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- README.TXT: CONTAINS LAST MINUTE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GEAR CD
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- This document contains the latest product information for
- GEAR 4.4 Multi-Media - Pro for Windows 95/98/NT.
- The last minute information in this document was not available
- at the time of printing both the manuals and the regular release
- notes.
- This readme file describes only the GEAR 4.4 Multi-Media - Pro
- product. Additional information on your GEAR CD (additional
- supplied components and tools, or demo versions of other products
- provided on this CD) can be found in the README.TXT file located
- in the root of this CD (in English only).
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- GEAR Multi-Media - Pro version 4.4 for Windows 95/98/NT
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- This GEAR CD contains a full international version of:
- GEAR Multi-Media v 4.4. for Windows 95/98/NT. The platforms
- supported by GEAR are Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0.
- GEAR 4.4 is available in the following languages: English, German,
- French, Spanish and Italian.
- Apart from the GEAR 4.4 software this CD contains the Adobe Acrobat
- reader software for the GEAR Manual, and some utilities.
- To install any of these software packages you can run the setup.exe
- file from the root directory of this CD.
- GEAR 4.4. offers a flexible and dynamic support for CD recorders.
- Recorder updates (new or updated driver DLL's and/or updated recorder
- configuration files) can be obtained from our new Website
- (www.gearcdr.com).
-
- This version of GEAR does not support tape units (for premaster tape
- writing) and CD jukeboxes or media changers. These are supported by
- our products GEAR DVD and GEAR Juke. For more information on these
- and other products, and for upgrades to GEAR DVD and GEAR Juke,
- please contact your dealer or GEAR Software.
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- Supported recorders
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- The GEAR 4.4 software on this CD supports various types of
- CD recorders, both IDE interfaced and SCSI interfaced models.
- For the SCSI interfaced models, a SCSI interface card is required
- in your PC. For the IDE interfaced models, no SCSI card is needed.
- To support IDE recorders under Windows 95 and 98, GEAR uses a
- special device driver called Miniaspi.VxD. This driver will be
- installed together with the software. For Windows NT, no special
- driver is needed for IDE recorders.
-
- Overview of the CD recorders supported by GEAR 4.4:
-
- SCSI models (in alphabetic order):
-
- + Acer 1420
- + Acer CRW620
- + CAL CDR4X12
- + Creative CDR4210
- + Grundig CDR100IPW
- + Hightech CD-R 1002
- + Hightech CD-R 2000
- + HP C4324/C4325
- + HP CD-Writer 6020
- + JVC 2001
- + JVC 2010
- + JVC 2020
- + JVC 2040
- + JVC 2042
- + Kodak PCD225
- + Kodak CDR-240
- + MBI PLAYWRITE 2002
- + Matsushita CW-7501
- + Matsushita LK-MW602
- + Matsushita CW-7502
- + Mitsubishi CDVR2X6
- + Mitsubishi CDVR4X4
- + Mitsubishi CDVR4X6
- + Mitsubishi CDRW226
- + Mitsumi CR-2200CS
- + Mitsumi CR-2201CS
- + Mitsumi CR-2401TS
- + Nomai 680RW
- + Olympus CDS615E
- + Olympus CDS620E
- + Olympus CDS630E
- + Optima CD-R 650
- + Optima CD-R 1300
- + Philips CDD521
- + Philips CDD522
- + Philips CDD2000
- + Philips CDD2600
- + Philips CDD3600
- + Philips OMNIWRITER26
- + Philips PCA350 RW
- + Pinnacle RCD 1000
- + Pinnacle RCD 5040
- + Pinnacle RCD 5020
- + Pinnacle RCD 4X4
- + Pinnacle RCDW 226
- + Pinnacle MP6200S
- + Pioneer DW-S114X
- + Plasmon RF4100
- + Plasmon RF4102
- + Plasmon CDR4220
- + Plasmon CDR4240
- + Plextor PX-R24CS
- + Plextor PX-R412C
- + Ricoh 1420
- + Ricoh MP6200S
- + Ricoh MP6201S
- + CRW620 (Brandless Ricoh MP6200S)
- + SCSI-CD ReWritable-2x2x6 (Brandless Philips CDD3600)
- + Sanyo CRD-R24S
- + Smart and Friendly CD-R2004
- + Smart and Friendly CD-R2006
- + Smart and Friendly CD-R4006
- + Smart and Friendly CDR 4012
- + Smart and Friendly CDRW226
- + Sony CDW-900E
- + Sony CDU920S
- + Sony CDU924S
- + Sony CDU926S
- + Sony CDU948S
- + Taio Yuden EW-50
- + TEAC CD-R50S
- + TEAC CD-R55S
- + TEAC CD-R56S
- + Traxdata CDR6240
- + Traxdata CDR 4120
- + Traxdata CDRW4260 PRO
- + Traxdata CDRW2260 PRO
- + Waitec WT 2036
- + Waitec WT 4046
- + Wearness WPI CDR-432
- + Wearness WPI CDR-632P
- + Yamaha CDR100
- + Yamaha CDR102
- + Yamaha CDR200
- + Yamaha CDR400
- + Yamaha CRW2260
- + Yamaha CRW4260
- + Yamaha CRW2216S
- + Yamaha CRW4416S
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- IDE models (in alphabetic order):
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- + Acer CRW622
- + Atapi CD-R/RW CRW6206A
- + BTC BCE 621E
- + CyberDrive CDRW602
- + Delta CDE6121
- + Delta ODR6121
- + Delta ODR-6121
- + Dysan CR-622
- + HP CD-Writer 6020RW
- + HP CD-Writer+ 7100
- + HP CD-Writer+ 7200
- + HP VersaWriter 3100
- + HP CD-Writer+ 8100
- + HP CD-Writer+ 8110
- + IDE-CD ReWritable-2x2x6 (Brandless Philips CDD3610)
- + JCI JCD-62RW
- + JCI CDRW-622
- + JCCOM JCD-62RW
- + JVC 2060
- + JVC 2082
- + Lite-On LTR-511
- + Matsushita CW-7582
- + Memorex CR-622
- + Memorex CRW-1622
- + Memorex CRW-2642
- + Mitsumi CR-2600TE
- + Mitsumi CR-2801TE
- + Mitsumi CR-4801TE
- + Mmagic MCR-265
- + OTI-975 Socrates
- + Philips CDD3610
- + Philips Omniwriter 26A
- + Philips PCA362 RW
- + Ricoh MP6200A
- + CRW622 (Brandless Ricoh MP6200A)
- + Samsung CD-R/RW DRIVE SCW-230
- + Samsung CD-R/RW SCW-230
- + Samsung SCW-1622
- + Smart and Friendly CDRW 426 Deluxe
- + Sony CDU928E
- + Sony CRX100E
- + Sony CRX110E
- + Traxdata CDRW2260+
- + Traxdata CDR4800
- + Wearness WPI CDR-622
- + Wearness WPI CDRW-622
- + Yamaha CDR401c
- + Yamaha CDR401t
- + Yamaha CRW4001
- + Yamaha CRW4261
- + Yamaha CRW2261
- + Yamaha CRW4416E
- + Yamaha CRW2216E
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- Miniaspi.VxD driver for IDE recorders on Windows 95 and 98
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- To interface with IDE recorders on Windows 95 and 98, GEAR 4.4
- supplies a special driver, Miniaspi.VxD. This driver is necessary,
- because Microsoft does not provide a standard driver solution for
- applications like GEAR to interface with IDE recorders on Windows
- 95 and 98. The Miniaspi.VxD driver is automatically installed when
- you install GEAR
- For SCSI recorders, the MiniAspi.VxD is not used. For
- these recorders, GEAR uses the ASPI for Windows SCSI driver,
- provided by Microsoft on Windows 95 and 98.
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- GearCDR.VxD driver for auto insert notification protection
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- GEAR 4.4 supplies an additional driver (GearCDR.VxD), in order to
- prevent any problems related to the auto insert notification
- feature of Windows 95 and 98. This driver is automatically installed
- when you install GEAR, and is automatically invoked when GEAR
- detects and initializes your recorder. This avoids any interference
- from Windows during the writing of your CD-Rs.
- In the \Tools subdirectory of the CD you can also find the program
- Ecdmr.exe that enables you to disable/enable the "auto insert
- notification" of any CD-ROM compatible device attached to your
- computer.
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- Windows NT CD-ROM reader driver
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- GEAR 4.4 supplies a special CD-ROM reader driver for Windows NT,
- in order to prevent problems related to CD-Recorders in combination
- with Windows NT. This driver is automatically installed when you
- install GEAR. The driver will enable GEAR to recognize your
- recorder, as well as disable the autostart function of your recorder,
- which interferes with the writing process.
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- Cyclic buffering with GEAR on Windows 95 and 98
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- By default, GEAR uses a Cyclic Buffer Cache when writing data to
- SCSI recorders on Windows 95 and 98. The Cyclic Buffer Cache
- requires the presence of ASPI for Windows SCSI driver. Because
- Microsoft only supplies this driver with Windows 95 and 98, and not
- with Windows NT, the Cyclical Buffer Cache is only available on
- Windows 95 and 98. For IDE recorders, the Cyclic Buffer Cache is
- also not available. The default settings for Cyclic Buffering are
- set for systems with 16MB memory on board. In the case you have
- less then 16 MB, it is recommended to halve the amount of buffers:
-
- 32MB Ram or higher -> 128 buffers of 32768 bytes.
- 24MB Ram -> 96 buffers of 32768 bytes.
- 16MB Ram -> 64 buffers of 32768 bytes.
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- Restriction: The total amount of bufferspace shall not exceed 4 MB.
- Bufferspace = number of buffers * buffersize
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- GEAR on Windows NT
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- GEAR is fully compatible with Windows NT. By default, the software
- will use the NT miniport SCSI/IDE driver, that is available on
- Windows NT, to get access to the recorder.
- (Note: this driver is a standard driver provided by Microsoft, only
- available on Windows NT and not on Windows 95 or 98).
- By default, the Microsoft's standard CD-ROM driver on Windows NT
- claims all CD recorder devices for exclusive usage as CD-ROM drives,
- and inhibits other software like GEAR to interface with the
- recorder. To overcome this problem, the GEAR NT reader driver is
- supplied on this CD. This driver is automatically installed when
- you install GEAR under Windows NT.
-
- It is possible to use the ASPI for Windows (32 bit) driver.
- ASPI for Windows is a standard driver provided by Microsoft, only
- available on Windows 95 and 98, and not on Windows NT).
- This will enable you to have the benifit of the cyclical buffering
- feature on Windows NT.
- (Note: ASPI for Windows is NOT delivered with GEAR nor with
- Windows NT, so you have to obtain it from a third party
- like Adaptec. Free downloads may be available from Adaptecs
- Website)
- To use ASPI under NT with GEAR, perform the following steps.
- 1. Install ASPI for Windows (32 bit) under Windows NT
- 2. Change the GEAR.INI file:
- Set the 'CDRInterface' setting in the [cdrecording] section
- to the number that specifies the driver 'ASPI for Windows
- (cyclical buffering)'.
- Set the 'DiskInterface' setting in the [harddisk] section
- to the number that specifies the driver 'ASPI for Windows
- (double buffering)'.
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- World Wide Web
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- You can find GEAR Software on the world wide web at
- www.gearcdr.com
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- GEAR for Backup
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- GEAR can be extremely useful for CD-R backups. Two special
- options in GEAR give you all the functionality to do backup on
- CD-R. The Generator setup contains the items Archives Only
- and Archives Reset. When the Archives Reset check box is
- enabled GEAR will reset the archive bit for each file that is
- loaded in to the image. When the Archives Only check box is
- enabled GEAR will only load files with the archive bit set and
- then after loading reset the archive bit (Note: The Archive bit
- of a file is set by DOS when a file has been modified).
- These powerful features can be used in the following way
- 1. Enable the Archives Reset feature
- 2. Create a new CD-Image
- 3. Load all files in to this new image. All archive bits
- will be reset.
- 4. Write the CD-Image to CD-R in multi session
- format. Your files are now all saved on CD-R.
- To update your backup on this CD you can do the following
- 1. Enable the Archives only feature
- 2. Put the CD back in the Recorder and choose Append
- Next Session
- 3. Load all files in to the next session. Only modified
- files will be loaded because only the modified files
- will have the archive bit set by DOS.
- 4. Write the CD-R. The modified files will be saved on
- CD-R. The CD will now contain 2 sessions, together
- forming the complete backup!
-
- You can repeat this as long as there is space left on your CD!
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- GEAR for Automated image generation
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- GEAR has options which allow you to create images
- completely unattended! The GEAR batch programs can now
- run in unattended mode. In this mode all user dialogs will be
- automatically handled by GEAR. The default value for each
- dialog will be selected. Error dialogs will always appear to
- assure the high data integrity of GEAR. The automated option
- can also be used if GEAR is called from within another
- program by using:
- GEAR [<batch file>] [/A] [/X]
- When the /A is specified, GEAR will run in automated mode.
- When the /X is specified, GEAR will exit automatically after
- completion of the batch file.
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- GEAR for CD-Enhanced Discs
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- GEAR has options for creating CD-Enhanced discs (aka CD-
- Extra). CD-Enhanced discs allow you to 'hide' the audio from
- the data and vice versa. CD-Enhanced discs are multisession
- discs with multiple audio tracks in the first session and data in
- the other sessions. CD Audio players will only 'see' the first
- session and thus only play the audio. Multi session CD ROM
- players will automatically present the last session on the disc
- and thus only show the data. CD-Enhanced discs can be created
- as follows:
- 1) Create a new GEAR CD-image with a number of
- audio tracks.
- 2) Write the image to CD-R and make sure multi
- session is enabled.
- 3) Choose Append Next Session and use the last track
- on the CD-R as starting point for the next session.
- 4) Enter the name and type of the data part of the CD-R.
- 5) A new session will be created and you can add data
- as with any other image
- 6) Write the session to CD-R and your CD-Enhanced
- disc is ready!
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- GEAR for Video-CD
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- GEAR has the possibility to write video-CD images to CD-R
- disc. GEAR has no direct video-CD formatting support, but
- GEAR can write any video-CD image to CD-R. Video CD
- images can be written via the foreign image options as follows.
- 1) Select the 'Open' dialog from the file menu.
- 2) Select 'External image files' for the 'Show Files of
- Type' option.
- 3) Select your video CD image file and click on 'OK'.
- 4) The dialog for 'External image parameters' appears.
- 5) Select the correct image type. Most video CD images
- are of type 'CD-ROM XA sector size 2336'. Refer to the
- documentation of the tools you created the image with,
- in case you are not sure about the image type.
- 6) Select 'OK', the GEAR status bar will show the
- selected image type.
- 7) Write the image like any other image using the
- 'Write' menu.
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- Checks before calling Tech support
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- - Does the power LED of the recorder light up?
- - Is the SCSI bus terminated correctly?
- - Is the SCSI ID set correctly?
- - Are the SCSI cables less than 1 meter in length?
- - Are the other SCSI devices on the bus working correctly?
- - Is the software driver installed correctly?
- - Have you tried to burn with only the recorder active on the
- SCSI bus?
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- Placing a service call
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- Please contact your supplier. The following information is
- required:
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- - Registration number
- - Version and date of GEAR (see the about box), and the
- installation type (Mac OS only)
- - Recorder brand
- - SCSI controller brand
- - software driver used for SCSI controller
- - Operating system version
- - general system information (computer mainboard, hard drive,
- memory)
- - GEAR.INI information
- - Exact error message with the additional sense code if given
- - The way to produce the failure
- - LOG file and WORESULT.TXT file
- - Discinfo dialog
- - Please be in front of your computer with GEAR running when
- you call!
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