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From: RLW@SHCC.BITNET
Subject: MediaVision PAS16
Reply-To: RLW@SHCC.bitnet
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:33:00 GMT

Macbeth <Macbeth@CARDINAL.SC107.WESLEYAN.EDU> writes:

>Next, I own a Pro Audio Spectrum 16 MPC upgrade myself, and have had no
>problems with it whatsoever. All I did was plug in the board, slide in the
>NEC CD-ROM drive, install the drivers and VIOLA!

Not only violas, but also brass, pianos, oboe, clarinet, and many other
MIDI instruments :-)

>As for the 3.5" floppies all I can say is that if you know of the
>MPC standards you will see that
>these include a (you guess it!) 3.5" High Density floppy drive. As for tech
>support: My ver. 1.2 drivers disk was damaged, however, I got tech support
>in 2 minutes of waiting. And Media Visions is the only company that has
>replied to my first call on the same day (when tech support people were
>busy).

I bought the PAS 16 by itself - 11 of them actually. Some came with
5.25 floppies and others came with 3.5 floppies. I seem to remember that
there were two different color boxes (one with red accents, the other
with blue) and perhaps that is what determines what size floppies one will
get.

Also the current DOS software is 1.2 but everyone should be using the
Windows 1.3 drivers for Windows Multimedia. I also understand that 1.4
is in beta test.

>I am sorry your experience was bad, however, this does not mean the
>company does ALWAYS do that. Oh, and BTW, I am not a Media Visions
>representative: I'm just a satisfied customer.

The PAS 16 is the best board on the market for its price. The Turtle
Beach board supposedly has better MIDI instruments but it is at least
twice the cost of the PAS 16. I too am satisfied with the board, but
Mediavision, like almost everyone else in the PC biz, including Microsoft,
could improve their tech support (as long as they don't raise their prices,
that is)

Rich Watson
Systems Manager,
Research Unit
Shriners Hospital
Portland, OR
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: PAOLIVER@INDYVAX.BITNET
Subject: Wittgenstein archiving / his importance
Reply-To: PAOLIVER@INDYVAX.bitnet
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:07:00 GMT

   Knut Hofland <knut@X400.HD.UIB.NO> writes:
> ...
> Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher who is regarded
> as the perhaps most important philosopher of our century, ...

  Even among academic philosophers (which I gratefully am
not), this statement would be seriously disputed. I realize
your position as being intimately involved with the man's
papers, but show some objectivity here! (Something modern
philosophers manifestly reject, admittedly, and to the
detriment of themselves and mankind at large.)

  I would contend that Ayn Rand is the most important
philosopher of the 20th century, by far. Actually, one of the
most important in history, among the true giants such as
Aristotle.
  Long after the mind-destroyers of the 18th-20th centuries
are relegated to the trash heap of history, Rand's influence
will be felt and remembered, as the first philosopher since
Aristotle to defend the mind and logical reasoning in a
comprehensive way.

-- Phil Oliver
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: "david shadoff" <david.shadoff@canrem.com>
Subject: simtel20 cdrom anyone
Reply-To: "david shadoff" <david.shadoff@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: alt
Date: 23 Nov 92 00:43:55 EST

In message <168A484F4.C580503@mizzou1.missouri.edu>,
C580503@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Albert Foo) writes:

>I 'm interested in purchasing the simtel20 CDROM.  Does anybody has the address
>or the phone number for Walnut Creek?  Also, what is the latest edition for
>this CD?  If you have this CD, please email me and tell me what you think of it
>ie. quality of files, types of directory, etc.

Their phone number is (800)786-9007 (and it even goes to Southern
Ontario - gasp!).  I've got the June 1992 edition, the latest should
be September, with another out around yearend (they say it comes out
quarterly).  I thought it was well laid-out, with very good filtering
of the contents (unlike SOME shareware disks, these people don't just
throw files onto a disk based on title alone).  It's definitely the
best CD I own at present (but I don't have Street Atlas USA).

 - Dave
 
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From: baker1326@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Publish It Easy!
Date: 18 Nov 92 19:27:09 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

howdy,

has ANYONE had any contact with the Publish It Easy! CD-ROM for the mac?
   i just ordered the Norton/Easy bundle from MacWarehouse and i have
   played with ...Easy! and found that i like it quite well and now that 
   they have just upgraded from v. 2.1.9(which i have) to v. 2.3 i am 
   thinking about paying the $55 and having 2.3 on CD in a month or so.

speaking of which i have seen (at a local store) the IBM Publish It Easy!
   CD-ROM listing at $149 sell for $33.  i think it was an early version
   however...either way...

thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAle
baker1326@iscsvax.uni.edu
Ivan "the Trouncable" Kuzmovich
The Long-Haired Conservative
From: v110mhwh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (David M Stokes)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: SCSI-2 and CDROMs Question
Date: 16 Nov 92 20:37:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

I wonder if I puchase a EISA SCSI-2 Card whether or not it would be compatible 
with many/all of those drive caliming to be SCSI?  ANyone know for sure?

Thanks,
Dave

If this is a FAQ or belongs in another news group sorry...
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: R1JH018@MOE.TOWSON.EDU ("B.Z.")
Subject: sub cdrom-l
Reply-To: "B.Z." <R1JH018@MOE.TOWSON.EDU>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:37:49 GMT

Would you please put Bin Zhang on your mailing list?
Thanks.
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer)
Subject: CD-ROM drive for SUN
Organization: QUAD Systems
Distribution: ca
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:58:32 GMT


Does anyone have a list, or know for a fact, what manufacturer and model
types of external SCSI CD-ROM drives will work on a SPARC II.

-- 

Roland Besserer
QUAD Systems
roland@quadsys.com
From: wct1+@pitt.edu (William C Tom)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CDPC by MediaVision
Date: 16 Nov 92 04:17:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


I'm thinking of buying the CDROM/PAS-16 sound card/speakers in-a-box
combo made by Mediavision.  Last I looked, the CDROM was a Sony.
I would prefer one of the new double-speed NEC drives.  Does
anyone know if Mediavision sells the CDPC with the NEC drive, or is planning
to do so in the near future ?

Thanks.









Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:24:11 -0500 
From: Ke-Wei Ma <km4c+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: New Sony ROM release???

    I remember a couple of weeks ago that the new Sony cd-rom engine was
suppose to be released, I am refering to the one used in the Apple CD
ROM 300.  Has it been released yet and if not when?

Ke-Wei

   _______________________________________________________________________

   Ke-Wei Ma                                    Carnegie Mellon Universtiy
   km4c@andrew.cmu.edu                 Electrical and Computer Engineering
   _______________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: Y6HJ@UNB.CA (Paul Cormier)
Subject: Photo-CD Info
Reply-To: Paul Cormier <Y6HJ@UNB.CA>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:31:45 GMT

Hi,

Sorry if this is in the FAQ's, but does anyone know of a text file
that contains information on the Photo-CD technology?  (i.e. What it
consists, Compatible drives, etc...)

An anonymous FTP site containing this info would be great.

Thanks in advance!

Paul

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From: rjk@world.std.com (robert j kolker)
Subject: Address to get DAK Catalog
Keywords: DAk
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:36:25 GMT

There is a company named DAK which sells cd-rom equipment at very good
prices. I had a catalog but I lost it. If anyone knows the address of DAK
could you e-mail it to me. Thanks muchly.

Bob Kolker
From: pjs@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Peter John Swiatkowski)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Audio-CD's and Toshiba XM 3301SA
Date: 16 Nov 1992 12:37:29 +1100
Organization: University of Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au

In article <1992Nov11.212537.9540@cs.tu-berlin.de> simski@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (S. Dutkowski) writes:

>I can't play Audio CD's with my Toshiba-drive.
>Especialy the mediaplayer of windows can't do it. I loaded the mci audio-cd
>driver.
>I've heard that there exists some problems with older versions of mscdex.
>Does anybody knows about problems with Audio CD's and the Toshiba drive?
>
>Please help!!
>

This is a problem that is likely to occur often as people buy SCSI CD-ROM
drives to run with their preferred SCSI host adapter.

Firstly, the device drivers that need to be loaded for the computer to
recognise the CD-ROM drive are specific to the SCSI interface and not
necessarily to any particular CD-ROM drive. So it should be possible to
plug in virtually any SCSI CD-ROM drive of recent manufacture and have it
work for data access, unless the driver has been coded to only work with
drives presenting a specific signature on the SCSI bus.

For DOS users MSCDEX lets the CD-ROM drive be seen as another mountable
disk drive. It also uses standard 'hooks' in the device driver to provide
standard functions for data and audio access, eject, etc. In particular
MSCDEX relies on the device driver to provide the correct command set for
accessing the CD-ROM drive concerned.

Most SCSI CD-ROM drives of recent manufacture accept the same commands for
data access. Unfortunately the commands used to access CD-Audio vary
between manufacturers, and sometimes between ranges in the same brand.

So MSCDEX only provides a standard interface for accessing functions that
have been written into the DOS device driver for the CD-ROM interface. If
for example, the CD-ROM device driver has been written to be instruction
compliant with Sony drives and you use an NEC drive, then attempts at
playing audio are likely to be unsuccessful.

The answer is to use a standard SCSI-2 interface and driver with a SCSI-2
compliant CD-ROM drive, since SCSI-2 does define CD-Audio access commands.
Unfortunately, as has been mentioned in this news group previously,
virtually no CD-ROM drive in the market place presently supports SCSI-2
commands for audio access, opting to use manufacturer proprietary commands
instead.

So don't blame MSCDEX for your systems failure to correctly handle
CD-Audio. Chase the manufacturer of your SCSI interface for a CD-ROM device
driver that will work properly with your CD-ROM drive.

New CD-ROM purchasers: If you choose to by a CD-ROM drive and SCSI
interface in anything other than a matched set make sure that you can get
device driver software that will let you properly access CD-Audio.



Peter Swiatkowski
University of Melbourne
Victoria, AUSTRALIA

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: adrie@ica.philips.nl (Adrie Koolen)
Subject: Re: Photo-CD and Adaptec anyone?
Keywords: photo cd adaptec scsi
Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 08:52:57 GMT

In article <1992Nov13.193740.2806@odin.corp.sgi.com> jegm@esd.sgi.com writes:
>Is anyone using *ANY* CDROM drive with an adaptec scsi board (1542 or 1522)
>and the *standard* ASPI and ASW410 drivers, and successfully reading
>a Kodak Photo CD?

I use an AHA1542b and an NEC CDR84 to read the first session of a Kodak
PhotoCD. However, I use my own driver to be CDROM/XA compatible. If you
use the standard ASW410 driver, it'll not be XA compatible. Note that
it's a problem of the CDROM driver, not ASPI4DOS! I assume that most
manufacturers (Adaptec, Corel?) will come up with CDROM drivers for
ASPI shortly.

>I need to know if Adaptecs S/W can read Photo CD before I send my NEC CDR84
>back for the upgrade/fix for Photo CD.

Although the changes in the device driver are fairly trivial, I believe
that it has not been done yet.

Adrie Koolen (adrie@ica.philips.nl)
Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: ncpmont@angelo.amd.com (Mark Montgomery)
Subject: WANTED - WANTED - TOSHIBA XM-3401B
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:08:13 GMT

The Nov.9 issue of PC Week (p.42) has a press release that describes
the new Toshiba XM-3401B CD-rom drive.  It looks very much the drive
to get if you're interested in PhotoCD or multimedia as it's double
speed, has very low access times and if it's anything like it's
predecessor the 3301 is probably VERY SCSI-2 compliant.  I have tried
most of my normal retail sources and can't find anyone that even knows
about this drive much less can tell me when they'll be available.

SO - my question is:  anyone out there have a good rapport with mail-
order channels or other Toshiba supplier that can tell me when and
where I can buy one of these critters.  I have attempted, twice, to
call Toshiba direct but get punted to a waiting queue that I have given
up on after waiting for 10 minutes plus.
			Regards,  Mark  (ncpmont@amd.com)

Xref: sparky alt.cd-rom:4520 alt.binaries.sounds.d:2136
From: cunico@acsu.buffalo.edu (Robert P. Cunico)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Topo Maps on cd-rom?
Date: 23 Nov 92 19:40:09 GMT
Organization: UB


	Is any one aware of USGS Topographic maps being available
either on cd-rom or remote FTP. I am most interested in 7.5' x 15' 
series, though others would suffice.
From: yjkim@stein.u.washington.edu (Yong Kim)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Multi-media Kits (IBM)
Date: 22 Nov 92 20:28:28 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

In a related thread, I recently ordered SONY A31(??) CD-ROM drive
from Gateway and am waiting for it.  They said it will be here around
Christmas with MS-BookShelf 92 (the latter coming as free software choice),

My question(s) are:
(1) Is this a better deal than buying a upgrade kit from CreativeLab?
	(which costs $400)
(2) how can one comprare two CD-ROM drives?  I have not had the
chance to see two products yet. What are the merits of SONY drive
and the one from CreativeLab? Are CD-ROM bundles worth to go with
CreativeLab?

-- 
Yong J. Kim  yjkim@milton.u.washington.edu
Department of Management Science
School of Business Administration
University of Washington
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: stein@sionext.uio.no (Stein Onsrud)
Subject: phillips CD recordable CDD521
Organization: University of Oslo
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:12:55 GMT

I recently looked at a phillips recording machine for CD. and was very  
interested in using it on my NeXT. are there anyone out there that knows  
anything about device drivers for this machine on a Unix workstation ?

Stein Onsrud
SiO Data
From: 00masummers@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: cdrom packages
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:36:50 GMT
Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's


Does anyone know any good CD-ROM packages?

        Thanks Melinda
From: bdb@becker.GTS.ORG (Bruce Becker)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,nyx.misc
Subject: Re: CD ROM INC.  CATALOG REQUESTS!
Date: 17 Nov 92 03:50:43 GMT
Reply-To: news@becker.gts.org
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario

In article <1992Nov11.040500.8823@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ephillip@nyx.cs.du.edu (Edy Phillips) writes:
|To all who are interested in CD ROM technology.  Now there is a compnay
|named CD ROM INC.  in Golden CO.  We sell CD ROM DRIVES AND DISCS!
|[...]


	Commercial postings to Usenet newsgroups are
	not permitted (except perhaps in the "biz."
	groups).


	Also please edit your "Newsgroups: " header
	line to remove "general", since it's a local
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From: rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller)
Subject: Re: Read before buying MediaVision
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:58:57 GMT

Macbeth@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu (Macbeth) wrote:
>As for the SoundBlaster settings: Maybe you should, once again, read your 
>manual more carefully.

Page 1-32, last paragraph:
"The IRQs for the Sound Blaster compatible part of the sound card is
set with jumper 12 and is preset to IRQ 5."

The DMA line is not settable, but there is a jumper available to help
with DMA sharing problems.

>Third: I most repeat that I would never consult you as a computer 
>technician / programmer myself. A computer technician, IMHO, is a person who 
>can understand a piece of hardware WITHOUT the manual, or with very vague 
>instructions. A computer programmer is one that can disassemble the program (
>or at least debug and trace) to understand how it works and what it does. In 
>either case, you should have been able to figure out how to work the board 
>without extensive explanation.

Do you think you could post without indulging in personal insults?  I
can say with a modicum of certainty that none of the rest of us care
in the least what you think about his competency.

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From: daniel.campbell@cccbbs.UUCP (Daniel Campbell) 
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CD ROM QUESTIONS
Date: 21 Nov 92 01:59:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Cincinnati Computer Connection BBS - Cincinnati, OH - 513-752-8248
Reply-To: daniel.campbell@cccbbs.UUCP (Daniel Campbell) 


LE>Hello everyone.  I don't necessarily want to use a lot of _NET_BANDWID
LE>on this, but my local SOFTWARE ETC store has several CD ROM kits for s
Lee, take a look at Creative Labs Multi Media kit...includes Sound Blaster 
Pro card, CD-ROM drive, and MS Bookshelf for Windows...Call 800 EGG-HEAD 
software...$399.

--- WinQwk 1.30 #177
                                              
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: mpotter@dacds0.lampf.lanl.gov (Michael Potter)
Subject: Re: Anyone having trouble with NEC 84J CDROM?
Reply-To: mpotter@dacds0.lampf.lanl.gov (Michael Potter)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:42:08 GMT

From:	SMTP%"mpotter@dacds0" 23-NOV-1992 08:37:21.38
To:	mpotter@dacds0.lampf.lanl.gov (Michael Potter)
CC:	
First of all, sorry for the long text lines in my previous message.  This
*%&$^ newreader program doesn't apparently wrap lines properly, although
on my screen everything looked fine.  I apologize for any grief that this
caused.

Second, I was able to fix the problem with the CDROM myself!  The problem
was that the 50pin ribbon cable going from the PAS/16 to the NEC CDROM
was flaky.  I replaced this cable, and everything worked.  However, I
must issue a WARNING for other users of the PAS/16:
   The 50pin ribbon cable is *not* a standard SCSI cable.  Before replacing
your cable, take a careful look at it.  The two ribbon connectors are on
opposite sides of the cable, rather than being on the same side.  I.e, pin
one is actually connected to pin 26, etc.
   I didn't notice this the first time, and I bought a "standard" cable.
When I put the cable in the computer and turned it on, the cable went
up in smoke!!!!!  Fortunately, when I put the proper cable in, everything
was still ok.  I guess the cable saved the rest of the equipment.
   Now that the CD is working reliably, I am very happy with the PAS/16
system.  Its true that Media Vision's tech support is terrible (they still
haven't returned my call on this problem), but if you have the patience,
it is worth it.  The sound quality is excellent, and this NEC drive is fast!
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,alt.binaries.sounds.d
Subject: Re: Read before buying MediaVision
From: Macbeth@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu (Macbeth)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:36:58 GMT
Organization: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT USA

In article <92323.110727DXR8@psuvm.psu.edu> <DXR8@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Subject: Re: Read before buying MediaVision
>From: <DXR8@psuvm.psu.edu>
>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:07:27 EST

>Mr Macbeth,

>Perhaps you did not receive the same package I did.  According to the
>documentation that came with mine, the SB portion has a multitude of IRQ
>settings.  These settings are changed with the Sound Driver AFTER the PAS
>settings.  I bought the "Fusion" package, according to MediaVision BBS, that
>does not include the PAS 16, but PAS 16+.  I'm very sorry you don't think I am
>a computer technician/programmer, but I sure make good money at it and have
>been for many years...

>I got off to a bad start with MV, they sold me software that WOULD NOT work
>with the hardware that came with it.  Someone pushed that package out the door
>KNOWING it was not going to work.  Since the woman at the message center asked
>right away what version I had, I can only assume a large quantity went out
>that way.

>It's also quite possible that the PAS was defective, but I got tired of
>waiting for their Tech Support to call back.

>BTW: I bought the SoundBlaster Pro Package, received it last night, plugged it
>in............ Ha, works GREAT!

Well, it just happens that MediaVisions does NOT offer a PAS 16+. This, in 
this post, is your first mistake. MediaVision offers 3 different Pro Audio 
Spectrum boards: the Pro Audio Spectrum, the Pro Audio Spectrum+, and the 
Pro Audio Spectrum-16. The difference is that the PAS can do 8-bit samplings 
up to 22.5 KHz stere / 44.1 KHz mono, the PAS+ can do 8-bit samplings up to 
44.1 KHz stereo, and the PAS - 16 can do up to 44.1 KHz stereo in 16-bits. 
However, and I repeat, there is NO PAS-16+!

As for the SoundBlaster settings: Maybe you should, once again, read your 
manual more carefully.

Third: I most repeat that I would never consult you as a computer 
technician / programmer myself. A computer technician, IMHO, is a person who 
can understand a piece of hardware WITHOUT the manual, or with very vague 
instructions. A computer programmer is one that can disassemble the program (
or at least debug and trace) to understand how it works and what it does. In 
either case, you should have been able to figure out how to work the board 
without extensive explanation.

Last, my dear friend, I must congratulate you at finding a piece of hardware 
that satisfies your needs. However, I must remind you that the sound quality 
of the Sound Blaster Pro does NOT compare in the least with the sound 
quality of the Pro Audio Spectrum (especially the -16). It does NOT offer 
you CD-quality sound, form example. And, to say the least, the CD-ROM 
included with the SBPro system is one of the worse that I have ever worked 
with (and I have worked with a lot).


							Greetings,

							Macbeth
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