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From: hand@spc9.jpl.nasa.gov (Kolin Hand)
Subject: Multisession Info
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Distribution: all
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:47:12 GMT


Greetings *,

Could someone fill me in about "Multisession Capability" and what this
implies?  If this has been beaten to death already, could someone point
to a good source of info/archive for me to reference?

Also, I've seen "Kodak Photo/XA" listed in the specs of most CD-ROM drives
and also wonder about that.

Appreciate it.

Kolin

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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: shiva@well.sf.ca.us (Kenneth Porter)
Subject: What is a Q subchannel?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 01:11:40 GMT

I keep seeing the mention of subchannels here. What are they? I suppose
the more general question is how a CD-ROM looks different from a hard
disk to a SCSI bus. I get the impression that one can either read "data"
or a lot of out-of-band information from the disc.
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams)
Subject: Re: Kodak Photo-CD software
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 06:57:42 GMT

Apples "Apple Photo Access" system extension (available buried deep in
apple.com in the CD rom installation disk image, among other locations)
will let you double-click on small thumbnail desktop icons in the Finder
and have the Extension automatically load the Photo CD file into your
favorite program for painting (Photoshop for example) as a PICT file. From
Photoshop (or other programs) you may effortlessly save as *.GIF or *.TIFF.

Bill Williams

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: J.M.Hall@SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK (Jon Hall)
Subject: Problem using EMM386.EXE with CDD461 drive
Reply-To: Jon Hall <J.M.Hall@SOUTHAMPTON.AC.UK>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:42:55 GMT

I've just taken delivery of a Philips (I think this might be Magnavox
in the US) CDD461 CD-ROM drive. I have found that when EMM386.EXE is
installed in CONFIG.SYS, reading of files over 64K in size from the CD
becomes unreliable: files are copied with no error message, but are
corrupt. This is checked by using COPY to copy files to the hard disk
followed by FC /B to do a byte-for-byte compare.

Other drivers have been removed from CONFIG.SYS to no effect, as has
slowing the machine down to 8MHz, also with no effect. I have also tried
installing EMM386.EXE with and without EMS enabled, and with the DMA
parameter varying from 32 to 256K, all with no effect on the problem.

I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has either encountered this
problem or has any suggestions to get around it.

Configuration information:

Machine:        25MHz 80386SX clone
DOS:            5.0, using HIMEM.SYS/EMM386.EXE from Windows 3.1
CDROM I/F:      Philips CDD163, I/O 340H, DMA 3 (factory defaults)
Drivers:        CDROM.SYS v1.01 dated 14-Jun-91
                        DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDROM.SYS /D:CDROM01 /P:340
                MSCDEX.EXE v2.20
                        C:\CDROM\MSCDEX /D:CDROM01
Thanks in advance.
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From: 00gwmichelin@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CD-ROM recorders -> LaserVision recorders?
Date: 28 Dec 92 22:05:30 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In article <BzzCvs.MII@fc.hp.com>, rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
> Per-Erik Nordbo (pererik@cmi.no) wrote:
> 
>> Is the CD-ROM recorder technology being adapted to LaserVision players?
> 
> It already has been.  Optical Disc Corp. has been offering LV write-once
> services for several years.  Their media appears to be ablative dye-polymer,
> like CD-WORM.  The service is about $300 per side, in CAV or CLV, but does
> not yet provide digital sound (analog only).
> 
> There are about a dozen sites in the US that offer ODC media services,
> and the lack of hardware advertising by ODC leads me to suspect that the
> drives are very expensive.  

THE HARDWARE STARTS AT US$150,000.

If the media isn't pre-grooved like CD-WORM,
> the drive would need to be massive in order to prevent local structural
> vibrations from causing the write beam from wandering.
> 
> Regards,                                               Hewlett-Packard
> Bob Niland   Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM                   3404 East Harmony Rd.
> After 1/15:  rjn@CSN.ORG or 71044.2124@CompuServe.COM  Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
> 
> This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
> official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
> Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
> supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: interpla@orion.oac.uci.edu (Bill Dugan)
Subject: Best selling CD-ROM titles in October (read Xmas)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 31 Dec 92 04:19:16 GMT

Here are the hottest-selling CD-ROM titles in the USA in October, according
to PC Research.  This is a good indication what Christmas sales were like.

10.  CD Game Pack                              Software Toolworks
 9.  Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego     Broderbund
 8.  Murmurs of the Earth                      Warner New Media
 7.  King's Quest V                            Sierra On-Line
 6.  Street Atlas USA                          Delorme
 5.  World View                                Brittanica
 4.  Sherlock Holmes, Detective                Icom
 3.  Wing Commander / Secret Missions I & II   Origin
 2.  Cinemania                                 Microsoft
 1.  Battle Chess Enhanced CD-ROM              Interplay

Looks like 5 straight games, 1 miscellaneous entertainment, 1 education,
and 2 atlases.

Disclaimer:  I work for Interplay!
From: Joop.Stokvis@f2.n100.z60.wlink.nl (Joop Stokvis)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Graphics Cd-rom Shipping !!
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 19:32:34 -0100

Hi Paul

Please post the complete index of your CDrom!

Thanks in advance!

Joop


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From: victor.volkman@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Victor Volkman) 
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: EDUCATIONAL GAMELAND CD-R
Date: 30 Dec 92 14:00:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: HAL 9000 BBS, W-NET HQ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Reply-To: victor.volkman@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Victor Volkman) 

It was once said:

-> Newsgroups: comp.multimedia,alt.cd-rom
-> From: miller%defun.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Cliff Miller)
-> Subject: Educational Gameland CD-ROM
-> Date: 29 Dec 92 17:36:45 MST
-> Message-ID: <1992Dec29.173645.18147@hellgate.utah.edu>

-> If you have any suggestions, or if you want some information about
-> what we're doing or how to get a copy of the CD, please give us a
-> call or send us a message at CompuServe.  (We've set up a company in
-> our basement, called Pacific HiTech.)

How about a file listing suitable for BBS posting?  Many (if not all)
shareware CD-ROMs end up being put on BBSes for public use.  You would
encourage a lot more sysops if you posted file listings in PCBoard,
RBBS-PC and a few other formats.
                    
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: thail@seas.gwu.edu (Samuel R. Posten)
Subject: Re: photo cd
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:46:32 GMT


I don't want to start a flame war, but I think you will find that picture
publisher is much more powerful at editing pictures than mosaic.  BTW at
what resolution are you readng in those pictures? since straight off the
disc they can be read in at about five sizes.

Also,  having trouble at reading in any density hgher than medium.  the
pictures I get are crisp and clear, but I want to push the envelope on em
and see what they can do.  Has anyone else had this problem?  I have the
SBlaster cd rom, a 386 25 4megs, the photo cd demo disc, at least ten megs
free on the drive and a four meg permanet swap file.  the error I get does
not tell me not enoughmemory, it just says error reading the disc when I
bring the file in as large or extra large size.  (I have a diamond ss 24
in 800x600).  any ideas?

thanks

Sam
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman)
Subject: Re: NEC CDR-74 DRIVE ...
Originator: yxl5388@ultb
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 12:34:57 GMT

In article <1993Jan2.065851.4913@netcom.com> jturley@netcom.com (James Turley) writes:
>I just got CDR-74 to work with the 1542B....
>
>with Corel drivers...no prob. 
>
>But takes forever on bootup to initialize (drive D:)
>

I don't have any initialization problems. I got the 84 (internal)
working with the 1542b using either the CorelSCSI drivers or the Trantor
drivers. The Trantor drivers work better with PhotoCDs. Never had any
problems. On another computer I have a 74 with NEC's own SCSI controller
running Trantor's drivers. Works great too.

=Fractalman


Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: dialogic@tigger.jvnc.net (Dialogic Corporation)
Subject: Re: Super Nes Ninentedo CD-ROM XA -- Photo CD??
Originator: dialogic@tigger.jvnc.net
Organization: JvNCnet
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:27:07 GMT

In article <1h5ulhINNs69@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bz223@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Danny Guy Frezza) writes:
>
>	My son has informed me that as of January, 1993, Super Nes 
>CD-ROM will be available for Super Nintendo.  However, after reading
>the article, it mentioned it will come with 9 Megs of ram and be XA
>compatible. Price around $200.  Does anyone have any official information
>on this Rom reader, whether it will be possible to read Kodak Photo CD??

I thought that Nintendo recently announce that they had *dropped* their
plans for a CD-ROM until their 32-bit game unit comes out in a year or
so.  Seems that the Sega CD-ROM isn't doing so well in Japan, so they
decided to let Sega whet peoples appetites, and then release their
"killer" CD-ROM machine in a year.

-gerry



Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: splee@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Seng-Poh Lee)
Subject: Re: Mitsumi OK for text??
Organization: Alchemy International
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:40:41 GMT

Kirby K. Stiening (kks2n@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
>      I know that the Mitsumi CD-ROM reader is 680msec access and only a
> 2K buffer, but I wonder if it will work for text retrieval.  I am
> specifically interested in something like the the Software Toolworks
> encyclopedia that includes some graphics and sounds, but is NOT
> a multimedia product.  Also, does the Mitsumi have a headphone jack
> for playing audio CDs.
> 
I have the DAK 6800MX, which is really a Mitsumi. It has a 800ms
access time, and who knows if it has a buffer or not. However, I can
use Toolworks Illus Enc fine with no problem. That CDROM has CD-AUDIO
anyway, and no animation, so speed or data transfer really isn't an
issue. I've also tried Bookshelf MultiMedia version, and this has
digitized sounds via a sound board, narration as well as animation.
This works fine. I get no breaks in speech or animation. I haven't
tried any video animation yet, so the access and data transfer limitation
may start showing up there. But so far, my 'slow' CD drive has performed
fine and I have no compliants. Especially since I got it cheap. :-)

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Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Thursday, 31 Dec 1992 20:31:20 EST
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject:    infomation

I am think to get a CD-ROm
is anyone know whic h is the fast in the market... and is the 350ms is the
fastest on the market at the range of $200-$300.....??
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi
From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Subject: Pioneer DRM-610: how many LUNs?
Followup-To: poster
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance Company
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 15:25:27 GMT

I have a peculiar problem.  I have two Pioneer DRM-610's (a six-pack
CD-ROM changer) connected to a PC with dual Adaptec 1542B's.  One of
the Pioneer drives reports six LUNs, the other eight LUNs.  I believe
six is the correct number.  Has anybody else seen anything like this
before?  The two units are not very near each other serialnumber-wise,
could it be that the other has some kind of a firmware problem?
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM recorders -> LaserVision recorders?
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:35:52 GMT
Reply-To: rjn@FC.HP.COM
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/WSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.8 PL6]

Per-Erik Nordbo (pererik@cmi.no) wrote:

> Is the CD-ROM recorder technology being adapted to LaserVision players?

It already has been.  Optical Disc Corp. has been offering LV write-once
services for several years.  Their media appears to be ablative dye-polymer,
like CD-WORM.  The service is about $300 per side, in CAV or CLV, but does
not yet provide digital sound (analog only).

There are about a dozen sites in the US that offer ODC media services,
and the lack of hardware advertising by ODC leads me to suspect that the
drives are very expensive.  If the media isn't pre-grooved like CD-WORM,
the drive would need to be massive in order to prevent local structural
vibrations from causing the write beam from wandering.

Regards,                                               Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland   Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM                   3404 East Harmony Rd.
After 1/15:  rjn@CSN.ORG or 71044.2124@CompuServe.COM  Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

This article represents only the opinion[s] of its author, and is not an
official or unofficial position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard
Company.  The text is provided for informational purposes only.  It is
supplied without warranty of any kind.
From: tegel@catbox.stgt.sub.org (Thomas Tegel)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Kodak Photo CD reading software for Philips CM205
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 19:31:51 GMT
Organization: Cameron SYSTEMS, Germany

I've heard of a German software company (totronik) that has developed 
software for the Philips CM205 to read the Kodak Photo CDs under
MS-DOS. I'm also a Beta tester of the OS/2 drivers for this CD-ROM.
Is there anybody interested in more facts about this software ?
If somebody is interested, I can post you some more information about it.

w/Regards, Thomas

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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: wcsintd7@alfred.carleton.ca (Peter Kuciak)
Subject: SONY CD-ROM & Adaptec 1542BK controller ...
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:55:56 GMT

Hello all, I just purchased a computer (486-66) with an Adaptec 1542BK
controller and would like to hook up a SONY CD-ROM to it.  The
question is how do I set up my Adaptec controller ?.  Here is what I
did so far : I have a Toshiba MK438FB SCSI HD on the internal SCSI
cable, and a SONY 6211-10 CD-ROM (external).  With the three
terminators in place (not removed) ASPI4DOS.SYS finds my HD as SCSI ID
0 and my CD-ROM as SCSI ID 3 (but it thinks it is a CDU-541 model ???)
but ASPICD.SYS says : CD-ROM driver NOT LOADED: no valid devices
present.  When I remove the three terminators from the board my HD is
not able to boot at all.  So I am kind of stuck, if anyone has a
similar setup please drop me a line (I'm probably doing something very
silly) because it is driving me crazy.  Thanx in advance.  

Peter A. Kuciak               e-mail : wcsintd7@ccs.carleton.ca

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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.sys5.r4
From: darkshot@rock.concert.net (Michael B Garrett -- Chudys)
Subject: Re: Which CD-ROM under Unix (SVR4)?
Keywords: cd-rom sony unix svr4
Organization: Not that you'd notice...
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:31:24 GMT

I use SCO 3.2.4 and ODT 2.0, and almost anything will work with
the standard SCSI drivers, which I believe are similar to the ones
in SVr4- but I don't know if they're included in the stripped-down
desktop version. I like the Hitachi CDR3750, and the only problem
I had with it was getting it to work under DOS, either booted or
running under UNIX with Merge. Thanks again for all here who tried
to help- but finally CorelSCSI software solved it ($79.00). 

BTW, the Corel software tests out the CDR3750 as having a 222ms access time.
It certainly SEEMS faster than even the speed-doubled drives I've seen.

One other thing, the included Windows cd-audio player is about the nicest
thing I ever got for free (I didn't know it was included 'til I found the
extra disk....)

'Shot
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: lui@netcom.com (Stephen Lui)
Subject: alt.cd-rom FAQ and CD-ROM for a Mac
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 03:59:07 GMT

Is there a FAQ for alt.cd-rom? I'm looking for a CD-ROM drive for my Mac
mostly for games like Spaceship Warlock and Sherlock Holmes Consulting
Detective. The NEC CD-Express kit looks nice, but the drive isn't all that
fast (I can pick up the NEC CD-Express kit for the Mac for $399).That's
a pretty good price considering you get the 10 CD's plus the EduCorp
sampler CD.
e
The new multi-session compatible CD-ROM's have just started shipping and their
based on the Toshiba T3401 mechanism with a 190ms access time, 327 kps
transfer rate, and a 256K buffer for $599 from EduCorp.

Has anyone used FWB's CD-ROM Toolkit? I've used HD-Toolkit for the Mac
and it's a pretty impressive program. It's hard to believe a new CD-ROM
driver alone can speed up access 1800% like the advertisement claims.

MacWarehouse has a no-name CD-ROM drive for $299 in their catalog. I
called and they said it was based on a Sony mechanism but had no more
information. Does anyone know anything about this CD-ROM?
From: dcole@ua.d.umn.edu (david cole)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: List of drives too slow for Sherlock Holmes II
Date: 27 Dec 1992 10:56:10 -0600
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ua.d.umn.edu


Hi netters.  I thought you might be interested in the list from the readme
file on the new Sherlock Holmes II game.  It says these drives are marginal
or will not work with the game (it has video in a window that fills about
one-fourth of the screen area):

NEC 35,36,36m,37
Maganavox (Philips?) CDD-461
Pioneer DRM600 changer
Chinon CDA-431

I feared the worst for the NEC 25bj that I got in the Medivision FusionCD
kit, since it should be worse performing than the NEC 37, but I was
pleasantly surprised: it works fine.  It is interesting that new drives like
the 461 and the NEC 37 are on the list, while the cheapest drive, the
Mitsumi, is not.  Anybody else have handson experience with this game and
cd-rom drives, either on the above list or not?

Cheers,
Dave
dcole@ua.d.umn.edu

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: dcable@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dan Cable)
Subject: Re: Parallel port CD ?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 03:40:27 GMT

IRVK@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Irv Konfield) writes:

>I've seen external floppy and hard drives that connect via a
>serial port and require no additional wiring.  Is there a CD reader
>that can be connected in a similar manner (and thus moved among
>machines) that doesn't require any additional hardware?  Any
>help would be appreciated.

Yes. I just saw one from MicroSolutions (I think) at CompUSA that attaches
to the parallel port of a PC. Sorry, but I didn't pay any attention to the
details as I don't have a PC.

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From: 00gwmichelin@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.multimedia
Subject: Re: Where is "Multimedia Extension"?
Date: 28 Dec 92 22:13:15 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's

In article <92359.151252AGCKK@ASUACAD.BITNET>, AGCKK@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:
> Is it only available in WINDOWS 3.1 packages?

We ordered our copy from Microsoft for Windows 3.0.

Gilbert Michelini, Manager
Faculty Development Multimedia Lab
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: kkingsto@erc.cat.syr.edu (Karl Kingston)
Subject: Re: Can you plug a Mitsumi CD-ROM to a SB Pro?
Organization: Electronic Resource Center, Syracuse
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 19:15:16 EST

In article <21DEC199213224880@elroy.uh.edu> st1r8@elroy.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.) writes:
>I have recently purchased a Mitsumi CD-ROM drive from Software, Etc. for $199,
>and it comes with its own propritery interface card with left and right
>audio outputs on the back of the card.  (The drive itself has headphone jacks
>on it as well).  Anyway, there are two cables (a ribbon cable and a small four
>pin cable) that connects the card to the drive.
>
>Anyway, the Soundblaster Pro card has a CD-ROM port and the connections looks
>identical.  I was wondering if it is possible to connect the Mitsumi CD-ROM
>directly to the SB Pro.  Will it work or will it fry the SB Pro and the
>CD-ROM if I try to connect it up?

Let me know if this works.  I'd like to do the same thing.  And possibly 
use the Soundblaster CD drivers under OS/2.

-Karl

kkingsto@erc.cat.syr.edu

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