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From: gess@knex.Gwinnett.COM (Gess Shankar)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CDROM access under OS/2
Date: 27 Jul 92 21:53:28 GMT
Organization: Knowledge Exchange, GA, US of A

CALLAHAN%DIALOG@MCIMAIL.COM (CALLAHAN) writes:

> After finally figuring out CDROM support in DOS, I have to start all
> over in OS/2. I would like CDROM access in both native OS/2 and a DOS
> box under OS/2. I know that OS/2 supposedly has CDROM support builtin,
> but it does not recognize my drive. And the DOS box doesn't "boot"
> CONFIG.SYS so I cannot load the device drivers. Perhaps the "DOS from
> drive A:" Command Prompt will help, but before I spend the next week
> getting lost, I thought I'd ask for help.
> 
> The CDROM interface card is an Hitachi IFI4 and the drive is
> an AMDEK LaserDrive (aka Hitachi 1502 or 1503).
> 
> For access under OS/2, do I need a device driver for the drive? Do
> I need MSCDEX? Where can I obtain appropriate versions? (AMDEK and
> Hitachi have not always been great on product/software support.
> Are the drivers available from IBM? From a BBS? Via ftp?)
> 
> For access in a DOS box, how can I load the DOS device driver?
> 
> Is there a FAQ for this somewhere?
> 

Forget about getting the above set-up working under OS/2. Unless Hitachi
produces a device driver set, this is not possible.

In the absence of OS/2 drivers, you have to load the DOS device drivers
and the dreaded MSCDEX. The only way MSCDEX will work is from a specific
version of DOS booted in a VDM. It does not take a week to do this however.

Make a bootable floppy with a version of DOS, put all the device drivers
that you need in that. Boot from it to make sure that you are able to
access the CDRom. Then modify the config.sys adding FSFILTER.SYS etc.
as described in 'Installation Guide' ...er pamphlet ;-) Appendix E.
I have the same set up as yours. [IFI4 and 1503S]. Create an Icon for this
set up on your Desktop of WPS and you are a double-click away from
accessing a CD-Rom.

Currently only SCSI drives are suppored, that too is sort of limited.

GeSS
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From: smb@col.hp.com (Sam Bauer)
Subject: Re: >>PC CD-ROM Game For Sale: Kings Quest V
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:34:51 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Thanks for the responses, its gone.
-Sam
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From: doc@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Any info on CreativeLabs CD-ROM drive ??
Date: 23 Jul 92 15:40:32 GMT
Distribution: alt.cd-rom
Organization: North Carolina State University

csc@rabbit.inesc.pt (Area do CSC) writes:


> Does anyone have any info on the Creative Labs (the makers of the
> Sound Blaster card) CD-ROM drive ??

>        - Compatibility, performance, reliability , etc

Its got to have drivers which come with it loaded.  The only drivers it
comes with are dos drivers.

It has an IDE interface.

> In short: IS IT ANY GOOD ?? , can I go ahead and buy it??
Its good if you dont mind the fact that you cant use it under any other
OS than DOS.  Creative Labs says that IBM has the OS/2 drivers for it
but they havent been released.
Its a good product otherwise, Comes with alot of software: (6 CDs):
1)Windows 3.1 with the SBPro Software
2)Microsoft Bookshelf
3)Microsoft Works Multimedia
4)2 Multimedia Presentation Applications (Macromind Action!, and
Authorware Star)
5)Creative Sounds, a collection of .wav .mid and CD audio files.
6)Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, basically an interactive movie.


> Here in Portugal, I can't seem to find that many brands of CD_DROM
>drives. I Just saw the CreativeLabs drive in a shop and.... i'm
>thinking of jumping into the BandWagon!

>  Thanks in advance for ANY advice !! :-)
L8er,
Jeff 
Romana: "I thought you said we were coming here for May week?"
Doctor: "I did, May week's in June."
	                **Shada and The Five Doctors**
        Jeffrey Smith   --KD4AYH--  doc@catt.ncsu.edu
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From: carver@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU (Ira Carver)
Subject: Re: Chinon CD-ROM is it any good
Reply-To: Ira Carver <carver@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:09:07 GMT

>I have been looking at CD-ROM drives and the Chinon looks to be
>the best for the price. Does anyone know anything bad about them?
>

Some months ago we purchased several _INTERNAL_  Chinon CD-ROM drives for
use in DOS computers.  These went to locations that were a little dusty.
We soon  started having problems with junk on the laser lense.  Sometimes
they would only run a few minutes after cleaning, sometimes a few days.  We
have replaced all of those drives now.  The _EXTERNAL_ Chinon drives have
been fine.

Our assumption is that the fan in the DOS box pulled dust right into to
drive and there were no baffles to direct air around the sensor.

Ira Carver
Manager, Microcomputer Services    Internet: carver@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu
The General Libraries              Bitnet:   CARVER@UTXVM.BITNET
The University of Texas at Austin  TXMAIL:   LLIEC
Austin, Texas  78712               Voice:    (512) 495-4113
                                   FAX:      (512) 495-4296
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From: bdugan@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Bill Dugan)
Subject: Quadraphonic CD-ROM drives?
Summary: A spec mentions quadraphonic sound. Do any drives support it?
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 17:40:23 GMT

Below I enclose a specification I obtained from a friend.  I don't even
know what document it came out of but I suspect it's part of MSCDEX.
It mentions the output channels for CD audio: left, right, left prime, and 
right prime, saying that the two "prime" channels are for quadraphonic
stereo sound but that CD drives that don't support them may ignore
them.  

Question:  Do any CD drives support quadraphonic stereo?  And how would
the audio information be stored?  According to this fragment, the
redbook specification allows for four audio channels, but is this part
of standard CD encoding or is it for special quadraphonic CD's that won't work at all with a standard CD drive?

Thanks in advance (article enclosed below),

Bill
===========================================================
- Audio Channel Control
________________
 
AudInfo	DB	3		; Control block code
		DB	?		; Input channel (0, 1, 2, or 3) for output channel 0
		DB	?		; Volume control (0 - 0xff) for output channel 0
		DB	?		; Input channel (0, 1, 2, or 3) for output channel 1
		DB	?		; Volume control (0 - 0xff) for output channel 1
		DB	?		; Input channel (0, 1, 2, or 3) for output channel 2
		DB	?		; Volume control (0 - 0xff) for output channel 2
		DB	?		; Input channel (0, 1, 2, or 3) for output channel 3
		DB	?		; Volume control (0 - 0xff) for output channel 3
________________
 
This function is intended to provide playback control of audio information on
the disk. It allows input channels on the CD-ROM to be assigned to specific
output speaker connections. The purpose of this function is to allow two
independent channels to be recorded - in different languages for example -
and to play back only one of them at a time or to be able to manipulate 
an audio signal so that the source appears to move - to make a sound seem to
move from left to right for example.
 
Output channel 0 is the left channel, 1 is right, 2 is left prime, and 3 is
right prime. The Red Book specification allows for 4 audio channels. The 
two "prime" channels (2 and 3) extend stereo to quadrophonic stereo.
 
An audio volume setting of 0 means off. Drives that don't support 4 output
audio channels may ignore output to channels 2 and 3. Assignment of 
input channels 2 and 3 to output channels 0 and 1 may be treated as though 
the volume control for that channel is 0.

-- 
Bill Dugan
bdugan@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: craig@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Craig Carpenter)
Subject: Desktop Library info wanted
Organization: Alchemy International
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:42:51 GMT


I'm interested in getting a listing of the books on Walnut Creek's Desktop
Library cdrom. I sort of expected to find a listing on their ftp site but
I did not. If anyone can give me a list , it would be appreciated. 
Thanks
From: snguyen@orion.oac.uci.edu (Son Nguyen)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Toshiba 3301e and Adaptec controllers
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:15:55 GMT
Organization: University of California, Irvine

I've asked this a while back and I ask again, is there anybody OUT there,
(a little of Pink Floyd:-), successfully using a Toshiba 3301E with 
either an Adaptec 1542 or 1522 controller?  We have a 3201 and it worked
fine so when we needed more, we ordered the 3301 and they simply refuse
to work.  I'd, and quite a few others that have emailed me,  appreciate 
any info.

Thanks in advance,

Son Nguyen
snguyen@orion.oac.uci.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: dan@SASS.COM (Daniel Williams)
Subject: Re: Creating a new FS type in (Dell) SVR4
Reply-To: Daniel Williams <dan@SASS.COM>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 23:25:00 GMT

According to Jack Craig:
>
>dan@SASS.COM (Daniel Williams) writes:
>
>>According to Jack Craig:
>>>
>>>to start, you should get dell to get you their version of the vfs spec.
>>>
>>I have Dell's SVR4 and called Young Minds about a month ago looking
>>for this; they were unable to help me.
>
>you must not be talking to the right folks. i have a beta version here;
>aspect computers(somewhere in the san jose area) is using it.
>
>but to get the whole story, talk to brian hawley, ask for the version
>of the PFS for the intel svr4 port. we have it. they put time into
>making it work, i assume(perhaps dangerous) they want to sell it.
>
>maybe not. is any one at young minds reading? ...
>
>jack...
>>Dan
>
I talked to Brian Hawley at YMI (714-335-1350) and got the story;
they support MicroPort and USL, but not Dell's SVR4.  He said that
they would consider a port to Dell if:

	1) enough people called to ask for it; or
	2) Dell gave them (or let them have access to) Dell's OS.

Dan
--
Daniel Williams, Consultant | Systems & Scientific Software
Internet: dan@sass.com      | Benson Manor, Suite 322
Voice: (215) 885-1573       | Jenkintown, PA  19046
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From: jvs@lester.appstate.edu (John V. Scalco)
Subject: FOR SALE: CD-ROM (for PC) & ProAudio Board...
Organization: Appalachian State University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:28:27 GMT

	hello, a friend of mine is selling the following equipment:

	==============================================================
	* Sony Laser Library (sony cdu 7205 external CD-ROM Drive
		(340ms , 150 Kbs ); Interface, w/5 CD-ROMS

	* Proaudio spectrum Plus (with software)  [board for PC ]
		( with software -Kings Quest) 

		Both have hardly been used 

	Will Sell Both for: $850.00
	==============================================================
	  mail me here, and I will pass it to my friend.

	  include phone number, and he will call you..

	thanks,
			sincerly,
				  john v. scalco
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From: otto@galahad.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B and Pioneer 6-disc CD-ROM changer ?
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance Company
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 12:41:45 GMT

In article <800@admin.mport.COM> jack@admin.mport.COM (Jack Craig) writes:
   otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:

   >Does anyone have experience with using Pioneer 6-disc CD-ROM changers
   >with Adaptec 1542B cards ?  I have a 386-based CD-ROM server which will

   Yes, i have used the pioneers with unix, but not dos. while i have
   used 2 6 disk units, we have a customer with 4 - 5 units on one bus.
   i havent the foggiest what your chances are on dos.

I already had someone from Pioneer get in touch with me.
Their BBS has the necessary ASPI drivers available from download.
-- 
   /* * * Otto J. Makela <otto@jyu.fi> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
  /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (V.32bis/USR-HST,24h/d) */
 /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1B18/SF-40100 Jyvaskyla/Finland, ICBM: 62.14N25.44E */
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From: peterson@choctaw.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Bob Peterson)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B and Pioneer 6-disc CD-ROM changer ?
Reply-To: peterson@csc.ti.com
Organization: Texas Instruments
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 12:44:43 GMT

In article <OTTO.92Jul29141354@tukki.jyu.fi>, otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:
|> Does anyone have experience with using Pioneer 6-disc CD-ROM changers
|> with Adaptec 1542B cards ?  I have a 386-based CD-ROM server which will
|> include two Adaptecs with four Toshiba KT3301B CD-ROM's on each and I'd
|> like to also add two of the Pioneer disc-changers.  Are there separate
|> ASPI drivers available for the Pioneers, or will the standard CD-ROM ones
|> (which I have) do the job ?

  Almost.  My Pioneer current runs off the Future Domain controller
contained in the optional adapter/cable/software kit.  This remains true
only because I've not yet been able to move the Pioneer to the 1542A.

  Adaptec's software does not support the Pioneer.  Period.  The
Adaptec CD-ROM software package will access the first CD-ROM using the
generic data-only driver, which means the basic connection and command
set works OK.  However, Adaptec's CD-ROM software doesn't know how to
change disks.  Further, I got a cryptic comment from an Adaptec person
(via the Adaptec BBS) that the controller contains (low, in my opinion)
limits on the number of devices/subdevices it can support.  (I can't
quote the exact comment because that file is at home.)

  Yesterday I ordered CORELSCSI, a software-only package.  Corel (800
836 7274 or 613 728 8200) claims their software will support the
Pioneer DRM-600 operating off an Adaptec 1542A, as well as other SCSI
devices.  The package goes for under $100 and supports _EVERYTHING_ you
can hang off a SCSI bus: QIC tape drives, DAT tape drives, CD-ROMs,
magnetic disks, WORMs, removable drives, Floptical drives,
magnetoptical drives.  The package includes tape backup software,
Novell jukebox drivers, CD-Audio support for MS Windows, etc.  I'll
find out next week.

  If you want to know about my success/failure, email me in 10 days or
so.

    Bob
--
Bob Peterson          Home: peterson@zgnews.lonestar.org  Landline: 214 995-6080
P.O. Box 865132       Work: peterson@csc.ti.com           FAX line: 214 995-0304
Plano, Tx 75086-5132  BBS: +1 214 596 3720  300/1200/2400/9600+ (HST or V.32bis)
From: Graham_Robertson@glasgow.ac.uk (Graham Robertson)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Please repost source for simtel CD
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:02:22 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University, EEE Dept

In article <RJ2JoB1w164w@coldbox.cojones.com> system@coldbox.cojones.com (Bryan Lockwood) writes:
>From: system@coldbox.cojones.com (Bryan Lockwood)
>Subject: Please repost source for simtel CD
>Date: 27 Jul 92 04:10:14 GMT

>Awhile back, someone mentioned the availability of certain simtel MS-DOS
>archives on CD-ROM. Could that person (or anyone else) please re-post the
>info on how to get this CD?

You can also get the Simtel CD-Rom from me. (Good if you live in Europe).
I sell all Walnut Creek CD Roms as well
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From: CALLAHAN%DIALOG@MCIMAIL.COM (CALLAHAN)
Subject: CDROM access under OS/2
Reply-To: CALLAHAN <CALLAHAN%DIALOG@MCIMAIL.COM>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 18:57:00 GMT

After finally figuring out CDROM support in DOS, I have to start all
over in OS/2. I would like CDROM access in both native OS/2 and a DOS
box under OS/2. I know that OS/2 supposedly has CDROM support builtin,
but it does not recognize my drive. And the DOS box doesn't "boot"
CONFIG.SYS so I cannot load the device drivers. Perhaps the "DOS from
drive A:" Command Prompt will help, but before I spend the next week
getting lost, I thought I'd ask for help.

The CDROM interface card is an Hitachi IFI4 and the drive is
an AMDEK LaserDrive (aka Hitachi 1502 or 1503).

For access under OS/2, do I need a device driver for the drive? Do
I need MSCDEX? Where can I obtain appropriate versions? (AMDEK and
Hitachi have not always been great on product/software support.
Are the drivers available from IBM? From a BBS? Via ftp?)

For access in a DOS box, how can I load the DOS device driver?

Is there a FAQ for this somewhere?

Thanks!

--michael--
callahan%dialog@mcimail.com
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From: 35002_4261@UWOVAX.UWO.CA ("H. Tang")
Subject: CBCA help!
Reply-To: "H. Tang" <35002_4261@UWOVAX.UWO.CA>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 01:29:14 GMT

Hi, we are a team of new students in library school. We are going to do a
presentation on Canadian Business and Current Affairs both online and ondisc.
We wonder if someone who is familiar with this database could provide some of
its typical problems or advantages compared with other similar databases, or
some of its interesting errors or anecdotes met in your or others' practices.
Our team will certainly appriate your help.

Thanks a lot!

Hui, Pat, Jeff
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From: peterson@choctaw.csc.ti.com (Bob Peterson)
Subject: Re: CHAINABLE CD-ROM DRIVES
Summary: Pioneer
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 15:57:10 GMT

In article <14.30.uupcb@madness.network23.com> chris.mathis@madness.network23.com (Chris Mathis)  writes:
>
>Question,
>  I run a BBS in Middletown RI. I have a CD-Rom drive on it with a
>shareware disk. I want to add a few more rom drives, but I want to get
>them as Cheap as possible, because they will be used just for the BBS.

>... What I am looking for is a new chainable CD-Rom drive that is
>fairly inexpincive. I do not need the Multimedia, just a standered ROM
>drive, (That will read the whole platter) that is chainable.... Any
>Ideas?

  I run a two-line BBS in Plano, Texas, just north of Dallas.  (See
signature.)

  Like you, I wanted to add a CD-ROM disk or two.  Fortunately another
SYSOP in the area suggested I explore the Pioneer CD-ROM Changer, model
DRM-600.  This device loads a cartridge containing up to six CD-ROMs and
changes among them on demand.  The drive changes in 7 seconds or less. 
The drive looks to MS-DOS like 6 drive letters.  Seek time and transfer
rate are both low, but for use on a BBS they're fine.

  The drive and controller installed in 15 minutes.  Five minutes after
booting my machine I read a CD-ROM.

  I run Wildcat! version 3.51, which optionally copies CD-ROM-resident
files to magnetic disk for downloads.  I turned on the option, and as a
result callers will never thrash between two CD-ROM disks.

  Of course you're interested in cost.  My changer, including an 8-bit
SCSI controller, cost just under $1,000.  I've seen it for less, e.g.,
the group buy being set up in the RIME network for $800 (without the
SCSI controller), but I wanted to buy from a local vendor.  My cost
works out to $167 per "drive," substantially below the cost of
individual drives.

  If your BBS package doesn't support copying to magnetic disk you can
always run a door to do the same thing.

  I currently offer two CD-ROMs, and three more should arrive this
week.  My callers like the Walnut Creek SIMTEL20 MS-DOS CD-ROM, which
contains over 8,000 files totaling about 530MB.

>     Thanks!

--
Bob Peterson          Home: peterson@zgnews.lonestar.org  Landline: 214 995-6080
P.O. Box 865132       Work: peterson@csc.ti.com           FAX line: 214 995-0304
Plano, Tx 75086-5132  BBS: +1 214 596 3720  300/1200/2400/9600+ (HST or V.32bis)
From: asm@ecl.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Looking for generic Mac CDROM drivers..
Date: 29 Jul 92 03:36:44 EDT
Organization: Engineering Computer Lab, Pennsylvania State University

Hello,
I wanted to hook up a DIGITAL CDROM drive to my Mac SE. I am not able to find a
generic CDROM Driver. I found some stuff in apple.com but those are for apple
CDROM drive and the driver doesn't even recognize my CDROM drive. I checked with
a utility to see whether the drive is being recognized by the computer. and it
is being recognized by the computer and utility also shows the brand name and
model name of the drive.
I would appreciate your help in finding proper driver for this
I am currently running system 6.0.5. Does system 7.0 comes generic CDROM
drivers?
thanx
--aravind
From: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama)
Subject: Re: More Garbo disc junk
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 06:10:58 GMT

In article <9207301306.AA08695@atc.boeing.com> "JOHN S. CONRADER" <CONRADERJ@H8700A.BOEING.COM> writes:
>Hi all.
>
>$25 is not too much for the CD as it contains quite a few useful programs, but
>it would have been nice if there was at least a short write up with the
>Garbo disc that told how to access it on a mac(or a pc for those people).

In fact there is a short write up in file  called HELP although I must
admit that it is not very  obvious to find  because it starts with ftp
and mailserv stuff. But at the end there is this very  same procedure.
At least I have tried to explain it there.

>Sorry about being so wordy.
>
>-John Conrader :)
>
>conraderj@h8700a.boeing.com

-harri-
-- 
///// Harri Valkama (hv@uwasa.fi, NeXTmail: hv@bacall.uwasa.fi)
///// University of Vaasa, P.O.Box 700, 65101 VAASA, Finland 
///// Telephone:+358 61 3248364  fax:+358 61 3248465
///// Anonymous ftp site moderator at garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.87.1)
From: starner@HAN.Paramax.COM (Mark Starner)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Sony CDU-8012
Date: 28 Jul 92 16:48:02 GMT
Originator: starner@io.han.paramax.com

Anyone know anything about the Sony CDU-8012 CD-ROM drive?

I have an oppurtunity to get one, but i dont know the specs on it
or what drivers might be available for it -- i plan to use it on
a PC running DOS and/or OS/2.....

Thanks
Mark
From: C058SJLX@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Compton Encyclopedia ???
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:32:26 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo


    I am looking for a CD-ROM bundle that includes the
   Compton Multimedia Encyclopedia.  The Talon CD-ROM from
   Insight (and HDI) includes it, but the drive is slow
   (about 600 ms). (Is it "too" slow for this application??).
     Does somebody know about other alternatives?.
 
            Thanks
                          Eleazar Puente
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From: davecole@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David Cole)
Subject: New Sony CDU-561 dual-speed drive?
Summary: info wanted 
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:00:00 GMT

I saw a blurb in MIX a month ago saying this new cd-rom drive would be coming
out this summer.  It appears to be Sony's answer to NECs 74 and 84.  It is
also supposed to be photoCD compatible.

Does anyone have ANY info on this drive?  Is it just vaporware or does Sony
have a track record of releasing announced hardware on time?

DaveCole@casbah.acns.nwu.edu

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