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From: toddy@uni-paderborn.de (Thomas Rose)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CD-ROM Programming
Date: 10 Nov 1992 11:19:47 GMT
Organization: Uni-GH Paderborn, Germany
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: stones.uni-paderborn.de

Hi !

I like to make some tools for Audio-CD-Support under OS/2 2.0 !

Now I am looking for libraries or a list of functions how i have to
use the properties of the CD-ROM in Pascal or C !

If anybody has such things, or knows FTP-Sites where i can get it, 
please sen them via elm to toddy@uni-paderborn.de !

      Thanks
               Tom
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: adrie@ica.philips.nl (Adrie Koolen)
Subject: Re: CDROM-XA and Photo-CD
Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:21:35 GMT

In article <A.Grant.21.721318849@ucs.cam.ac.uk> A.Grant@ucs.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant) writes:
>Thanks, that is very clear. A few questions:
> - Photo-CD and Sony Electronic Books use an ISO 9660 file structure on
>   mode-2/form-1 sectors, right?

Indeed, the PhotoCD uses an ISO 9660 file structure on mode-2/form-1
sectors. On a CDROM/XA, one may also use files with mode-2/form-2 sectors
but Kodak decided not to use them. I think that they don't use mode-2/
form-2 sectors because it makes hard/software somewhat more complex.

I don't know the Sony Electronics Book.

> - mode-2/form-2 is _exactly_ the format used by audio CDs, right?

No, no! Audio tracks contain blocks with no substructuring whatsoever.
Thus no sync field, no header, no subheader and no EDC/ECC bytes. Just
2352 bytes (1176 words) of audio samples (588 16 bits stereo samples).

> - doesn't CD-ROM/XA specify particular encoding formats for image and 
>   audio?  

Yes, at least the audio part (ADPCM sound groups) are defined. On video,
clut7, rll4, rll7, yuv, etc, are defined, but not the PhotoCD format.

> - since the purpose of the two forms of mode-2 sectors was to allow more 
>   flexibility in storing complex multimedia data than was possible when
>   data/audio selection was on a track-by-track basis, wouldn't CDROM-XA   
>   compatibility require being able to read _both_ forms of sector?

Of course. But to read PhotoCD, you could live with mode-2/form-1 sectors
only. When PhotoCD adds ADPCM audio, you really need to be able to read
mode-2/form-1 sectors also (and, of course, you need an audio system that
can decode and play ADPCM sectors).

>   Clearly, the design of some (but not all) file systems makes it hard to 
>   have 2324-byte blocks...
> - is there any reason now for the existence of mode 1 tracks other than
>   for people with old non-XA drives?

Not really. Mode-2/form-1 sectors use the same ECC algorithm as with mode-1
sectors, so reliability should be the same. (Note that I neglect the fact
that the data over which the EDC/ECC rules are smaller than with mode-1
sectors.)

Adrie Koolen (adrie@ica.philips.nl)
Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: ebascosv@CLASS.ORG (Ebasco Services)
Subject: CD-SPEEDWAY
Reply-To: Ebasco Services <ebascosv@CLASS.ORG>
Organization: FUNET-NGW
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:09:56 GMT

Does anyone have any experience with this or other programs designed to
increase the speed of cd-rom drives?  My single drive hitachis and a 6
drive Pioneer could sure use a little speed.

Amy Van Brunt
Reference Librarian
Ebasco Services Inc
New York

ebascosv@class.org
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: sb380@city.ac.uk (HOLT A D)
Subject: Quality (sort-of)
Keywords: evidence
Organization: The City University
Distribution: alt
Date:  5 Nov 92 08:36:55 GMT

I have just had a though as to another reason why Kodak may be keeping
part (at least) of the Photo CD format confidential - and limiting
input to scanned images rather than general digital images.

To have any real chance of getting images on such a medium accepted in
a court of law as evidence will need some sort of proof that the image is
"the original photograph" and has not been manipulated.
Kodak will definitely _want_ Photo CD usable for such purposes.
So there is probably some coding on the disk for each image that identifies
1) That is has been scanned in (as opposed to computer generated)
2) The original media type (negative/transparency/print)
3) When scanned in
4) Where scanned in
and probably
5) some equivalent of SCPS (copy protection, or at least identification)

Does this sound reasonable?

Andy

Andy Holt // Computer Unit // The City University // London EC1V 0HB // UK
From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey CDP)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CD ROM INC.  CATALOG REQUESTS!
Date: 13 Nov 92 01:13:10 GMT
Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey CDP )
Organization: CCS Enterprises, Inc. - Easton, MD

In article <BxKnMx.7oF@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU> stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews) writes:
>OK People, we all know the rules, every so often someone breaks them.
>Commercial Postings to these newsgroups are no allowed. Don't do it.
>The company *NOT* to use when buying CD-ROM is CD-ROM INC at the
>above address.
>
>Take the time to post a personal flame to: ephillip@nyx.cs.du.edu
>Stuart Andrews
>stuarta@syd.dms.csiro.au
>Opinions posted here are mine and do not necessarily comply with those of CSIRO

You may have a "problem", but I think you will find that
most of the people here welcome the occassion non-abusive
informational posting like the one you mentioned.  It was NOT
abusive or even "pushy commercial".  There had been several requests
for information so it was justified to post a reply.
Chill out....   Some people take things too seriously.
If you don't like a posting like this, then "junk" it and go on
about your way, don't "incite a riot".
 
-- 
>.. Bob Willey, CDP          ..  |  ..  uunet!consult!bob  bob@ccs.com   ..<
>.. CCS Enterprises, Inc.    ..  |  ..   Office: (410) 820-4670          ..<
>.. P.O. Drawer 1690         ..  |  ..      FAX: (410) 476-5261          ..<
>.. Easton, Maryland 21601 ......|......... BBS: (410) 476-5098 ...........<
From: Sproul@sproul.sproul.com (Mark Sproul)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Caddyless CD-ROM Drives for the Mac?
Date: 10 Nov 92 07:57:17 GMT
Reply-To: Sproul@sproul.sproul.com (Mark Sproul)
Organization: Sproul Consulting
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1992Nov9.195649.14861@cs.ucla.edu> (alt.cd-rom), tj@kona.cs.ucla.edu (Tom Johnson) writes:
> Does anyone know of any CD-ROM drives (preferably the newer, faster
> models that support multi-session Photo CD) that don't require
> those stupid disk caddies?  I'd like something with a sliding drawer
> or one like the in-dash audio players - that slurps it in
> automatically.
> 
> For that matter, why are they so ubiquitous in the data world and
> so conspicuously absent from the audio world.  I can't believe that it's
> to protect the disk - they get as much (or more) wear from being
> loaded into the caddies, I would think.
> 
> Thanks-
>   Tom
> 
> -- 
> Tom Johnson             "They say Confucious does his crossword with a pen."
> tj@cs.ucla.edu                               -Tori Amos
> 
having to use the caddies does make it cost a bit more, but I much
prefer the caddies and would not buy one without caddies.  When you
are using lots of CDs like I do and are always changing them in and
out of the drive, you just buy a bunch of caddies.  The disks I use
frequently always stay in a caddy.  I do NOT recommend drives that
do not use caddies.

-------------------------------------
Mark Sproul - KB2ICI
New Jersey
From: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: test finally, to world
Date: 2 Nov 1992 10:39:37 GMT
Organization: Her Master's Voice
Distribution: world
Reply-To: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au
NNTP-Posting-Host: flash.pax.tpa.com.au



Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
From: meyergru@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Uwe Meyer-Gruhl)
Subject: MSDOS drivers for Sony CDU-541
Keywords: NeXT, Sony, MSCDEX, Adaptec 1542B
Followup-To: post
Originator: meyergru@hpradigc.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:59:20 GMT



Hi folks,

I received my NeXTstep 3.0 on CD and the accompanying Sony CD-ROM
a fortnight ago. Since I own a PC with an Adaptec 1542B also,
I wondered how I can connect the CD-ROM to the PC as well.

I understand there is an MSCDEX.EXE which has to be installed and a
low-level driver for the specific controller.

Somebody posted a US phone number for the Sony BBS from which
one could get the MSCDEX driver for the SONY CD-ROMs. Sadly, I lost that
article, but it would be costly for me to call that number in the first
place. Does anybody have that driver?

Which driver do I need for the Adaptec? Do I have to buy these items,
or are they free? Has anybody else done this before?



cheers, Uwe

Uwe Meyer-Gruhl                      Confucius say: 
Lehrstuhl Informatik IX              "Unlucky to play leapfrog with unicorn"
Technische Universitaet Muenchen     email:MeyerGru@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE
Orleansstr. 34, D-8000 Muenchen 80   tel: ++49 89 48095-209
From: C.Duncan@ed.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Future Domain CD driver
Date: 10 Nov 92 14:00:37 GMT
Followup-To: alt.cd-rom
Organization: Edinburgh University Meteorology Department

I have a Toshiba 3301 CD-ROM drive and have been told that it is Photo-CD single-session compatible. At the moment it does not recognize Photo-CDs ("There is no disk in the drive") but I believe there is a version of the Future Domain CD driver which will solve this problem and allow me to read single-session Photo-CDs. 

Does anyone know where I can get hold of this Future Domain driver (FDCD)?

I am also told that a firmware upgrade to the 3301 is available in the US (but not in Europe) to make it multi-session compatible. Does anyone know if this is correct and, if so, what is the cost of the upgrade.

Charles Duncan
C.Duncan@ed.ac.uk
From: A.Grant@ucs.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CDROM-XA and Photo-CD
Date: 9 Nov 92 14:20:49 GMT
Organization: University of Cambridge

In article <1992Nov9.090424.280@ica.philips.nl> adrie@ica.philips.nl (Adrie Koolen) writes:
>CDROM-XA specifies a `bridge format' so that a CDROM-XA disc can be read
>on a CD-I player as well as on a PC under MSCDEX (provided that you use
>a conforming (.SYS) driver. On a normal yellow-book CDROM, a data track
>contains only mode-1 data sectors. On a CDROM-XA, a (the) data track
>contains only mode-2 data sectors. A mode-2 sector can be of two formats,
>form-1 and form-2. A form-1 sector contains 2048 bytes of user data,
>together with EDC and ECC bytes. A form-2 sector contains 2324 bytes of
>raw data (e.g. ADPCM audio or video data). If the device driver delivers
>2048 bytes of data when MSCDEX asks for it, regardless whether the sector
>is mode-1 or mode-2/form-1, the PC is CDROM-XA compatible.

Thanks, that is very clear. A few questions:
 - Photo-CD and Sony Electronic Books use an ISO 9660 file structure on
   mode-2/form-1 sectors, right?
 - mode-2/form-2 is _exactly_ the format used by audio CDs, right?
 - doesn't CD-ROM/XA specify particular encoding formats for image and 
   audio?  
 - since the purpose of the two forms of mode-2 sectors was to allow more 
   flexibility in storing complex multimedia data than was possible when
   data/audio selection was on a track-by-track basis, wouldn't CDROM-XA   
   compatibility require being able to read _both_ forms of sector?
   Clearly, the design of some (but not all) file systems makes it hard to 
   have 2324-byte blocks...
 - is there any reason now for the existence of mode 1 tracks other than
   for people with old non-XA drives?
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack)
Subject: Re: Meaning of Life
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:37:04 GMT

One mistake that seemed universal is that the line should read:

"It's orbiting at _90_ miles a second."

Chris Sedlack

csedlack@uiuc.edu
csedlack@imsa.edu
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: marty@world.std.com (Marty M HaleEvans)
Subject: Re: A Good Show (Actually a great show)
Organization: Cicely Public Access UNIX, Cicely, AK
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:27:41 GMT


You might also want to check your local video store. You can get several of the
early eps on video; several stores around here carry them.

Marty

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
"Seems like there ought to be a way we could look each other in the eye
To see we're all in this together, and put all thoughts of victory aside.
Seems like there ought to be a way we could turn this fear into trust;
No matter what you say, there has to be a way --
Every living thing is counting on us."      

Marty Hale-Evans                                 M   @   *   O   %   8   U
89 Mass. Ave., Ste. 199, Boston, MA 02115       \|/ \|/ \|/ \|/ \|/ \|/ \|/
From: bell@beethoven.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: A Good Show (Actually a great show)
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:22:38 GMT
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1dhuu2INNit4@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> keeper@deeptht.armory.com writes:
>
>The episode is the third episode of "Blackadder The Third," titled
>`Nob and Nobility'.  The legal business (as far as I know, it's
>finished -- the episode is never aired anywhere ever again) is over
>the use of the character The Scarlet Pimpernel.

It is, however, available on videotape.  Or at least it was recently enough
that my local video store only recently took the "new release" tag off of
the set of three it was part of.

>Of course, there are other Blackadder or Blackaddery things that
>don't get aired in certain areas, or not at all in the U.S.

The Comedy Channel has been airing some of them.

  -Andrew Bell
bell@cs.unc.edu
From: nrp@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk ("Scented fads" Neilski)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: Meaning of Life
Date: 5 Nov 92 09:46:04 GMT
Reply-To: nrp@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk
Organization: University of Reading

la@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Lewis Alderton) writes:

>Also if any body has a copy of the lyrics to the
>'KNOB' song -- "Isn't it awfully good to have a Penis" etc
>I wouldn't mind a copy

THE PENIS SONG (THE NOT NOEL COWARD SONG)

Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong
It's swell to have a stiffy
It's divine to own a dick
From the tiniest little tadger
To the world's biggest prick

So three cheers for your willy or John Thomas
Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake
Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend
Your Percy or your cock
You can wrap it up in ribbons
You can slip it in your sock
But don't take it out in public or they will stick you in the dock
And you won't a-come a-back

Ah thank you very much

-- neilski
viewers of "the word" need not apply

-- 
nrp@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk  \--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------\ Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant.
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: lchoqu%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Lee Choquette)
Subject: Re: A Good Show (Actually a great show)
Date: 9 Nov 92 12:47:56 MST
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept

In article <BxF0K4.Du4@NCoast.ORG> brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan Brown) writes:
 > There are video tapes available of Blackadder the Third and Blackadder
 > Goes Forth, by the way.

And Black Adder 1 and 2 as well.
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
   . .  Lee Choquette  . . . . It's the worst plan since Abe Lincoln said, .
  . . lchoqu@cs.utah.edu. . . .'I'm tired of kicking around the house . . .
 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Let's go take in a show.' . . . . . . . . .
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: bwatson@nyx.cs.du.edu (bruce watson)
Subject: Re: Brittas Empire (was: Are You Being Served? Again!)
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 00:55:46 GMT

In article <1992Nov3.162203.5098@hellgate.utah.edu> lchoqu%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Lee Choquette) writes:
>In article <sooz.720744452@du139-201.cc.iastate.edu> sooz@iastate.edu (Susan F
>Bradley) writes:
> > Now, since I'm posting here, could I ask if anyone else in the US is being
> > subjected to this horrendous thing called "The Brittas Empire" on their
> > local PBS affiliate? Does it end soon? (Please say yes!)
>
>I must take issue with all the people calling BE horrendous.  Sure, it's not
>the funniest show on TV, but it's a lot better IMHO than the boring stuff KUED
>has been showing for years like Butterflies, Fresh Fields, (Good) Neighbours,
>The Two of Us, and May to September.  (Oh no, I know I'm going to get it for
>this statement.)  I can watch BE when I'm in the mood for pointless TV
>watching, but I can't tolerate the other shows I mentioned under any circum-
>stances.  In fact, BE is not much worse than the heavily formulaic AYBS.  (OK,
>now I *know* I'm going to get it.)
>
> > Susan Bradley
> > sooz@iastate.edu
>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>   . . . . Lee Choquette . . . . . . . . . . . I love work . . . . . . . . .
>  . . . .lchoqu@cs.utah.edu . . . . . . I could watch it all day. . . . . .
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Direct some of the flames this way. I like BE. Tell me why you don't like it.


--
Bruce Watson  wats@nyx.cs.du.edu  Toy Cows, Toy Cows in Africa, Toy Cows
From: msb0+@andrew.cmu.edu (Maulik Harish Shah)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Pittsburgh's PBS
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:52:23 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I can substantiate the claim that  Susan Olson made- I go to Carnegie
Mellon now, and I've seen the sign many a time passing threw there. It
does indeed say WQED is the oldest PBS station.

and WQEX is one of the best PBS stations in terms of Britcoms that I've
seen. Every night they have about 3 hours worth (weekdays that is)
including Are you being Served, etc. and the weekends include The Black
Adder and Red Dwarf. Needless to say, I'm glued to my TV!!!! :-)

			-Mo


********************************************************

The following sentence is true.
The preceding sentence is false.
                              -Somebody I know

********************************************************
From: so690561@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Susan Elizabeth Olson)
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Pittsburgh's Britcom PBS station
Date: 9 Nov 1992 22:42:01 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu

...I'd call up WQEX before I called up WQED to request a new show - QEX has
always had a strong committment to the quirky, particularly Britcoms - QED
is much more stodgy and conventional (it (QED) BTW is the nations FIRST public
television station, not as the people here in Houston would have you believe,
our Channel 8 which suffers from a serious lack of Britcoms - we currently
have AYBS, French Fields and Alexi Sayles - that's it (sigh) )

Hope this helps.

Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: kaurs@next09wor.wam.umd.edu (Sharanjit Kaur)
Subject: Is Blackadder still on Comedy Central?
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:53:54 GMT


Hey, 
  I was wondering if Blackadder's still on Comedy Central. I went away  
during the summer and set my VCR on Saturday 1am but when I got back I got  
a lot of useless Mystery Science Theatre instead - so I haven't got the  
entire season of Blackadder Goes Forth and am very upset about it. Please  
console.
-Sharan Kaur
From: kchang@draco.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: A Good Show
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:13:15 GMT
Organization: Rutgers University RUCS-Newark


	The Blackadder Goes Forth is pretty funny show.  I happend to be 
watching it by accident on PBS - nothing to do on Fridays :)  I never seen
the opening of the show, always few minutes late.  The last episode was great;
kind of bitter sweet.  I guess I will catch the reruns, now.  Who is the actor
playing Blackadder?
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
Subject: Re: Meaning of Life
From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
Date: 5 Nov 92 09:52:07 MDT
Reply-To: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA
Organization: Alberta Research Council

In article <Bx6qt6.MnB@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, la@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Lewis Alderton) writes:
>Does anybody have a copy to that marvellous song in the
>Meaning of life? The one where the man jumps out of the
>fridge and persuads a Lady to give up her Kidney.
>
>Also if any body has a copy of the lyrics to the
>'KNOB' song -- "Isn't it awfully good to have a Penis" etc
>I wouldn't mind a copy
>

Here you go....

     Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
     And revolving at 900 miles an hour,
     That's orbiting at 19 miles a second, so it's reckoned,
     A sun that is the source of all our power.
     The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see,
     Are moving at a million miles a day
     In an outer spiral arm, at 40,000 miles an hour,
     Of the galaxy we call the Milky Way.

     Our galaxy itself contains 100 billion stars
     It's 100,000 light years side to side.
     It bulges in the middle, 16,000 light years thick
     But out by us its just 3,000 light years wide
     We're 30,000 light years from galactic central point,
     We go round every 200 million years
     And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
     In this amazing and expanding Universe.

     The Universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
     In all of the directions it can whizz
     As fast as it can go, at the speed of light you know,
     12 million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is.
     So remember when you're feeling very small and insecure
     How amazingly unlikely is your birth
     And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space
     Because there' bugger all down here on earth.

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

     Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis,
     Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
     It's swell to have a stiffy,
     It's divine to own a dick,
     From the tiniest little tadger,
     To the world's biggest prick.

     So three cheers for your Willy or John Thomas,
     Hooray for your one-eyed trouser snake,
     Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend,
     Your Percy or your cock,
     You can wrap it up in ribbons,
     You can slip it in your sock,
     But don't take it out in public,
     Or they will stick you in the dock,
     And you won't come back.

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

I got this from the script that was posted not to long ago.

Bob
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british
From: gallags2@pell2l14.alleg.edu (Sean Gallagher)
Subject: A Good Show (Actually a great show)
Organization: Allegheny College
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 02:15:12 GMT

Is Black Adder still being shown on PBS?
If so, when is it shown?  If it varies, when would it be on in the  
Pittsburg area?

	Thanks in advance, 
	Sean
Newsgroups: alt.comedy.british