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From: jorgand@sumax.seattleu.edu (Dave Jorgan)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: NEC CDR-36 CD-ROM upgrade
Date: 24 Jan 93 06:59:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: sumax.1jv70nINNn1q
Distribution: world
Organization: Seattle University
NNTP-Posting-Host: sumax.seattleu.edu


	I purchased a new NEC CDR-36 drive this January, getting it for a very
low price. Literally a day after I bought it, I heard from the EduCorp flyer
NEC had offered a driver upgrade program that was supposed to improve the
performance of the CDR-36 (and CDR-73.) Unfortunately, the program expired
in Dec. 1992 - two weeks before I bought my unit. My question is- has anyone
upgraded their drive under this program? Is the upgrade significant? Can
anyone suggest a means on how I can get this upgrade (maybe the upgraded
driver kits were/are for sale?) Otherwise, I'll just have to bother NEC on
this one..... only the version 1.0 drives qualify. Thanks in advance,



Dave Jorgan
jorgand@sumax.seattleu.edu
From: hl377pe@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (J. Petersen)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: HELP CD-ROM Driver for Mac CI
Date: 27 Jan 1993 12:27:10 +0100
Organization: Universitaet Duisburg GH
NNTP-Posting-Host: unidui.uni-duisburg.de
Keywords: CDROM MAC


Hi !

I am posting this request for a friend, please mail any replies
directly to him : 100114.2172@compuserve.com

My friend got a Mac IIci with CD-ROM. This CD_ROm is controlled
via external SCSI-Interface, but he does not have appropriate
Software to access the CD-ROM drive.

Can someone tell him where he could find the sotware for using 
the CD-ROM ?

-thanks in advance

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: lchang@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Ling Chang)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Toshiba 3401 Qs
Date: 23 Jan 93 20:36:25 GMT

Hi!  I am getting ready to purchase the Toshiba XM-3401B
based on excellent reviews in this group.  But I do have
a few questions.

1)  Can I connect it to the PAS 16 sound card.  Do I have
to purchase their kit?

2)  Does the 3401 comes with all the necessary drivers and
cables?

3)  If I wish to get a SCSI adapter what do you recommend?
I need it to be Windows-NT compatible and also hopefully
can add other SCSI device to it next time.

Thanks a lot.
Ling S. Chang

PS:  The drawback is that I could not find a vendor who
sells the 3401 bundled with some cds.
From: GENEST_HELENE%BIBL%ULAVAL@CAMPUS.ULAVAL.CA
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Cd-rom in self service
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:06:56 GMT
Reply-To: GENEST_HELENE%BIBL%ULAVAL@CAMPUS.ULAVAL.CA
Distribution: alt
Organization: FUNET-NGW

This message has already been send to pacs-l

Laval University is a french language university with an enrollment of
approximately 37,000 students. The Arts and Humanities Library has a
collection of over 20 cd-rom titles that were consulted by more than 5000
users last year.

We are thinking of installing a self-service, self-reservation system.
Presently the service is controlled by the circulation desk. Under the new
system, the user would be responsible for scheduling a time period for
searching on his chosen database. At the scheduled time, he would retrieve the
appropriate cd-rom disc or discs from a cabinet and use them on one of the
workstations. There would be no staff control over either the scheduling, the
loan of the cd-roms or the use of the workstations.

Before proceeding, we would like to know whether any other library has
installed a similar system and whether there has been any problems arising
such as: lost or damage of disc or workstation, conflicts between patrons or
any other problems.

Please respond to me directly.

Helene Genest, librarian
Division des CSHS
Bibliotheque, Universite Laval
Quebec, Canada
G1K 7P4

Tel:    418-656-7968
Fax:    418-656-7897
Internet:       HGENEST@CAMPUS.ULAVAL.CA
From: jc@crosfield.co.uk (jerry cullingford)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: British Software Licensing
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:11:42 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

In article <MAILQUEUE-101.930120110222.384@oak.shu.ac.uk> Julian Beech <J.C.Beech@SHU.AC.UK> writes:
>Can anyone tell me if B.S.L are still operating in the UK.  I have
>been trying to contact Graham Robertson there and don't seem to get
>any replies.  Further to this, are there any other UK sources for
>Walnut Creeks CD's.

Yes.. but he's moved :-) From a flyer I got a few days ago:

before Feb 15th:
British Software Licensing
ChapelHaugh
Methlick
Ellon
AB41 0HU

After Feb 15th:
33 Craigpark Circle
Ellon
AB41 9FJ

tel: 0358-21508

or phone 0651-806303 (not sure whether this is daytime or old or new)

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| Jerry Cullingford  #include <std.disclaimer> +44 442 230000 x3868|   ,-|--
| jc@crosfield.co.uk (jc@cel.uucp) or jc@selune.demon.co.uk        |   \_|__
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From: awb@ed.ac.uk (Alan W Black)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CDROM Encyclopedia's under UNIX
Date: 24 Jan 93 15:57:13 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Dept of AI, Edinburgh University, UK


I have a CDROM drive which I use under 386bsd UNIX.  I'm interested in
buying an Encyclopedia CDROM but before I do I would like to know what
is on such CDs and if I will be able to make use of them under UNIX.

First, I know that these CDs will not provide UNIX accessible programs
(let alone 386bsd ones) but I feel capable of writing access software
myself (that is half the interest in buying one).  I know that such
CDs may be for MPC or some such "standard" but this does not
necessarily exclude the use of the information on them under other
operating systems.  So yes I am looking at buying standard
encyclpedias (e.g Grolier or similar) that have been written for PCs
(DOS or Windows) and writing software to access it.

My first question is a general one about CD encyclopedias.  What sort
of things are on them (irrespctive of the method of access).  Are
they just an alphabetic list of entries (people, places, concepts,
inventions etc?) or is it sectioned into areas, e.g. gazeteer, people,
etc?  (I know these depend on the actual encyclopedia but I would like
to know about any one currently on sale).

My next questions are about the format of the encyclopedia CDs.  I
assume they are all ISO9660 format but what is the format of the files
on the disk:

- Are they simply text, image (e.g. gif or tiff) and sound files ?  

- Is there an index file(s)? What format is it in?

- Is the information encoded in some way. (This may not be just to
  stop people copying the information, but (as on the OED CDROM) for
  compression so more can fit on the disk.)

- If you currently have any encyclopedia CD please could you check it's
  format (using DOS is fine).
  -  can you find your way round the disk to directories that obviously
     contain information about different aspects of the information on
     the CD?
  -  Do the file names give you any hint to their contents?
  -  Can you 'more' the files and find text in them?

I have seen similar questions in this newsgroup before but I haven't
yet seen any answers, I suspect that is because no one has yet 
worried about this issue.

If I get responses I will summarise them.

many thanks

Alan

Alan W Black                          2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, UK
Centre for Cognitive Science          tel: (+44) -31 650 4627
University of Edinburgh               email: awb@ed.ac.uk
From: mcb@foucault.postmodern.com (Michael C. Berch)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Looking for CD-ROM catalogues
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:37:46 GMT
Organization: Postmodern Consulting, San Francisco, California USA

Can anyone point me at any relatively large catalogues of
general-purpose, mass-market CD-ROMs?  I'm talking about
instructional, multimedia, reference, games, etc., rather than
special-purpose, high-value disks like databases or technical
information.  Considering the number of disks out there I would
presume there are a number of catalogues with good descriptions and
direct retail sales.

Thanks,
--
Michael C. Berch
mcb@postmodern.com / mcb@presto.ig.com / mcb@net.bio.net
From: robert.bainbridge@stpaul.ncr.com (Robert W. Bainbridge)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: HELP CD-ROM Driver for Mac CI
Keywords: CDROM MAC
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:54:40 GMT
Organization: Architecture

In article <hl377pe.728134012@unidui> hl377pe@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (J. Petersen) writes:
>From: hl377pe@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (J. Petersen)
>Subject: HELP CD-ROM Driver for Mac CI
>Date: 27 Jan 1993 12:27:10 +0100
>Keywords: CDROM MAC
>
>Hi !
>
>I am posting this request for a friend, please mail any replies
>directly to him : 100114.2172@compuserve.com
>
>My friend got a Mac IIci with CD-ROM. This CD_ROm is controlled
>via external SCSI-Interface, but he does not have appropriate
>Software to access the CD-ROM drive.
>
>Can someone tell him where he could find the sotware for using 
>the CD-ROM ?
>
>-thanks in advance
>
From: ARNOLD@MICRODES.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM (Arnold Jones)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CD-ROM's on a NOVEL File/Se
Date: 21 Jan 93 21:02:36 GMT
Reply-To: Arnold Jones <ARNOLD@MICRODES.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM>
Distribution: alt
Organization: FUNET-NGW

>NOW, I come to my problem/concern/question.... I want to provide all of
IBM
>Mainframe Manuals On-Line via a CD-ROM 6-platter Unit on the
File/Server....
>I will probably want to use IBM/BOOKMANAGER software also, unless
someone has
>a better (lower cost alternative).....
>We need a good suggestion of what to buy from someone that has already
done it!
>The CD-ROM drive will be on the File/Server running under Novel LAN
>Software and the workstations requesting CD-ROM access will be operating
under
>an OS/2 Desktop environment.... Can this be done and what should we buy?

SCSI Express for NetWare 3.11 will support the Pioneer CD-ROM 6-disk
changer on the Novell fileserver.  The changer will appear as 6 NetWare
Volumes, which can be accessed by all your OS/2 clients.  One warning, if
the CD-ROMs will be heavily used then I recommend 6 separate CD-ROM
drives instead of the disc changer due to performance issues.  If you
would like more information on SCSI Express you can reach our sales
department at 407-677-8333.

- Arnold Jones
  Micro Design International, Inc.
  arnold@microdes.mhs.compuserve.com
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: lcone@FSCVAX.FSC.MASS.EDU
Subject: Help!- Let me out!
Reply-To: lcone@FSCVAX.FSC.MASS.EDU
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 22:07:27 GMT

I have tried unsuccessfuly over the last week or so to "unsibscribe" from
this list. What am I doing wrong? I use the address: "LISTSERV@uccvma.bitnet",
I leave the subject line blank, and for the message, I type UNSUBSCRIBE CDROM-L
Linda Cone - as everyone has told me to do. What's wrong?
Thanks -
Linda Cone @ Fitchburg State College Library
From: jac7774@zeus.tamu.edu (Hawk)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Insight and their Talon Drive
Date: 22 Jan 1993 09:11 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    


Recently I ordered the Talon drive from Insight and received in the mail
instead a Mitsumi...  The drive I received was the 700ms or 800ms model...
The one I ordered was supposed to be the 340ms model...  I have read a lot 
about people having trouble with the same problem....  Is there anything 
I can do.....  I appreciate any help....

Thanks

John

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: tcurrey@aisg.com (Thomas E. Currey)
Subject: Re: Sharing a SunCD
Reply-To: tcurrey@aisg.com (Thomas E. Currey)
Organization: Accura Innovative Services Inc.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:45:28 GMT

> I currently have a SparcStation with an attached SunCD CD-ROM drive,
> and an IBM-compatible laptop computer.  Currently, almost all the CD's
> I have are for PCs, and require PC specific software.  I've tried
> using the SUN DOS emulator, but MSCDEX was very unhappy (said it
> wanted more memory, and things like HIMEM.SYS are too PC-specific 
> for the DOS emulator to work).  Does anyone have any idea on how to
> make the CD-ROM drive readable by the PC?  I have heard something
> along the lines of PC-NFS which would allow the laptop to share data
> with the SUN;  any specific information would be much appreciated.

 

Using PC-NFS or PCTCP or whatever NFS Protocol on the PC, You
can mount a  PC's CDROM over NFS onto you PC.

I have a setup:

 Sun mounts the PC's CDROM to the directory /cdrom

    # mount -rt hsfs /dev/sr0 /cdrom
 
 Export /cdrom

 On the PC, do an NFS mount from the Sun to your I: drive.
 
 Everything should work fine then.  Coral Draw worked
great.
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: adrie@ica.philips.nl (Adrie Koolen)
Subject: Re: ** Question re: mode 2 CD-ROM access under MSCDEX
Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:27:39 GMT

In article <9301240211.AA01800@quaestor> "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM> writes:
>Not all SCSI CD-ROMs support mode 2, only XA-compatible ones.  The old
>NEC drives do not (we have a CDR-73 that doesn't).  Most of the
>multimedia-compliant drives have it because it came out at the same
>time as the multimedia spec.

I've had a CDR-83 and a CDR-84, both of which are capable of reading raw
sectors. I've got an XA compatible driver for the CDR-83/84 and I can read
Photo-CDs perfectly with it. Of course only the first session of a multi-
session Photo-CD. The CDR-73 and 74 are external versions of the 83/84.
According to the SCSI command spec, they all support raw sector reading.

Adrie Koolen (adrie@ica.philips.nl)
Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
From: dregis@leopard.intel.COM (~Regis)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Toshiba TXM3301E1 and Adaptec 154X
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:17:19 GMT
Organization: Intel

I just installed a Toshiba 3301 (external,scsi) drive in an EISA
machine using the bundled Future Domain controller.  I didn't
have any problems with that configuration other than the fact I
already had an Adaptec SCSI host adapter in my machine for my
hard disk.  I ordered the drivers from Toshiba (CDDRV-04 v2.2.1)
and installed them, but haven't had any luck with them.

The driver reports "DRIVER NOT NEEDED, NO DRIVES NEEDING SUPPORT"
at boot time.  But, when I boot the Windows NT Install disk, it
sees the controller and the CD-ROM drive, and it doesn't seem to have
any problems accessing the drive.

Now, I called Toshiba tech support to verify that I had everything
terminated okay.  After a few more suggestions (SCSI address, config
order, etc), they were stumped.

So, is there anyone out there that can offer any advice.  I'm running
an Intel 50Mhz 486/EISA box with an Adaptec EISA SCSI Host Adapter,
Fahrenheit 1024, and an Intel EtherExpress 16 network card.  I'm
loading the ASPI4DOS.SYS driver BEFORE the MDSCD_AS.SYS.  _Halp!_

Dave Regis
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams)
Subject: Re: Sony
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:43:47 GMT

Steve Lee, you can support the following Sony devices with FWB CD-ROM ToolKit
for the Macintosh (If that is the system you imply)


Sony CDU-8001
Sony CDU-8002
Sony CDU-8003
Sony CDU-541 (6211)
Sony CDU-8012

Bill Williams

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: TURGUT@FRORS12.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu)
Subject: Re: Which drive is better?
Reply-To: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT@FRORS12.bitnet>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 11:57:45 GMT

I think the importance of 150K-300K transfer speed is overrated - I just
got a 150K drive, and I am using multimedia software with it, like the
ones I reviewed to this list earlier today. I have no jerkiness, and
no problems with the drive. Btw, the drive is a Philips CM205. An
internal drive with 350 ms. access time, 150K transfer rate,
and a propriatory interface with a half-height card.  -turgut
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: cm@impmh.uucp (Colin Manning)
Subject: ** Question re: mode 2 CD-ROM access under MSCDEX
Summary: mode 2 CD-ROM access under MSCDEX
Keywords: MSCDEX mode-2
Organization: Integrated Micro Products Ltd
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 15:45:04 GMT

Reading the documentation that comes with MSCDEX I noticed that
(a) it allows a buffer size 2336 bytes for mode 2 CD-ROM acces
(b) to do this, the hardware dependent driver must support 'raw' access
(c) it states that very few drivers do indeed provide this raw mode access,
    since it is not needed for 'normal' mode-1 CD-ROMs (which only
    return 2048 bytes per block).

I have an application which needs to read mode-2 CD-ROM's. [In fact, they
are XA disks, but I do not need an 'XA' drive since I will be processing
all data, including sound, once I have read it from the drive.]

What I would like to know is how many drivers/drives will support mode-2
operation under MSCDEX ?

In particular, does anyone know if Adaptec's ASPICD.SYS and the CorelSCSI
drivers support mode 2 access ?

Also, am I likely to have problems with SCSI CD-ROM drives that wont allow
the reading of mode-2 data ? As I understand it, you select the blocksize
you want to read off the drive using a standard SCSI command, and therefore
all SCSI CD-ROM drives should support mode-2. Or have I got it wrong somewhere ?

Please reply by e-mail to cm@ebpe.demon.co.uk (note that is NOT the address
I posted this msg from).



Many thanks in advance,


-- 
Colin Manning     cm@impmh.uucp      Tel: +44 753 516599
From: walt@phoenix.oki.com (Walt Weber)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Help! Problem with Mitsumi Audio
Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:58:41 GMT
Organization: Oki Advanced Products Division
Distribution: world
Reply-To: walt@oki.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.oki.com

makovsky@scsuc.ctstateu.edu (MAKOFSKY,STEVEN) writes:
|> Hello. Bear with me, since I am a new CD owner, but I am having a problem
|> with the new Mitsumi and windows. I have the 2 audio outs going into the
|> input of the PAS-16, and under dos, it works fine. Sherlock Holmes, Space
|> Quest 4, etc, all work fine.. Under Windows 3.1, I have tried both
|> Microsoft Bookshelf and Natalus, and both wont give me any sound. Does 
|> Mitsumi have Windows drivers? I got an error about MCI sound, but am stumped
|> there. Help!

If your Mitsumi was not installed when you installed Windows, then Setup will
put an entry into one of the *.ini files which looks like "CDAudio=0". Go into
Control Panel - Drivers - Add   and select [MCI] CD Audio as the driver to
install. If it is already in your list of drivers, the trick is to REMOVE it and
then RE-install it. You'll need your installation floppies from Windows, and
you should have MSCDEX and the Mitsumi driver (MTMCD????.SYS) running for the
driver install to detect the CD. When you're finished with re-start of Win3.1,
check MediaPlayer in the Device menu -- it should now have a type for "CD Audio"
in addition to the ones you had previously.

Of course, this might not be the problem at all, but it has enabled me to play
my audio CD's on my Mitsumi, and I get sounds out of my Groliers MPC
Encyclopedia CD. I am not sure if Bookshelf and Nautilus work the same way, but
this is a place to start.

...walt...
--
Walt Weber                            Oki Advanced Products Division
walt@oki.com                          Marlborough, MA
508-624-7000 x8637
From: drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu (Derek Suzuki)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Audio player for OS/2
Date: 26 Jan 1993 19:50:50 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: lightning.berkeley.edu

	Is there one available?  Is there a free one available?

	Derek Suzuki
	drkszk@ocf.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone
From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes)
Subject: WANTED: Following CD-ROMs
Organization: Mail Group
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:43:05 GMT

I would like to purchase the following CD-ROMs.  Where they exist, I
want these to be true Microsoft Windows applications.

-	California Travel
-	KGB*CIA World Fact Book
-	Great Cities of the World
-	Lesko's Information USA
-	Software Toolworks Encyclopedia
-	CIA World Factbook
-	Software Toolworks U.S. Atlas
-	Software Toolworks World Atlas
-	Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia For Windows

If you have one of these for sale, please contact me by mail.

-- 
Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.os.linux
From: jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho)
Subject: Re: Where to get Linux CD-ROM?
Organization: NullNet r.y.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:53:28 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.070005.26763@netcom.com> daniel@netcom.com (Sam Daniel) writes:
>kimmel@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Matt Kimmel) writes:
>
>>Could some kind soul point me in the direction of a mail-order place where
>>I can order the Linux CD-ROM?
>
My opinions about the Linux CD-ROM.. flames in email, plse.

>	Linux is an AT&T-free unix clone for 386/486-class PC compatibles.
>The CDROM is an ISO-9660 filesystem, so you can look at it from DOS,
>other unix boxes, and even Macintoshes.  The distribution includes:
>
>		o Linux 0.98.1 kernel,
This is antique. And updating to current version will break many
binaries. Also, this release has a number of bugs that are already
fixed in later releases.

>		o GNU utilities, including GNU C and C++, the GNU
>		  debugger, bison, flex, GNU make,
Also these are outdated, I suppose?

>	The alpha distribution consists the CDROM, and 3.5" and 5.25"
>high density bootable filesystem floppies, and a manual.
>This should be sufficient to install the system directly on a new
>computer or on an unused partition on your hard disk.
>
I see no mention about source code. Just imagine what happens when I
grab the most current kernel from somewhere and compile it and boot.
I wonder if I can log in to the system..

>I don't think that Microchannel machines (e.g., PS/2's) will work, but
>I'd be interested in hearing from anybody who tries installing on one.
>
I recall it's said a number of times that MC machines aren't supported?
Flame me if they are.

>	For $99, you get the alpha releaes, the beta release and
>the first production release.  The beta release should ship in
>January and the production release should ship in February under
>a catchier trademarked name.  Subsequent releases will be issued
>quarterly at $99 each.
>
And the price seems quite ridiculous for a quarterly release (especially
if the future releases are as outdated as this one).

Well, the CD-ROM may be ok at some time in the future, but this moment
really seems to be too early.

..Wolf
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: ARNOLD@MICRODES.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM (Arnold Jones)
Subject: Re: Re: Pioneer DRM-604X FAQ
Reply-To: Arnold Jones <ARNOLD@MICRODES.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:53:59 GMT

>I thought the SCSI 'standard' for Jukebox devices was section 16 in the
>SCSI-II standard, "Medium-Changer Devices".  Have I missed something?

No. It is in the SCSI II standard, but it was not in the SCSI I standard,
when the original Pioneer DRM600 came out.  Besides, speaking as a person
who has written device drivers for Jukeboxes, the method Pioneer has
chosen is best.

- Arnold Jones
  Micro Design International, Inc.
  arnold@microdes.mhs.compuserve.com
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom