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- From: asimware@icom.ca (Asimware Innovations)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
- Subject: Re: CD-ROM Questions
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 17:49:53 -0500
- Organization: iCOM Internet Services
- Message-ID: <4fgj2h$he8@cujo.icom.ca>
- References: <1656.6610T1192T1400@four.net>
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- In article <1656.6610T1192T1400@four.net>,
- Mike Gratis <ironman@four.net> wrote:
- > 1) With the drive installed my hard drive light constantly blinks. I
- >take it for granted that this is related to the SCSI bus checking the
- >CD-ROM drive..... Is it normal and do all drives do this?
-
- Hi,
-
- This is normal. The software is checking to see if a disc has been changed.
-
-
- > 2) Right now I only have two CDs to play with. One, the Grolier
- >Electronic Encyclopedia, seems to work flawlessly, except that the CD icon
- >never leaves the screen once the disc is inserted (...even after the disc
- >is removed); while the other, BCI Clip Art & Fonts, acts normally, with the
- >CD icon appearing and disappearing as the disc is inserted and removed. Is
- >there any reason for this?
-
- Grolier's should go away just like the other discs, unless you have run
- the Grolier's program first.
-
-
- > 3) For playing audio CDs, which Amiga player would you recommend?
- > 4) Is tha Amiga CD driver fine, or are there benefits to using the
- >Shareware or commercial drivers? If so, which driver do you recommend?
-
- AsimCDFS, our commercial software CD-ROM driver, does come with an audio
- player. I would personally recommend this.
-
- We also have PhotoCD, Audio, CD32 and CDTV support. Mac HFS, Rock Ridge,
- ISO 9660 and High Sierra discs are all supported.
-
- Sincerely
- Paul Reeves
- Asimware Innovations Inc.
-
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