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#: 1303 S1/General Information 07-Oct-88 14:57:06 Sb: #Grolier discs Fm: Fred Stinton 72335,566 To: all My name is Fred Stinton, Port Hope, Ontario - near Toronto. I have been demonstrating CD-ROMS to Libraries and schools for over two years but that is the limit of my involvement to date. I do however have about 25 Grolier Encyclopedia kits that I will be glad to sell at reduced prices. If interested leave me a message and I will contact you. Regards to ALL Fred There is 1 Reply. #: 1304 S2/Conference/Seminars 08-Oct-88 01:50:32 Sb: #1299-CD-ROM Conference Fm: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 To: Eric Azarcon 72571,2175 (X) Eric- CD-ROM XA has just been announced last month, by Philips, SONY and Microsoft. It is considered to be a bridge between CD-ROM and CD-I, allowing CD-ROM to use ADPCM audio. New Papyrus is a kind of classic and XA is too new any way to find in printed references except press release. The details for XA should be published by early 1989, I think. I have no evidence but I feel it will be the sysnthesis of earlier standards to be _the_ standard of CD media. As a producer of CD media, I am very interested in the possibilities that one CD disc can be played back on CD-I player and CD-ROM drives (CD-ROM XA standard). Nobo #: 1305 S5/Data Preparation 08-Oct-88 01:51:26 Sb: #1286-#error correction codes Fm: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 To: Michael Barrow 73320,1322 (X) Michael-- The only English reference I have on CD-ROM is the New Papyrus from Microsoft Press and it contains a brief explanation on error corrections. But there should be some technical books in U.S. since I have a lot of books here in Japan.(In Japanese) But in order to know the minutes of the specifications, you had better be a licensee for the Yellow Book, I think. Nobo There is 1 Reply. #: 1306 S1/General Information 08-Oct-88 09:52:31 Sb: #CD-ROM/WORM sources Fm: Tom MILLS 70375,1253 To: All I am interested in adding a in-expensive (if thats possible) to my AT clone, 386 machine. What are some good sources? Thanks Tom MILLS 70375,1253 There is 1 Reply. #: 1307 S2/Conference/Seminars 08-Oct-88 10:02:54 Sb: #1302-#CD-ROM Conference Fm: mike obryan 71410,340 To: Steve Hannaford 71131,1564 (X) Steve, My understanding of the cd-rom XA is that there are three ways to afford access to it. First is to get a new drive with the processor built in, second is to add on a board in the current pc with the processor and thirdly a unit that interfaces between the current cdrom drive and the computer will be available with the chip to process the XA architecture. The latter two will still allow the xa architecture to function with the drives that are on the market today, so hopefully the announcement will not deter people from purchasing the drives that are on the market today, since they WILL still be able to use the xa architecture. I think this information is correct but if anyone more technically inclined cares to expound or correct please press on. ps--don't have any idea how these gizmos are going to be priced. There is 1 Reply. #: 1308 S3/CDROM Applications 09-Oct-88 03:12:30 Sb: #1277-Medical Library Fm: Arthur Mrozowski 71531,124 To: Jim Tyson 72617,2103 Hi Rodney ! My name is Arthur Mrozowski and I work for Meridian Data. Perhaps you come across our name. We were in commitee establishing Hi Sierra format and so on. I am interested in the CD ROM that you work on. I have a cancer in family and I would like to buy info on new treatments. Please let me know if disk is ready and if so, could I buy it ? Thanks Art. #: 1309 S3/CDROM Applications 09-Oct-88 04:33:51 Sb: #1287-Library of Congress Fm: John Ausland 73240,2704 To: Philip Turner 72650,74 Just where is the file CDMARC.BUL? I tried to download it from sections 1 and 3 of this forums file directories but drew a blank. Could you be more precise as to where you uploaded it? #: 1310 S1/General Information 09-Oct-88 07:07:53 Sb: #Authoring System Fm: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 To: all All-- The more I try to produce a good title for CD-I, it is very difficult to use its full functions. Once I thought we don't have to use all its functions, but they are the advantages of CD-I and we have to do our best to use them. Obviously, we need a good authoring system. I know there are some software houses who has been developing CD-I authoring tools in U.S. but I don't have any detailed info. Also, the term "authoring" seem to differ; sometimes they only mean the encoding tools, others will consider the ultimate production systems which includes image capturing, storyboarding, simulating, encoding, premastering, mastering.... Who has the best authoring system now? How much is it? Does anybody know? Thanks in advance. Nobo There is 1 Reply. #: 1311 S1/General Information 09-Oct-88 07:08:47 Sb: #Apple CD SC Fm: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 To: all All-- Apple CD SC is on the market in U.S., isn't it? How many CD-ROM titles are there for it? I have seen some add of illustration clippings and I know BMUG has released Public Domain Software CD-ROM. Ah, and I heard there are some CD-ROM which contains John Scully's voice on it. Is there any list in the DL here? Nobo There is 1 Reply. #: 1312 S1/General Information 10-Oct-88 16:21:30 Sb: thanks Fm: CLIFF LEONARD 72720,220 To: 70130,372 Thank your for your help. [D [D [D [D #: 1313 S3/CDROM Applications 10-Oct-88 16:22:44 Sb: #help with bookshelf Fm: CLIFF LEONARD 72720,220 To: sysop Help, Do you know of any way Microsoft's Bookshelf can be utilized with Wordstar 5.0? Thanks, Cliff Leonard There is 1 Reply. #: 1314 S1/General Information 10-Oct-88 21:58:48 Sb: new member Fm: John Chookolingo 71121,1670 To: all Hello Everyone, I am a consultant in the Toronto area, heavily involved in the laser printer (high speed, high volume) business. We are currently investigating the impact that CD-ROMS will have on o our clients. Will CD-Roms displace print as a distribution media in some applications What applications are suitable for conversion? #: 1315 S1/General Information 11-Oct-88 03:20:26 Sb: Jobs' Next Computer Fm: Will Cowman 70003,3254 To: ALL Any idea where I might find info about Steven Jobs' "Next Computer"? I hear that it has erasable CD technology? ___ ___ __ __ __\ __\ #: 1316 S1/General Information 11-Oct-88 08:19:16 Sb: #1303-Grolier discs Fm: bob helfant 75530,214 To: Fred Stinton 72335,566 Fred - If the Groliers that you want to sell are the new editions, I'll take them off your hands. Give me a call at 212-737-8400. Bob Helfant Compact Disk Products #: 1317 S1/General Information 11-Oct-88 08:21:24 Sb: #1306-CD-ROM/WORM sources Fm: bob helfant 75530,214 To: Tom MILLS 70375,1253 It's not clear what you want to add to to your clone, but if it's a CD-ROM drive or a WORM drive, please give me a call at 212-737-8400. That is all mycompany sells. Bob Helfant Compact Disk Products #: 1318 S1/General Information 11-Oct-88 08:24:56 Sb: #1311-#Apple CD SC Fm: bob helfant 75530,214 To: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 (X) Nobo - While the Apple (SONY) drive is on the market here, there are almost disks for sale. My company carries the NEC drive for the Apple/Mac and four CDs. The CDs consist of clip art, photos, and public domain. I believe a year or two will go by before the dictionaries and databases are moved over. Bob Helfant There is 1 Reply. #: 1319 S4/Adding CDROM Access 11-Oct-88 09:17:19 Sb: #1297-Getting Started Fm: Jack Ryan 76164,1273 To: MIKE SANDLER 76314,3715 (X) [B f 14 type Welcome to CD-ROM! To answer some of your questions -- 1) There are differences in the individual drives available today. Most involve the access speeds. There was a review of drive performance specifications in the September issue of CD-ROM Review. Check it out. 2) If the drive is meant to be directly connected to an option slot in the PC bus it will typically come with the controller card. If it is a SCSI drive then it typically does not come with the controller card. 3) Access to ta specific CD-ROM disc is dependent upon the logical format in use by the dev developer. If it is a High Sierra or ISO9660 disc then Microsoft Extensions coupled with the specific hardware device driver will work. If the developer is using a proprietary format, they will have to supply you with the software to access the disc. Most hardware manufacturers are supplying Microsoft Extensions with the drive, but you check it out when you purchase the hardware. If you need to purchase the Extensions seperately from the hardware Discovery Systems sells the V2.0 version from $25.00 plus $3.00 shipping anf Handling. 4)The availability of a retrieval engine with a CD-ROM disc depends on the application on the disc. Most discs containing databases come with some type of search software. Good luck with your CD-ROM projects. Regards... #: 1320 S3/CDROM Applications 11-Oct-88 13:23:11 Sb: #1313-help with bookshelf Fm: Lee Lammert 76314,2650 To: CLIFF LEONARD 72720,220 (X) Cliff, I haven't used bookshelf very much, but when I did, I used it with a half-dozen different programs. It did not interface DIRECTLY, but the menus and functions worked OK. Have you tried using it without the direct interface (ie use the pull down menus withOUT the auto insertion)? Or, do you have a problem with GETTING the pull-down menus started with wordstar running? #: 1321 S1/General Information 11-Oct-88 19:24:15 Sb: #1318-Apple CD SC Fm: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 To: bob helfant 75530,214 (X) Bob -- Thanks for the info. Dictionaries and database type CD-ROMs should come to the market sooner or later since there's need for such products. However, when we look at the consumer market, I think we have to look at the so called multimedia type. So, you carry the NEC HE drive in U.S.... both hardware and software should be available in the market before consumers really purachase these stuff. Noboru Toyoshima #: 1322 S1/General Information 11-Oct-88 21:50:35 Sb: thanks Fm: CLIFF LEONARD 72720,220 To: 76314,2650 (X) No real problem with the program. It will "work" it just does not aallow me to intertext [D enter text from the program. Thanks for your input. #: 1323 S3/CDROM Applications 11-Oct-88 22:28:09 Sb: Mac Mega-Rom Cd Fm: Bill McCarthy 76274,462 To: all Has anyone else here obtained the QLTech Mega-Rom disk? I was somewhat surprised to discover that the Apple reader takes about four minutes (!) to read the disk and to bring its icon up onto the desktop. Is this slow- ness a function of the large number of files contained thereon? The collection of PD materials is, by the way, quite nice. #: 1324 S5/Data Preparation 12-Oct-88 00:12:07 Sb: #1305-error correction codes Fm: Michael Barrow 73320,1322 To: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 (X) Nobo: Thanks for the information about error correction codes. I'll have to speak to Philips. There is a fine line between standards and proprietary information. mdb #: 1325 S1/General Information 15-Oct-88 14:14:39 Sb: #1310-#Authoring System Fm: Pierre Masse 73067,1013 To: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 (X) Nobo; In Chicago last month, Opt/Image services demonstrated a CD-ROM XA, CD-I publishing system called "Information Factory" We're talking +/- $150,000 for the whole thing. Interested???? Pierre........ There is 1 Reply. #: 1326 S1/General Information 16-Oct-88 10:02:35 Sb: #1325-Authoring System Fm: Noboru Toyoshima 76662,330 To: Pierre Masse 73067,1013 Pierre -- Ah, ha! Optimage Interactive Service Company, huh? I have never seen Dr. Bruno but I hear his name very often and I could understand his company will develop such a product. Yes, very interesting. What does it include for the $150,000? Where can I obtain the detailed info. on "Information Factory"? Thanks in advance. Nobo #: 1327 S1/General Information 17-Oct-88 14:45:45 Sb: Old Bill Fm: bob helfant 75530,214 To: John Ausland John - Please contact me via Easyplex. We have had some problems with one of your purchases. Thank you. Bob Helfant * Compact Disk Products #: 1328 S1/General Information 17-Oct-88 23:22:41 Sb: #Caddy Costs??? Fm: Barry Silver 73627,3563 To: all What's the average price of a "Sony Style" CD caddy? If I buy Apple's caddies they cost 10 bucks a pop. Does anyone know of a lower priced outlet for these caddies? And, Does anyone make or market a Sony style caddy with a centering groove for 3" CD's? Using an adapter to play CD singles is a pain in the butt. I asked this question once before but no one could answer it. Does anyone know? There is 1 Reply. #: 1329 S1/General Information 18-Oct-88 05:36:06 Sb: #IBM PC-DOS v.4.0 Fm: Sam Spiteri 76663,320 To: all Anyone out there using PC-DOS 4.0? I just set it up and now I can't access my Hitachi 1503 CD-ROM drive even though I went through Setup again. All I get is "Incorrect DOS version" . Any suggestions? There are 2 Replies. #: 1330 S1/General Information 18-Oct-88 08:21:59 Sb: #1328-#Caddy Costs??? Fm: Jack Ryan, Discovery Sys 76164,1273 To: Barry Silver 73627,3563 (X) A company in Chicago has recently begun to ship caddies for the Philips and Sony style drives. Call Pat Sandell or Betty Saele at Opticord, Inc. in Chicago Their number is (312) 705-1952 or 1953. FAX is (312) 705-0574. Pricing ranges from $2.75 to $2.40 each for the Sony caddy and $1.60 to $$1.30 each for the Philips caddy. Sorry, I do not know how they handle the 3" discs. Regards... There is 1 Reply. #: 1331 S1/General Information 18-Oct-88 11:10:16 Sb: DEC and the CDrom Fm: Jerry Krulewicz 72267,552 To: ALL Is anyone out there using a CDrom reader on a DEC VAXstation? DEC was selling their RRD50 (CDrom reader) for the VAXstation, MicroVAX II and for the IBM/PC. Any comments on applications, available media, and software for the VAXen? Thanks for comments. - Jerry #: 1332 S2/Conference/Seminars 18-Oct-88 11:33:10 Sb: #1307-CD-ROM Conference Fm: Steve Hannaford 71131,1564 To: mike obryan 71410,340 Mike- You may well be right. But your reassuring message is not generally made clear. The prospective purchaser will see this as yet aother reason to put off buying anything, I fear. #: 1333 S1/General Information 18-Oct-88 19:31:46 Sb: #1329-IBM PC-DOS v.4.0 Fm: Kenneth Wm. Miller, II 76367,2733 To: Sam Spiteri 76663,320 Sam, Did you use the "Sys" command to install your new version of DOS? You get that message if you "copy" in a new version of DOS. #: 1334 S3/CDROM Applications 18-Oct-88 23:13:35 Sb: Hello Fm: Don Carver 71361,563 To: all I would like to introduce myself to all members of this forum. I am Don Carver of ICM Corp. I am a system integrator that specializes in LANs and WANs. I see a bright future with CDs and the usefulness of them now in my client base. I am at this forum to get information on this current and futuristic product. Thank you Don Carver #: 1335 S1/General Information 18-Oct-88 23:51:17 Sb: #1330-Caddy Costs??? Fm: Barry Silver 73627,3563 To: Jack Ryan, Discovery Sys 76164,1273 (X) Thanks for the info Jack. You folks did a fine job with the BMUG disc!!! Take Care Barry #: 1336 S1/General Information 19-Oct-88 07:52:56 Sb: #1329-IBM PC-DOS v.4.0 Fm: Dean Ostergaard 76266,2550 To: Sam Spiteri 76663,320 The only thing I've ever heard about DOS 4.0 is "Just Say NO!" Sounds like your Hitachi.sys driver may have some version dependent features. Or, more likely, they're checking for a DOS version greater than 2 but coded 3 instead of ">2" I would suggest you 1) check with your drive supplier, 2) check with Hitachi (you can send a msg to Tom Roscoe [71777,2564]) 3) check with you DOS supplier. If it's __MS__-DOS you *might* be able to get some info from Microsoft tech support. Good Luck! Dean();