main
package, MetaFont, LaTeX, all of the other stuff (BibTeX, DVI viewers,
utilities, lots of document styles) and as many fonts built as will fit
on the disk.  If it was all installed and ready to use, all the user
would have to do is make sure environmental vars were set, stick the
disk in the drive, and viola, you're TeXing without losing any HD space.
I'd spend $40 to get about 40M of my disk back and get a better
installed TeX (more fonts, etc).

Anyone listening?


 Jay Troy        Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.
                 Computing Solutions for Business and Industry
                 P.O. Box 190 // Claymont, DE 19703 // (302)798-DVSS
                 Internet: ...!udel.edu!dvss!jtroy (jtroy@dvss.UUCP)
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From: a036450@rd821.UUCP (Bob Goldrich)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: What is Project Gutenberg?
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:08:39 GMT
Organization: The Gleason Works, Rochester New York
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

The title says it all.  Thanks.
           Bob Goldrich  a036450@rd821.gleason.com
From: snguyen@orion.oac.uci.edu (Son Nguyen)
Subject: Finally!  My Toshiba 3301E WORKS!
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:07:32 GMT

Good News,

After a couple of months fighting with my dealer, Adaptec and Toshiba
trying to get our two Toshiba 3301E (the external model) to work with
either an Adaptec 1522 or 1542b, I finally convinced Toshiba to 
give me a copy of their proprietary cdrom driver and IT WORKS!!!!
The Adaptec driver for Toshiba cdrom drives works with the older
Toshiba 3201, supposedly works for 3301B (the internal model), 
but did not work for the 3301E (altho I have received a couple of
emails indicating otherwise?!?!?).  The Toshiba driver is for Adaptec
1540 and 1542a, but also works for 1542b and 1522.  I called Adaptec
gave them the above info and told them to fix their drivers (I figured
that since we paid $100 for the drivers, they should be obligated
to make 'em work)

Son Nguyen
Office of Academic Computing
snguyen@uci.edu
(714)856-8415

ps:  Many thanks to all those who responded:
Eric vanOpstal eric@panther.adelphi.edu
Henk Dijkstra <henk@hgatenl.hobby.nl>
"Ross Sponholtz" <p00057@mail.psi.net>
Steve Troester@amrf-po.pmeh.uiowa.edu
and several others whose messages I've deleted



Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: AA24@CATCC.BITNET ("Giles Riesner CCC Library ext.4245")
Subject: Help: Philips' CM155 interface + CM100 CD drive
Reply-To: "Giles Riesner CCC Library ext.4245" <AA24@CATCC.bitnet>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:31:34 GMT

 "Joseph K. K. Yau" <yau@CS.CONCORDIA.CA>  writes:

> Anyone have any experience to install a Philips CM100 CDROM with CM155
> interface to a 486 ? I like to use the new MS extension driver
> MSCDEX.EXE  I have the new MSCDEX driver but...

and

pking@AC.DAL.CA  writes:

> I wish you luck.  I have been trying to install a CM100/CM155
> combination on a 386SX.  We have been using it on an AT to run
> Cambridge Scientific's CDROM version of MedLine, and wanted to upgrade
> our system....

We went through this whole thing about a year and a half ago when we
went and upgraded PC's that had our CDROM titles on them.

We talked with Scott Burton at LMSI (719-593-4134) and learned:

  The CM 155 controller card for the Phillips drive is NO LONGER
  SUPPORTED and has compatability problems with the PS/2 model 30,
  which will NOT be remedied by Phillips.

  Additionally, the CM 155 will **NOT** work on PC's with a bus
  speed of above 8 MHz. (It's an old card and that seemed plenty
  fast at the time it was originally made.)

  The CM 153 controller card IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED and working in a
  25 Mhz 386 clone (at Phillips), but it too has compatibility
  problems with the PS/2 model 30 that Phillips is or will be
  working on.

He also gave us a dealer near us from whom we could order the NEW
card and drivers. In our case that was:
          Arrow Electronics
          8300 Guilford Road
          Columbia, MD 21046
          (410) 995-6002

When I called them they quoted me the following prices:

          CM 153   card        87.08
          LZ 2011  drivers     36.14

for a total cost of $123.22 (US) and as I recall they came
in even cheaper!

The LZ 2011 drivers includes MSCDEX (version 2.20 at that time)
and CM153_1.MSC and CM153_2.MSC . Unfortunately the documentation
for the drivers DID NOT show the CM100 (which is an *OLD* drive)
and we ended up getting CM153.MSC from Grolier (as it was their
Electronic Encyclopedia we were running on the Philips drive).
The driver from Grolier worked where the other two would *NOT*.

The bottom line on this:
  -  Forget the 155 unless you're using an old original PC or XT.
  -  Order the CM153 card and install it instead.
  -  Get the CM153.MSC from your application vendor, if they've
      got it. (Drop me a line if not)

Hope this helps.

Giles W. Riesner Jr. -  Library Assistant, Public Services/Automation
Catonsville Community College, 800 S Rolling Road, Balto. Md  21228 USA
Bitnet: AA24000@CATCC  Compuserve: 70324,3357   Phone: 1-410-455-4245
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: Groliers 1991 Encyclopedia: Worth $77?
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 15:53:13 GMT


I just got a flyer from ERM/Electronic Liquidators. They offer
the 1991 Groliers Encyclopedia for DOS in 3 versions:

	Text Only	$19 (!!! WOW !!!)
	Text&Graphics   $49 
	Multimedia 	$77

Has anyone purchased these? Are they a good deal. Is the Multimedia version a
DOS or WINDOWS product?

MJ
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  =-=-=  The official .signature of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. =-=-=
From: alfredo@bull.it (Alfredo Cotroneo)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: SoundBlaster CD-ROM, again
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:08:06 GMT
Reply-To: alfredo@minerva1.bull.it (Alfredo Cotroneo)
Organization: BULL ITALIA

Hello There from Milano, Italy.

I have just bought a SoundBlaster Pro with the idea in mind (!) that once
a CD ROM for it would have become available, that should have been cheaper,
maybe just due to the fact that I had already payed for the interface which
is built in the SounBlaster Prot.

After checking with a local distributor, however, the SoundBlaster Pro
upgrade kit (CD Drive plus 3 CD ROMs, cables, and drivers) I was
surprised that its cost is much higher than similiar CDROMs which include
the SCSI (or other proprietary) interface card for the PC.
The price for the above kit in Milano i the equivalent of US$670, while other
drives would cost US$350-500.

Would there be a reason (beside saving a slot in the motherboard) to 
buy the SoundBlaster Pro CDROM drive? 
e.g. Is there any performance advantag vs other drive?

P.S.: Prices in Europe are usually higher (much) than in the USA,
Anybody knows how the Soundblaster CDROM would cost in the USA?

Thanks, as usual I will be happy to summarize if there is interest.


Alfredo E. Cotroneo, Milano, Italy
email: a.cotroneo2it12.bull.it
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: georger@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Hitachi 3750 & OS/2 1.3
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 11:15:12 GMT

  I am trying to get a Hitachi 3750 SCSCI CD-ROM with Adaptec 1542 interface
to work with Microsoft OS/2 1.3 (LanManager environment).  Everything seems
to be configured properly as per the release notes for the cdrom IFS but
the system is not recognizing the drive.  Any suggestions, hints????

George Beckett
Health Sciences Library
GEORGER@KEAN.UCS.MUN.CA

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom