HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Subject: Re: Which drive is better?
Organization: Sony Microsystems, San Jose, CA
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:09:02 GMT


In article <CDROM-L%93012503515449@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU>, TURGUT@FRORS12.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) writes:
|> 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

This is as it should be.  Multimedia standards are written with at
least some level of reality in mind, so they aren't going to specify a
faster CD-ROM transfer rate than people are generally going to have.

So, I would agree that 300K/sec should not be needed, though there is
some software that needs work (try using Video For Windows with your
drive and see how it works).

On the other hand, if I had the choice between a 150K drive and a 300K
drive and a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, I'd ask to take a look
at the stick.  When I had a CDU-541 on my work machine, I really
appreciated my NEC CDR-74 at home, and when I switched to a CDU-561 at
work, it made a real difference.

So, while the importance of 300K/sec may be overrated, the usefulness
and desirability is not.  You can have your slow drive.

--
...David Elliott
...dce@smsc.sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce
...(408)944-4073
..."Do you sing like Olive Oyl on purpose?"
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams)
Subject: Re: Nec 74 & Photo CD
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:22:49 GMT

Apples CD-ROM 4.0.2 software disk includes a set of utilities to
conveniently manage and view PhotoCD files. That same software is also
available via FWB CD-ROM ToolKit. You can download Apples stuff from
apple.com via the internet. I dit it myself a while back. I do not know
the path but it is there. sorry.


Bill Williams
From: mm1@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Mark McCallister)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Talon CD-ROM
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:44:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.

In article <C0xLCp.9Mv@cup.hp.com> runyan@cup.hp.com (Mark Runyan) writes:
>Jordan Horwich (horwich@lexcel.mti.com) wrote:
[...]
>repeating gossip here, I'll point out that I've yet to figure out what
>company makes "Talon" as it doesn't appear to be a brandname or model
>name that is advertised anyhwere else.  

The Talon is a Mitsumi.

[...]
>: Is Insight a reputable mail order house ?
>
>Probably, just not in this group.

A friend of mine bought a 486 system from them, and was happy with them.
I ordered the Talon TA-100 from them, and after harassing my salesman
for 2 weeks, and continually being told they were expecting stock in soon,
my salesman finally practically told me to cancel my order and buy elsewhere.
Which I did.

Mark McCallister
University of Florida  --  mm1@reef.cis.ufl.edu
From: duanem@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Duane W Moore)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: "Oxford English Reference Library" CD -- Comments?
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:29:02 GMT

I reformatted a previous posting on this group and have included it below.
I am soliciting comments on the relative value of this CD ROM.   Please
post your evaluation to this group or email me and I'll post a summary.
Thanks.

***** Reformatted posting:

                OXFORD ENGLISH REFERENCE LIBRARY PROMOTION

                                 ABSTRACT
For a limited time only, customers can acquire ten of the most popular
Oxford (1) English-language reference works at a 33% introductory discount
off the regular one-time charge (OTC).

The reference works are now available in IBM BookManager (R) format in a
choice of three electronic media.

Orders must be placed on or before February 19, 1993.

                                DESCRIPTION

The Oxford English Reference Library lets writers, editors, students, and
business professionals use IBM BookManager software technology to find
English-language reference information quickly and easily.

The Library includes the following:
  o The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English
  o The Oxford Thesaurus
  o Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
  o Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
  o Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors
  o The Complete Works of Shakespeare
  o The Oxford Guide to English Usage
  o The Oxford Dictionary of New Words
  o The Revised English Bible
  o Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.


                           ORDERING INFORMATION

Follow normal IBM PUBORDER or SLSS procedures for ordering any publication
in this promotion, or contact your IBM representative. Include the
appropriate form number based on the medium ordered:

 Form
 Number      Medium            Program License Agreement
 SK2T-1175   CD-ROM Disc       Single User/Workstation

               Regular OTC         Promo
                $   149.95        $    99.95

The CD-ROM disc includes the ISSC (SM) BookManager Library Readers for DOS
and Operating System/2 (R) (OS/2 (R)), which allow customers to read and
search for the information.

(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
(1) Trademark of the Oxford University Press.

*****
--
Duane Moore     T & M Service Engineering      78-649
Tektronix, Inc.    PO Box 500    Beaverton, OR  97077
(503) 627-6589              duanem@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
From: parke@uselss.enet.dec.com (Bill Parke)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: DR-DOS 6.0 and CHINON CD - Started as MTMCDE.SYS
Keywords: Mitsumi loadhigh loadhi qemm
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:15:52 GMT
Reply-To: parke@star.enet.dec.com
Organization: DIGITAL - VMS Engineering


In article <1jf0eaINNq2c@fnnews.fnal.gov> dh@fncrd6.fnal.gov (don husby) writes:
>(Stefan Kahlert) writes:
>> ...
>There are problems using the emm386.sys and the interrupt and
>DMA-transfer driver mtmcde.sys together. If I try to load mtmcde.sys
>with emm386.sys installed, the system hangs.
>> ...
>  This should probably go onto the FAQ file.  It's about the fourth
>time a question of this type has been asked in the past few weeks. 
>There seems to be a bug/feature in Mitsumi's MTMCDE.SYS that prevents
>it from working properly with memory managers.  It will NOT load high.

I have run into a similer smelling problem with the CHINON drive and the
supplied polling driver.   This effects Origin and Sierra software in a rather
bad way.

First, I have not been able to make it load high (haven't tried all possible
orders though).

The second, and more annoying problem, which would net me enough low memory
to run these things, is the it will not load below X'FF0' on DRDOS 6.0, BUT
it will load at the top of the low memory stuff (well below FF0) on
MessDOS 5.0.

All in need is some of the lousy 18,000 and change bytes added to the
the contiguous free memory to have a shot at running some of these things
(like WC-II on CD).

--
Bill Parke 			parke%star.enet.dec@decwrl.dec.com
VMS Development			decwrl!star.enet.dec.com!parke
Digital Equipment Corp		parke@star.enet.dec.com
110 Spit Brook Road ZK01-2/D59, Nashua NH 03063

The views expressed are my own.
From: Alan.Sawyer@f158.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Alan Sawyer)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Used Cd-roms For Trade
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:56:40

To: andrew.carpenter@idcbbs.com (Andrew Carpenter) 
 On 01-16-93 ANDREW.CARPENTER@IDCBBS.C wrote to ALL... 
 
 >   For Adults Only, Disks 1-3 
 >   Storm 1 
 >   Storm 2 
As I am not really sure how much they are worth I wont make an offer 
(incase I insult you) but how much are you looking for each disk? 
Will you ship to Australia?Bye. 
 
 
... OFFLINE 1.40 
 * Origin: The Enterprise <Line 1>, Karingal, Vic, +61-3-776-7089 (3:633/158)
From: ac999212@umbc8.umbc.edu (ac999212)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Sony
Date: 25 Jan 1993 02:00:00 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc8.umbc.edu

Keywords: 



I have a sony cdrom and I would like to know where can I get the driver's for the
cd-rom



-- 
Steve Lee
From: ptadc@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Minimize needed memory for MSC
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:43:50 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia

In article <1993Jan16.180832.1@ttd.teradyne.com>, rice@ttd.teradyne.com writes:
> In article <1j3srkEINNr7s@uni-erlangen.de>, menath@lte.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de (Thomas Menath) writes:
>>
>> Hi there,
>> I am Thomas from Germany and have a little problem, the Microsoft CD-Extensions
>> (Version 2.21) need too much of my RAM (about 50KB). I am using the CD-ROM CM205. There is no difference if I use LOADHIGH and DIVICEHIGH.
>>
>> Maybe someone of You have solved this problem.
>>
>
> I have MSCDEX loaded high - using QEMM and QEMMs LOADHIGH. It's using about
> 15.5K. Also using the "/E" command line argument, which will cause MSCDEX to
> use Expanded Memory if it is available.
>
>    John Rice        K9IJ
>    rice@ttd.teradyne.com

This doesn't really answer your problem but I use my CD player mainly
within Win. 3.1 so I load MSCDEX line in WINSTART.BAT in the WINDOWS
directory.  This batch file is run automatically when you enter WIN/3.--

When you return to DOS prompt from Windows you still have that extra
40+K RAM as MSCDEX is not in memory.  This is really handy for all those
important DOS games such as Wolfenstein, etc. ;-).

Allan.

________________________________________________________________________________
Allan Christie                      ||  Internet:  Allan.Christie@UniSA.Edu.Au
University of South Australia       ||  Fax:       +618 302 2766
GPO Box 2471, ADELAIDE, AUST. 5001  ||  Phone:     +618 302 2425
================================================================================
Xref: sparky alt.cd-rom:6019 comp.os.linux:25434
From: kimmel@titan.ucs.umass.edu (Matt Kimmel)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.os.linux
Subject: Where to get Linux CD-ROM?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 18:26:24 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: titan.ucs.umass.edu

Hi,

Could some kind soul point me in the direction of a mail-order place where
I can order the Linux CD-ROM?  I'd really appreciate it.  Please e-mail
responses as I don't subscribe to these newgroups.

Thanks!
-Matt
-- 
Matt Kimmel		Networking Assistant		Univ. of Mass.

Personal mail:   kimmel@titan.ucc.umass.edu
Network-related: kimmel@nic.umass.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard
From: staggers@cup.hp.com (Ken Staggers)
Subject: Toshiba 3401 and the Turtle Beach card
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:59:56 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]
Followup-To: alt.cd-rom

I have been reading this group and the soundcard group for a few days now,
and find them to be very informative!

I have just ordered a Gateway 486-66 Vesa system with 16mb of RAM and a
500Mb SCSI drive.  I am planning to purchase an XM-3401 CD rom drive and
the Turtle Beach Multisound card.  Does anyone have both in one machine?
Do they work well together?

I called Ultra Stor and they mentioned that I should order their disk of
drivers for the 34F controller since it includes a driver that they know
works with the Toshiba 3401.

I havent figured out all of the postings about which drivers to load first
and how to best configure the system.  Any basic information I should know
before the system arrives?  Or it is basically a trial and error thing?

--Ken
  staggers@cup.hp.com
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: hagen@cwis.unomaha.edu (Beverly Hagen)
Subject: Re: Toshiba 3401 & soundcards
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:50:23 GMT

Beverly Hagen




Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: TURGUT@FRORS12.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu)
Subject: Walnut Creek?
Reply-To: Turgut Kalfaoglu <TURGUT@FRORS12.bitnet>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:26:51 GMT

Is the company by Robert A. Bruce still alive? I have ordered a Simtel-20
CD from him, wrote 3 messages to him, and no answer. Doesn't he answer
E-mail anymore? Too bad! The best thing about this network is shopping
by e-mail..

Regards, -turgut
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: AU@ZODIAC.BITNET (KA-NENG AU)
Subject: Optical Info Sys mtg at ALA
Reply-To: KA-NENG AU <AU@ZODIAC.bitnet>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:56:00 GMT

Library and Information Technology Association
Optical Information Systems Interest Group

Chair: Lorre Smith / Program Chair: Ka-Neng Au

ALA Midwinter Meeting:
        Sunday, Jan. 24, 1993
        2-4 pm
        Colorado Convention Center A 107

Agenda:
        1.  Discussion of the reliability and integrity of optical media,
especially CD-ROMs in harsh environments.
        2.  Plans for Annual Conference program in New Orleans.


K.Au
au@zodiac.bitnet
au@pisces.rutgers.edu
201-648-5911
From: kirk.jensen@spacebbs.com (Kirk Jensen) 
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Wanted : sony CDU 510-12
Date: 28 Jan 93 06:58:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: kirk.jensen@spacebbs.com (Kirk Jensen) 

To: at173@cleveland.Freenet.Edu 

JO>Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
JO>Subject: Wanted : sony CDU 510-12 interface for PS/2 Microchannel
JO>Message-ID: <1k1injINNh2r@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
JO>Date: 25 Jan 93 20:31:47 GMT
JO>Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
JO>
JO>
JO>I need an interface for my Sony CDU 510-12... the card I have is
JO>for ISA and I have a PS/2 Now... 
JO>Also, does anyone know if this drive is SCSI or not...
JO>if it is, I already have a SCSI adapter for the PS/2, but I would
JO>still need to convert the cable to fit it...

The interface is going to cost you more than the drive is worth, unless
you get lucky and find a cheap used one. Figure the drive at about $125,
since I sell the external version for $150.

This is a Sony Proprietary drive, not SCSI. Your best bet is to sell the 
whole ISA package for around $150 (if you can get it) and buy a new SCSI
drive, like the Toshiba 3401. You won't believe the difference!
---
 . KingQWK 1.05 # 141 . 
                      
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From: david.benfell@stargate.actrix.gen.nz (David Benfell) 
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: HELP!!!!! CDROM LANTASTIC
Date: 27 Jan 93 11:47:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Stargate BBS - Wellington, NZ - +64 4 566-2157
Reply-To: david.benfell@stargate.actrix.gen.nz (David Benfell) 

Nick.Allan@f395.n634.z3.fidonet.org (Nick Allan) writes:

-> I need some help from someone running lantastic 4.1 with a cdrom. My
-> problem is I can't get the cdrom to wrk down the network.  It works
-> perfectly from the server it is installed on but I can't get it
-> working from the other system which is the one it must be able to
-> work on because it is the bbs server.

Hi Nick. I run 2 CD-ROM drives and a 6 Disc Pioneer Changer over a
LANtastic 4.1 Network with 3 machines on my BBS.

On the server, I have a shared resource set up as CD-ROM pointing to the
logical drive I have it configured for.

Also, on the server I have the CD-ROM drivers loaded in my CONFIG.SYS
file and the MSCDEX program is loaded in my STARTNET.BAT file after the
server is loaded but before I use the NET USE commands to set up the
drives etc.

My server STARTNET.BAT looks like this:

@echo off
REM Set search PATH to include C:\LANTASTI
PATH %PATH%;C:\LANTASTI
SET NET_ERROR=???

REM Bring up NE2000 Adapter (ISA) on adapter 0
c:\qram\loadhi nex000 /16-bit /iobase=320 /irq=5
c:\qram\loadhi ailanbio /initial_send_size=1000 /size=1000

...edited out.....

:LABEL1
C:\CDROM\MSCDEX /DMCSD000 /L:N /V
C:\LANTASTI\NET  LOGIN/WAIT \\NODE2 NODE2
C:\LANTASTI\NET  LOGIN/WAIT \\NODE1 NODE2
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE M: \\NODE2\XTREE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE F: \\NODE1\C-DRIVE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE X: \\NODE1\E-DRIVE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE Y: \\NODE1\D-DRIVE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE Z: \\NODE2\D-DRIVE
SET NET_ERROR=
:END

and my workstation STARTNET.BAT uses a NET USE command to refer to the
shared resource on my server.

Such as

C:\LANTASTI\NET  LOGIN/WAIT \\NODE1 NODE3
C:\LANTASTI\NET  LOGIN/WAIT \\NODE2 NODE3
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE F: \\NODE1\C-DRIVE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE M: \\NODE2\XTREE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE N: \\NODE2\CD-ROM  <---- this line here redirects
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE X: \\NODE1\E-DRIVE       drive N: to access the
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE Y: \\NODE1\D-DRIVE       CD-ROM drive.
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE Z: \\NODE2\D-DRIVE
C:\LANTASTI\NET USE K: \\NODE2\C-DRIVE
C:\LANTASTI\NET CLOCK \\NODE1
SET NET_ERROR=
:END

I hope this helps you get it going.

Cheers
                                                
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From: harrison@lclark.edu (Mark Harrison)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: MOD CD-ROM...
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:53:17 GMT
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

In article <gate.LNgyXB1w165w@kzdoos.hacktic.nl> koos@kzdoos.hacktic.nl (Koos van den Hout) writes:
>harrison@lclark.edu (Mark Harrison) writes:
>
>>But the best part is the price.  It's absolutly FREE!!!! (plus $6 for
>>shipping.)  You can contact them at 1-800-843-7990.  Just ask for the
>>MegaDemo.
>
>I'm sorry. The world does not end at the border of the US.
>
>Do you have a non-800 number for them ?
>
>(Sometimes I get a little pissed of by those 800 numbers. They are NOT
>available outside the US and this IS an international group).

Pissed off or not, when someone is doing you a favor by providing
information like this, it usually helps to ask nicely first.

I posted their non 1-800 number in a followup post yesterday.  It was an
oversight I don't usually make.
-- 
=============================================================================
Mark Harrison           |  "We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx
harrison@sun.lclark.edu |   Our great computers fill the hallowed halls."
              -- Me     |                                    -- Rush
Xref: sparky alt.cd-rom:6102 comp.periphs.scsi:6771
From: udk@awd.cdc.com (Uday D. Kabe)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: NEC CD-ROM model 74 & Adaptec 1542B incompatibility
Date: 28 Jan 93 18:27:21 GMT
Reply-To: udk@awd.cdc.com
Followup-To: alt.cd-rom
Organization: Memex, 8757 Hawthorne Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55347

I recently purchased the NEC multimedia Gallery, which contains a
PAS 16 (?) soundcard and a CDR74 drive; the soundcard has a SCSI
interface built into it, to which the drive should attach.
My system has the following:

	1. the above PAS soundcard
	2. an Adaptec 1542B SCSI adapter with a LXT200S SCSI drive

MY PROBLEM:
	I can't seem to get the CD drive working when it is connected
to the PAS card, but the CD drive does work using the Adaptec card
and the Adaptec CD-ROM driver.

Any help would be much appreciated; NEC was of no help.

Additionally, how do I play .MDI files; are there some drivers that
come with a standalone PAS card that I may not have?  Is there a
BBS for Media Vision ( the mfr. of the PAS card)?

Thanx in advance for the help.

-- 
Uday D. Kabe

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INET: udk@awd.cdc.com
MAIL: 8757 Hawthorne Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55347-1715
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From: dave@ainfo.equinox.gen.nz (Dave Hassall)
Subject: Non DOS specific CD-ROM's
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Summary: CD-ROM's Multi-Platform
Keywords: Multi-Platform,Amiga,Chinon
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: 27 Jan 93 22:56:40 +1200
Organization: AmigaINFO BBS,ChCh NZ

Does anyone have a list of CD-ROMs that will work with any computer e.g.
CD's that are not machine specific.... This would be CD's of sound samples,
textual information,Sound Tracker Modules,Gifs or anything that is not 
dependent on just one system type.

I am also interested in finding out the format of information
on IBM CD's and what the possibility is of writing a custom reader program
for a variety of platforms other than the IBM.

Also does anyone know a good source of CD's specific to the Amiga I am 
especially keen to get hold of Japan World.But would appreciate a list 
of any mailorder dealers that handle these titles.

caio
Dave

On another note does anyone know of a place selling Chinon CDS-431 
CD-ROM Drives at good prices.

##############################################################################
--- >>> Send any Structured Graphics suitable for Desktop Publishing <<< ---
        I AM AN AMIGA GRAPHICS JUNKIE     Encapsulated PostScript also accepted 
Dave Hassall     dave@ainfo.equinox.gen.nz      AmigaINFO BBS CHCH NZ
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten)
Subject: Re: Uncl: TEXEL 3024
Organization: NAS Systems Division, NASA Ames
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 18:40:51 GMT
Distribution: alt

In article <CDROM-L%93012121321530@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU> Robert Moss <SPRG0002@TULSAJC.bitnet> writes:
>*** Resending note of 01/21/93 23:27

[much Truth deleted]

>There was one surprise.  The 3024 has only one SCSI port.  It will
>always have to be on the end of the SCSI chain.

It's true the 3024 has only one SCSI connector.  As such, it is typical
of internal SCSI drives.  That does not imply that it has to be at an
end of the SCSI chain.  Since the 3024's internal SCSI terminators can
be disabled, the drive can appear anywhere on a SCSI bus.  The fact
that there is only one SCSI connector on the drive just means (as with
other internal SCSI devices) that its SCSI plug has to be attached in
the middle of the SCSI ribbon cable.
-- 
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NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 258-5			     (415) 604-4416
Moffett Field, CA  94035-1000				FAX: (415) 604-4377
From: Steve.Lake@brunel.ac.uk (Steve M Lake)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Lost Drivers
Date: 26 Jan 93 14:47:54 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

Help,!

I have recently bought a Microsoft Multimedia expansion kit, with
CD-Rom, sound-blaster pro and all, and have now gone and lost the
installation floppy disk. Does anyone know where I can get a
replacement ??

The driver I need is for the CD-Rom (Model CT 531) it's made by the
same people as the soundblaster if thats any help.;

Please EMail any replies, as I don't read this group very often.
From: marosi@access.digex.com (Stephen B. Marosi)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CD-ROM drive test utilities
Date: 26 Jan 1993 14:18:58 -0500
Organization: The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
Keywords: test suite, CD-ROM Drive


Does anyone know of a test suite to exercise CD-ROM drives?  I'd like
to compare the serial and random access performance of a few drives 
(NEC and Toshiba in desktop and portable configurations with a variety
of SCSI adapters).  My goal is to select the fastest drive/adapter 
combination.

The utilities in the test suite would (ideally) be similar to Norton's
disk testing utilities for MS-DOS.  If I could have my cake and eat it
too, I'd like utilties for both the Macintosh and the PC.

Any ideas/suggestions?
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