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From: barrett@server.cs.jhu.edu (Dan Barrett)
Subject: Re: Seeking CD-ROM storage and labeling ideas
Reply-To: barrett@cs.umass.edu
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:49:41 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.180439.2942@anasazi.com> rayn@anasazi.com writes:
>I'm seeking advice on physical storage and labeling schemes
>for a personal CD-ROM collection, which now stands at about 
>25-30 disks, one drive, and 10 caddies.

	Buy a bunch of CD jewel boxes for the un-caddied discs.  You can get
them for 44 cents each from Noteworthy Music, (800) 648-7972.  [I have no
association with Noteworthy except as a customer.]

>I'd like to find a good way to label the edges of each jewel box
>and (temporarily) label the edges of a caddy so that titles
>can be picked out from a normal audio CD rack by looking at
>the edges only.

	If you have access to the LaTeX typesetting system, you can print
out jewelbox spine labels with the following file.  Many university
computer systems have LaTeX.  I hereby place this file in the public
domain.

	Here is a complete example of using it, assuming you have stored
it in a file called cdrom.tex.

\documentstyle{article}
\input cdrom
\begin{document}

\begin{cdcover}
\title{USENET Source Code, March 1992}
\end{cdcover}

\end{document}

Put all of the above in a file called "stuff.tex" and type "latex stuff".

                                                        Dan

 //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
| Dan Barrett -- Grad student, Department of Computer & Information Science |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA  01003  --  barrett@cs.umass.edu |
 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////


------------8<----------------- cut here ----------------8<------------------
\textwidth 6.5 in
\oddsidemargin 0 in
\evensidemargin 0 in
\topmargin -1.0 in
\textheight 9.5 in

\newenvironment{cdcover}%
{
	\def\title##1{\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\LARGE ##1}}
	\def\fudge{-10pt}

	\begin{tabular}{|p{4.55in}|}
	\hline
	\\[\fudge]
}%
{
	\\
	\\[\fudge]
	\hline
	{\ } \\[5.5in]
	\hline
	\end{tabular}
}

%Example of use:
%
%\begin{document}
%
%\begin{cdcover}
%\title{USENET Source Code, March 1992}
%\end{cdcover}
%
%\end{document}
From: dvss!jtroy@udel.edu (Jay Troy)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Sony "Laser Library" and SONY_CDU.SYS
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 05:44:59 EDT
Organization: Delaware Valley Solution Systems, Inc.

calloway@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank Calloway) writes:

> I also bought the Sony Laser Library.  Their documentation contains
> zero technical details.


Here's some info...

---cut here---
The CDU 7205 Laser Library contains a CDU535/531 in an external case.
The driver is proprietary (Sony bus).  If you are using OS/2, I stongly
recommend using a standard SCSI CDROM like the Sony CDU541.  I've owned
both the 7205 and two 541s.  I would purchase the 541 again.


To add the drivers to make the Laser Library package work add these lines...

in CONFIG.SYS:

    device=sony_cdu.sys /d:sony_001 /b:340 /q:* /t:* /m:h

        /d      - device name (you can really use any name you want)
        /b      - base address from card (340 default)
        /q & /t - are not used, so '*' is sufficient
        /m:h    - polling method (h=high speed polling)


in AUTOEXEC.BAT:

    mscdex /d:sony_001 /l:x /m:8

        /d   - device name (must match /d parameter on sony_cdu line)
        /l:x - begin search for drive letter starting with drive 'x'
               if you have a hard drive C, this would be D;  if you
               have a hard drive D, this would be E, etc.
        /m   - buffer size on drive

You can load both of these drivers "high" if you want.  That's what I
did with them, and they work fine.  If you move them into another
directory, you'll need to update these lines to point to where they
physically are.


Sony's east coast tech support number is 201/368-3774 (NJ)
       west coast tech support number is 714/821-7669 (CA)

West coast is handy for those after 5pm calls (I'm east coast).
---cut here---

Hope someone finds this info useful.


 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: 2719weberj@vms.csd.mu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Multimedia Upgrade: Kudos and
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 05:16:11 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2719weberj@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <Bu9Awu.10n@news.larc.nasa.gov>, jack@larc.nasa.gov (Jack Dunn) writes:

>>even play CD's or synthesized sound through the same speakers (although
>>the sound is somewhat faint behind the massive static burst).  The
>>only way I've found to clear up the static is in some cases to exit>
>
>The sam thing happens with my Sound Blaster Pro
>card without the cd-rom. My card is set up
>at port 0x220 and int 7, so this appears not to
>be the problem. Running the TEST-SBC.EXE program 
>stops the noise without having to reset the machine.
>
>Jack Dunn
>
So is it an IRQ/DMA Windows Conflict, or just a screw up on Brown-Waghs 
part?

JOE
From: gregb@gout.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: OS/2 and CD-ROM
Date: 4 Sep 92 14:35:44 GMT
Reply-To: gregb@pro-lep.cts.com
Organization: IBM, Austin
News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.11 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers

In  <1992Sep2.215814.20341@news.columbia.edu>  jon@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Jonathan Nowitz) writes:
> I have recently installed OS/2 on my 386SX machine.
> 
> I have been using my Creative Labs Multimedia Kit... the CD ROM drive
> works fine from DOS, but not from OS/2; it does not show up as a drive in
> the drive window, nor is it accessible from a DOS window.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to set up my system to recognize the drive?

You don't. Call creative labs and bug them to develop a driver.

> (I have already run the selective install cd support;

OS/2's built-in CD-ROM support is (I believe) only for SCSI devices.

> I am not as interested in accesing the drive from a DOS window as I am in
> getting a disk icon and running applications from the D drive in OS/2)

But that may be your only choice.  Create a VDM to access your drive.

> Thank you.
> Help via e-mail (jon@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu) would be appreciated.

You might try this in comp.os.os2.misc, or if you can get to a Fido
BBS, there is an os2.cdrom group.

--
__________________________________________________________
Greg Bryant                                 (512) 795-0323
Delta Music Systems                             Austin, TX
INET: gregb@pro-lep.cts.com
ARPA: wixer!pro-lep!gregb@cs.utexas.edu
Just consulting.   Not an employee.   Not representing IBM
From: rab@sprite.berkeley.edu (Robert A. Bruce)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: cdrom recorder
Date: 11 Sep 92 07:02:29 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: jaywalk.berkeley.edu

In article <CDROM-L%92091007074628@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU> WALDNER@EDVZ.UNI-KLAGENFURT.ADA.AT writes:
>We are in search for a dealer/distributor in the US for the
>Philips CDROM Recorder CDD521 or similar.
>This hardware can produce single or low quantity copies
>If anybody knows a compony which is selling that device
>please let us know (address and fax number needed)

Here is some info from the FAQ.  Sorry, but I don't have any FAX
numbers or addresses, just voice numbers.

==========================================================================
10. Where can I find equipment to make my own CD-ROMs?

  If you want to do single copy `one-offs', or low volume CD production,
  there are recorders announced by JVC, Philips and Sony.

  JVC Personal ROM-Maker       $12500 (complete system, including software)
  Philips CDD 521               $5500 (+ $1900 for software)
  Sony CDW-900E                $10000 (???)

  You can buy the Philips drive with CDGEN software for ISO-9660
  discs from DataDisc (1-800-328--2347) for $7895.  They recommend
  that you use it with the Adaptec 1542 SCSI Card.

  Here are some phone numbers you can call for more info:

  JVC Product Information:            +1 714 965-2610
  Philips Consumer Electronics:       +1 615 475-8869
  Sony Computer Peripheral Products:  +1 800 352-7669

  The blank discs for these drives cost about $40 each.  They are not
  the same as a normal CD.  The metal data surface is gold instead of
  aluminum.

==========================================================================

I have a Philips CDD-521, and I am very pleased with it.  It was very
easy to set up.  I finished cutting the first CD-ROM less than two hours
after I took the drive out of the box.  
	
	-bob
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan)
Subject: RFI: Information source on CD's
Summary: Where is a good source of information on CD-ROM disks?
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:22:14 GMT
Organization: HP, Cupertino, CA, USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Keywords: CD-ROM, information source, articles, FAQ

This probably falls into the line of a Frequently Asked Question, so
feel free to point me to the FAQ list for this group...

1. What articles are there that review CD-ROM disks for the IBM PC?

2. Is there a collection of opinion as to what are good CD-ROM's?

3. What magazines/papers/SIG-memos/mailing-lists exists for those
   interested in CD-ROM disk?

4. Are there different formats of CD-ROM's that one must be aware of,
   or if one has a CD-ROM for the IBM PC, is there only one format?

Mark Runyan   (runyan@cup.hp.com)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi
From: mehdi@armon.rain.com (Mehdi Attaran)
Subject: Re: Dual Adaptec 1542b and ASPI functions ?
Organization: Armon Public Access Unix System -- Portland, OR, USA
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:03:53 GMT

otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:

>A second problem surfaced: seems that the ASPCDTSH driver can't control
>more than seven drives.  Or that's what it looks like.  As the eighth drive
>is initialized, it doesn't print the SCSI ID/LUN information like it should,
>but just the ROM information.  The drive is not accessable thru MSCDEX
>(though the driver did get loaded), it just says "drive not ready".
>Tried changing SCSI ID, and it always surfaces on the eighth drive.  If I
>have just seven drives, no problem.
>Anyone else see this ?

I thought that the last SCSI ID/LUN address was reserved for the controller
itself.

-- Mehdi --
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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:24:03 EDT
From: <BJH@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CD-ROM article.

There's an excellent article in the latest issue of MacWorld on CD-ROMs.  It
even has an informative sidelight on the Kodak Photo CD.  While the article is
obviously written from a Macintosh perspective, many of the information would
be platform independent.  Enjoy!

Brian
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: hanson@tss.com (Hanson Loo)
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Multimedia Upgrade: Kudos and Complaint
Reply-To: hanson@tss.com (Hanson Loo)
Organization: Teknekron Software Systems. Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:41:19 GMT

In article <3107@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>, pjs@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (Peter John Swiatkowski) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> In article <5164@news.duke.edu> aflan@acpub.duke.edu (Alan M. Gallatin) writes:
|> >
|> >HOWEVER, there is one ANNYOING problem which I haven't figured out yet.
|> >Occasionally, and seemingly at random times, the SoundBlaster starts
|> >spitting out very loud static or other random noise to the attached
|> >speakers.  This sometimes happens even when the machine is idle and
|> >seemingly doing nothing.  When it occurs, I can still use my computer

I was experiencing the same symtoms and Creative Labs admitted
it was a hardware problem with the model 1600 SBPro 2. If you
have that model, give them a call. I sent mine in and they
sent me back a brand new card. Now my system works great.
The problem only existed on faster systems. Mine was a
486-33MHz. The techies there call it "the random noise
problem."

           Hanson

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi
From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Subject: Re: Dual Adaptec 1542b and ASPI functions ?
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance Company
	<=3mnxc=.seitz@netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 23:13:04 GMT

In article <=3mnxc=.seitz@netcom.com> seitz@netcom.com (Matthew Seitz) writes:
   For my employer's CD-ROM networking product (CD NET), we load ASPI4DOS once
   and specify both port addresses (device=ASPI4DOS /p330 /p334 /d).  Works
   great for us.

Found this out after getting my hands on the latest release of ASPI (3.0A)
and its documents.  What I currently do is load ASPI4DOS with *excactly*
the same parameters followed by ASPCDTSH with /I to make it load only on
the Toshibas and then the Pioneer DRD drivers.

Current setup: two 1542B's at I/O 330 and 334, eight Toshiba 3301B
single-CD drives and two Pioneer DRD-600's.

A second problem surfaced: seems that the ASPCDTSH driver can't control
more than seven drives.  Or that's what it looks like.  As the eighth drive
is initialized, it doesn't print the SCSI ID/LUN information like it should,
but just the ROM information.  The drive is not accessable thru MSCDEX
(though the driver did get loaded), it just says "drive not ready".
Tried changing SCSI ID, and it always surfaces on the eighth drive.  If I
have just seven drives, no problem.

Anyone else see this ?
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Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: jc@optimla.aimla.com (John VanHoozer)
Subject: Evolution of Media (was: Re: Re- PhotoCD & patents )
Reply-To: jc@optimla.aimla.com (John VanHoozer)
Organization: OptImage Interactive Services Co., L.P.
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 17:51:05 GMT

In article <920909000321_75300.1324_CHE88-1@CompuServe.COM>, 
75300.1324@COMPUSERVE.COM (Nick Arnett) writes:
|> Attn: CDROM-L
|>                        Subject:
|> Time:4:49 PM
|>   OFFICE MEMO          Re: PhotoCD & patents
|> Date:9/8/92
|> >I would be willing to wager that in 15 years, CDROMS of the type
|> currently
|> >used for audio/data will be a distant memory!  Just take a look at
|> what
|> >disk drives looked like 15 years ago, or even 5 years ago.  I am
|> certain
|> >beyond all doubt that any video technique used on the current style
|> of
|> >CDROMS will be laughably obsolete in 15 years.
|> 
|> Well, sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean the end of PhotoCD as a
|> storage format.  It'll have to evolve to accomodate new storage
|> technologies.  The compression formats may still be valid.  I think
|> they'll be affected more by computing power than by storage
|> capabilities.
|> 
|> CD-ROM technology is pretty old today, yet it's just now taking hold
|> as a mainstream product!  The question is when something better will
|> become a real standard.  As we all know (I think), the economies of
|> CD-ROM are largely from the fact that the stamping machines are the
|> same as for CD-Audio discs.
|> 
|> Nick

Nick,

You are probably right that raw processing power will probably have
a significant effect on data formats - at least in the short run.  

Recent news reports have it that AT&T (and others) have been working
on storage where bits can be enscribed on a molecule giving terabytes
of data on media the size of a postage stamp (ok... I may
be exagerating; it maybe a little thicker;)

If we could put that much data in that small an area, cheaply...  Why
bother with compression?  In the area of a 3.5" floppy you could put so
much data that data compression will be reserved for information transmission
and not storage (maybe).
	just a thought....

				jc
P.S.
   But by that time the personal computer will have become so changed that
   we wouldn't recognize it any longer as being related to the original PC!

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From: kirk.jensen@spacebbs.com (Kirk Jensen) 
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: hitachi 3600
Date: 9 Sep 92 08:28:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: kirk.jensen@spacebbs.com (Kirk Jensen) 

To: jhs@ipsa.reuter.com (Henri Schueler)

HS>I have an Hitachi 3600 CD reader in a 386 pc.
HS>It was purchased in 1990.
HS>The bus card is called CD-IF35-A, which is a non-scsi interface.
HS>(The sister drive is the 3650, which is SCSI).
HS>
HS>I need some help with this interface card.  The only specs I have
HS>for it are a single sheet showing how to set a jumper for the
HS>I/O address.  
HS>
HS>I'm fairly sure that the card doesn't use an IRQ, but what I need
HS>help on is DMA.  What DMA (DMAs?) does the card use?  The spec for
HS>the drive shows that the cable carries signals for DRQ/DACK, but
HS>doesn't give any hint to how this is mapped to the PC bus.
HS>
HS>The DOS device driver I'm using is dated Aug-89 (HITACHIA.A); the version is
HS>2.10 (I'm using it with MSCDEX 2.21).  Hitachi have a newer
HS>device driver, which I've been considering buying.
HS>
HS>My reason for delving into DMA is that I'm having trouble getting
HS>this CD to work with my sound card (PAS-16). I get stuttering
HS>when I play .wav files (from the CD -- no problems from disk).
HS>
HS>Finally, can anyone give me the names/phones of dealers they
HS>know that deal with Hitachi CD equipment?

The card does not use an IRQ, and only uses the 3 (fixed) DMA channels if
the software specifically calls them out. Normally, DMA is not used.

Your problem is the older device driver, and possibly the IF-35 controller. 
The older device driver does not support the cache on the latest controllers,
and thus will not support the 150kb SUSTAINED transfer spec that you need. 

If you will reply with a mailing address, I'll send you up a copy of the
latest drivers. I'm not up on FTP, so the old way will have to do. That 
will probably take care of the problem. If it doesn't do it for you, you 
will need to purchase the latest controller, the CD-IF8. I sell them for $65, 
plus whatever extra it takes to get the package to Canada. 
---
 . KingQWK 1.05 . 
                                                                                                        
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: mjohnsto@jenny.shearson.com (Mike Johnston)
Subject: Re: SB CDROM DRIVE PROBLEMS ?
Followup-To: alt.cd-rom
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:51:34 GMT

In article <3105@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> dcb@mulka.ph.unimelb.edu.au (David Bell) writes:

	   I have recently noticed a small problem that I am having 
   with my Sound Blaster CD-ROM drive (The one that comes with the
   Multimedia Kit). 
	   The symptom is that when you do a 'dir' on the cdrom drive
   it frequently responds with 'not reading drive L abort, cancel, retry',
   after firstly  logging most of the directories but not all. If you then 'retry'
   several times it does finally respond, and then manages to log the whole disk.
	   This problem seems only to happen on disks with more than say 
   800 files and also happens under xtgold and similar. I realize that there 
   is sometimes a delay between when you insert a new disk and when dos 
   can read it but, this is a different problem.
	   I get the impression that the laser head gets stuck and you 
   have to try a few times before it frees and will read the rest of the 
   disk. 



I'm going to be charitable and avoid discussing this last assertion,
much as I'd like to.... 8-)

I have the same 'problem' with my drive but I don't think it's a drive
problem. It would appear that DOS doesn't automatically 'log' the
drive as having had a filesystem change. For example, I swap out
one disk and put in Bookshelf. When I run Bookshelf the first time
it won't work. However, if in File Mangler I click on the 'E:' drive
(my CDROM) and force it to reread the disk, then I don't have any
further problems. This works consistently and leads me to believe
that perhaps a better mechanism needs to be added to the hardware or
software to ensure that when a CD is changed it is logged as such.

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

Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: 75300.1324@COMPUSERVE.COM (Nick Arnett)
Subject: Re- PhotoCD & patents
Reply-To: Nick Arnett <75300.1324@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:03:22 GMT

Attn: CDROM-L
                       Subject:
Time:4:49 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Re: PhotoCD & patents
Date:9/8/92
>I would be willing to wager that in 15 years, CDROMS of the type
currently
>used for audio/data will be a distant memory!  Just take a look at
what
>disk drives looked like 15 years ago, or even 5 years ago.  I am
certain
>beyond all doubt that any video technique used on the current style
of
>CDROMS will be laughably obsolete in 15 years.

Well, sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean the end of PhotoCD as a
storage format.  It'll have to evolve to accomodate new storage
technologies.  The compression formats may still be valid.  I think
they'll be affected more by computing power than by storage
capabilities.

CD-ROM technology is pretty old today, yet it's just now taking hold
as a mainstream product!  The question is when something better will
become a real standard.  As we all know (I think), the economies of
CD-ROM are largely from the fact that the stamping machines are the
same as for CD-Audio discs.

Nick
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.windows.misc
From: mcp@netcom.com (Craig Presnell)
Subject: 1992 MS-BookShelf CD-ROM and Win 3.1 Problem
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 21:35:43 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

When I upgraded my PC to MPC with the Creative Labs
Multimedia Upgrade Kit, I received the MS-BookShelf 
(1992 edition) CD-ROM. It worked great with Multimedia
Windows v1.0 and Win 3.0, but when I tried to install it
on Win 3.1, I had serious problems. Everytime I try to
install I get the following error:

Fatal Error: error writing setup file d:\windows\system\setup.inf

In the CD's documentation, it claims to be compatible with Win 3.0
and greater. Is there anything that I am doing wrong? Is there
any 'quick hacks' I could try to get it to work? Anyone else
had this experience?

Thanks for all responses!

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