═══ 1. PMReadCD ═══

This is general help for PMReadCD Version 2.0b. 

Thank you for use this CDrom utility. 


═══ 1.1. Combination Box ═══

Two comb boxes are used by PMReadCD 


═══ 1.1.1. Target dir ═══

Help for Target dir comp box. 

This comb box should display all available partitions on you machine. Select 
one of them, to save the extracted audio data. 


═══ 1.1.2. CDrom ═══

Help for CDROM comb box. 

The comb box should display all available cdroms on your machine. Select one of 
them, to play or extract music data. 


═══ 1.2. Path ═══

Help for Path entry field. 

You can specify a directory, where to save the audio data. If you do it, then 
always begin with a back slash "\" ! But do not put on at the end of the path. 

\music


═══ 1.3. Check Button ═══

Two check buttons are used by PMReadCD 


═══ 1.3.1. WAV ═══

Help for WAV Format. 

If you check this button, the extracted audio data will be saved with a 
wav-header. The output file can then be played with any wav-player. 


═══ 1.3.2. RAW ═══

Help for RAW Format. 

If you check this button, the extracted audio data will be saved without any 
header to the target directory. 


═══ 1.4. Config ═══

Help for Config Menu. 


═══ 1.4.1. Sectors per transfer ═══

On default PMReadCD will read 27 sectros per transfer. To avoid 
"READLONG_ERROR" problems, reduce it to a lower value. 


═══ 1.5. Error Codes ═══

┌────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Error               │Sympton                                           │Solution                                          │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│DeviceStatus#_ERROR │Cannot access correctly the cdrom                 │Check the cdrom, if it is operable                │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│GETAUDIOTRACK_ERROR │Cannot read the track info from CD                │Maybe a time critical problem, try again          │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│GETAUDIODISK_ERROR  │Cannot correctly read data from CD                │Try again                                         │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│DosOpen_ERROR       │PMReadCD cannot open the file to store it         │Check the file name and the target partition      │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│DosWrite#_ERROR     │Unable to write the file to the destination path  │Check for enough space on partition               │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│READLONG#_ERROR     │Cannot read the sector from the CD                │Check if nothing interrupt the operation of the CD│
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│StopAudio_ERROR     │Cannot stop playing audio                         │Try again.                                        │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│PlayAudio_ERROR     │Maybe CD was unlocked                             │Restart PMReadCD and reinsert the audio CD        │
├────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│CDROM_ERROR         │Cannot access properly the CDROM drive            │Check for availability to the system              │
└────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

# represents a value! 
If the solution given here doesn't help, then fill out the [PMReadCD.ERR] form, 
and send it to my email address. 


═══ 2. Technical Info ═══

PMReadCD Version 2.0b was developed under OS/2 Warp Server German: 

     64mb RAM 

     1280x1024x65536 

     SCSI bus 

     Toshiba 3401B CDROM 

     Yamaha CDR100 


═══ 2.1. Programs ═══

PMReadCD Version 2.0b was developed using the following programs: 

     VisualAge C++ 3.0 from IBM 

     Information Presentation Facility Compiler Version 3.00.016 October 19 
      1995 from IBM 

     VisProC 3.0 from HockWare 

     EPM Editor 6.03a from IBM 


═══ 2.2. Literature ═══

The following literature was used while developing PMReadCD Version 2.0b 

     OS/2 Warp Control Program API by Marc Stoc;  ISBN 0-471-03887-3 

     online Help from the ToolKit 


═══ 3. Updates ═══

Updates can be found at 
http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~humberto/os2/readcd.html 


═══ 4. Contact the author ═══

Humberto Almeida 
Wegscheidestrasse 50 
60435 Frankfurt 

Tel.: +49-172-6521908 
Fax.: +49-69-54890249 

email: humberto@stud.uni-frankfurt.de 
Home-Page: http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~humberto 

Thank you for use this CDrom utility.