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- dos.001 21 1 1 23 79 0 120
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- This is a demo of CD-Gen, a CD-ROM format generation system.
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- What will the Demo show ?
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- This demo gives a functional overview of CD-Gen. It displays in
- a logical order, the various screens of CD-Gen. A window explaining
- the screen is displayed in the foreground. This window will not be
- present when the actual product is run.
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- How long will the Demo take ?
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- This demo is automated and will take about 15 minutes. The demo skips
- from one screen to another after a programmed delay.
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- You can however override the programmed delay by -
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- Pressing 'P' to pause at any screen.
- Pressing any other key to skip immediately to the next screen.
- Pressing ESC to terminate the demo.
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- dos.001 12 6 5 14 68 0 60
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- CD-Gen is a user friendly CD-ROM format generation system.
- Both ISO 9660 and High Sierra formats are supported.
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- It runs on IBM PCs, XTs, ATs, 386 systems and compatibles
- running DOS Ver 3.3 or above.
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- CD-Gen can create a Virtual CD-ROM image on hard disk. Files
- and Directories from DOS can be copied into the Virtual CD.
- This image can then be copied onto tape and given to the
- Mastering facility to produce the CD-ROM.
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- dos.001 12 6 5 14 68 0 20
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- CD-Gen provides two windows -
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- DOS Window - provides a view of the DOS volume. It can
- be activated using Alt 1.
- VCD Window - provides a view of the Virtual CD-ROM volume.
- It can be activated using Alt 2.
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- The borders of the active window are highlighted. The
- current active window is DOS.
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- Pressing Alt 2 will make the VCD window active.
- dos.001 0 10 5 10 68 0 2
- vcd.001 5 13 1 7 40 0 20
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- The current active window is now
- VCD. The files and dirs in the
- currently selected VCD is
- displayed in this window.
- vcd.001 6 12 1 8 40 0 20
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- In either window several Hot Keys
- perform different functions.
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- Up and Down Arrow keys can be
- used to scroll through the list.
- vcddar.001 0 14 1 6 40 0 0
- vcddar.002 0 14 1 6 40 0 0
- vcddar.001 0 14 1 6 40 0 0
- vcdtag.001 6 12 1 8 40 0 10
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- Pressing 'T' will tag the file
- on which the cursor is placed.
- The '+' sign indicates that the
- file is tagged.
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- vcd.001 5 13 1 7 40 0 10
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- Pressing 'U' will untag the file.
- The '+' sign will no longer be
- displayed.
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- vcd.001 4 14 1 6 40 0 10
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- A window can be Zoomed to 80
- columns by pressing Alt Z.
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- vcdzoom.001 4 14 1 6 40 0 10
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- Pressing Alt Z again will
- unZoom the window.
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- vcd.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 20
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- A Menu Bar is displayed at the top of the screen. Menu Options
- can be invoked by pressing Alt key together with the
- highlighted character.
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- Alt V for example, will select the Volume option.
- vvolsel.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 20
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- The Volume option has several sub-options. To select a
- specific option, place the cursor on it using the Arrow
- keys, and press Enter.
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- Select Volume helps you select any existing VCD.
- vvolcre.001 7 11 5 9 68 0 20
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- Create Volume, the next option, must be selected to create
- a new VCD. The VCD can either be in ISO 9660 or High Sierra
- format.
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- On pressing Enter now the Create Volume dialog box will
- be displayed.
- vvolcre.002 7 11 1 9 40 0 20
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- The parameters to be entered are -
- . The recording standard
- (ISO 9660 or High Sierra)
- . Volume Name
- . Volume Size
- cont...
- vvolcre.002 6 3 1 8 40 0 20
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- . Number of partitions. (VCD can
- span across multiple DOS drives)
- . Path Table size
- . Root Directory size
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- vvolcre.003 8 3 1 10 40 1 20
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- In the next screen -
- . Name and size of each VCD
- partition.
- . Path Table location
- . Path Table size
- On confirming the values, the VCD
- will be created.
- vvolcre.001 0 3 1 8 40 0 1
- vvolrem.001 9 9 5 11 68 0 30
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- The other VCD Volume options are -
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- Remove VCD - helps in deleting any existing VCD.
- Update Now - updates the VCD onto which files have been
- copied using the deferred copy option.
- Purge Update- deletes all update information.
- DOS Shell - provides a temporary exit to DOS shell.
- Exit - terminates CD-Gen.
- vcdfnd.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Alt F while in the VCD window invokes the Find Menu option.
- This option can be used to locate a File or Directory name
- in a hierarchy.
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- vcd.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Alt W while in the VCD window invokes the View Menu option.
- This option provides various status information.
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- vvewvol.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 20
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- Volume Status the first sub-option displays -
- . Total VCD size
- . Available area
- . Used area
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- vvewvol.002 2 1 1 4 60 0 20
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- The Volume Status of the current VCD is displayed.
- vvewvol.001 0 13 5 7 68 0 1
- vvewdir.001 4 14 5 6 68 1 20
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- Directory Status displays the size of the current directory
- and the number of files in it. The current directory is that
- in which the cursor lies in the VCD window.
- vvewdir.002 2 1 1 4 60 0 20
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- The Status of the current directory is displayed.
- vvewdir.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vvewcon.001 4 14 5 6 68 1 20
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- File Contents displays the contents of the file on which
- the cursor is positioned. In case it is a directory the
- contents of the directory file are displayed.
- vvewcon.002 2 15 1 4 60 0 20
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- The Contents of current file is displayed.
- vvewcon.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vvewvds.001 4 14 5 6 68 1 20
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- The Primary Volume Descriptor of the VCD can be viewed and
- edited.
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- vvewvds.002 2 1 1 4 60 0 20
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- The Volume Descriptor of the current VCD is displayed.
- vvewvds.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vvewfds.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- This option displays the file descriptor if the cursor is
- positioned on a file. Otherwise the directory descriptor
- is displayed.
- vvewfds.002 2 1 1 4 60 0 20
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- The Descriptor of the current file is displayed.
- vvewfds.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vvewraw.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Using the Raw VCD option the entire VCD can be viewed in
- the hexadecimal. The VCD can also be edited. This option must
- be used with caution as you could coorupt the VCD by modifying
- critical areas.
- vvewraw.002 2 15 1 4 60 0 20
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- Any block of the VCD can be viewed and edited.
- vvewraw.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vvewhol.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- The Hole Table lists all free areas in VCD. Normally all
- free area would lie towards the end of the VCD. But in case
- files were deleted then pockets of free area may exist. This
- might help you in placing a file at a particular location.
- vvewhol.002 2 1 1 4 60 0 20
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- The unused areas of the VCD are displayed.
- vvewhol.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vcd.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Alt P while in the VCD window invokes the Perform Menu
- option. This option provides ways of copying or deleting
- files and directories.
- vpercpf.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Copy Files, the first option, helps copy files between
- DOS and VCD Volumes. It has four sub-options.
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- vpercpf1.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Copy DOS files to VCD -
- Any file from DOS to the currently selected VCD can be copied
- using this option.
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- vpercpf2.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Copy DOS Tagged files to VCD -
- All files tagged in the current DOS window can be copied
- using this option. This is helpful when files in different
- DOS directories have to be copied into the same VCD directory.
- vpercpf3.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Copy VCD files to DOS -
- Any file from the currently selected VCD to any DOS Volume
- can be copied using this option.
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- vpercpf4.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Copy VCD Tagged files to DOS -
- All files tagged in the current VCD window can be copied
- using this option. This is helpful when files in different
- VCD directories have to be copied into the same DOS directory.
- vpercpf.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vpercpd.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Copy Dirs, the next option under Perform, helps copy complete
- directory hierarchy. There are again four sub-options.
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- vpercpd1.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 20
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- Copy DOS Dirs to VCD -
- Given a DOS directory name, this option, copies the entire
- hierarchy under it, into the VCD. Sub-directories are created
- and all files are also copied.
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- vpercpd2.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Copy Only DOS Dirs to VCD -
- Only the directory hierarchy is reconstructed on the VCD. The
- files are not copied.
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- vpercpd3.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 20
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- Copy VCD Dirs to DOS -
- Given a VCD directory name, this option, copies the entire
- hierarchy under it, into the DOS Volume. Sub_directories are
- created and all files are also copied.
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- vpercpd4.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- Copy VCD Dirs to DOS -
- Only the directory hierarchy is reconstructed on the DOS
- Volume. The files are not copied.
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- vpercpd.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vperdlf.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Delete VCD Files, helps delete files from the VCD. There are
- two sub-options under it.
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- vperdlf1.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- The first sub-option deletes a specified file from VCD. By
- default the file on which the cursor is positioned in the VCD
- window, is deleted.
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- vperdlf2.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Delete VCD Tagged Files, the next option, deletes all files
- tagged in the current VCD Volume.
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- vperdlf.001 0 14 5 6 68 0 1
- vperdld.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Delete VCD Dir option deletes an entire directory hierarchy
- from the VCD Volume.
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- vperdld.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 20
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- All Copy and Delete commands while performing the operation,
- display several status information.
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- The following is a sample of one such screen.
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- vperdia2.001 2 1 1 4 65 0 20
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- The details displayed during Copy and Delete operations.
- vperdld.001 0 12 5 8 68 0 1
- vpercrd.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Create VCD Directory, as the name suggests, helps create a
- VCD directory. The size and location of the directory can be
- entered, as shown in the next screen.
- vpercrd.002 2 1 1 4 60 0 20
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- Create Directory dialog box is displayed.
- vcd.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Alt S while in the VCD window invokes the SetUp Menu option.
- This option provides several miscelaneous functions.
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- vsetcpo.001 9 9 5 11 68 0 30
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- Copy Option helps enable the deferred copy option.
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- When this option is enabled, files can be copied from DOS to
- VCD several times faster. This is because the file is created
- on the VCD but the contents of the file are not copied.
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- The contents can be copied later using the Update Now option
- under the Volume Menu.
- vsetchp.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Change Partition makes the DOS partition active. Alt 1 is an
- equivalent Hot Key.
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- vsetzom.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Zoom changes the size of the VCD window. Alt Z is an equivalent
- Hot Key.
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- vsetwin.001 3 15 5 5 68 0 20
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- Window Params helps change some window parameters.
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- vsettag.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- Tag and UnTag, the next two options, tag and untag files. The
- Hot Keys 'T' and 'U' can be used instead.
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- vsetrec.001 5 16 5 7 68 0 20
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- Record option can be used to start recording all entered key
- inputs into a file.
- Record Stop will stop recording the key inputs.
- Replay can be used to replay all the key inputs from the file.
- vcd.001 5 13 5 7 68 0 20
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- CD-Gen has a Help Menu which describe all the hot keys and
- Menu options supported.
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- Alt H invokes the Help Menu option.
- vhlpscr.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- The various Help topics are listed as sub-options. Each option
- displays all the relevant help information.
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- dos.001 6 12 5 8 68 0 30
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- The DOS window also supports the functionalities discussed
- under VCD window.
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- All Hot Keys and Menu Options are supported. The 'Volume' and
- 'View' functions differ as these options are context sensitive.
- dvolsel.001 4 14 5 6 68 0 20
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- A DOS Volume cannot be either created or removed. Select
- Volume is therefore the only function supported. This option
- helps select a different DOS drive and directory.
- dvewvol.001 7 11 5 9 68 0 20
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- Find, Perform, SetUp and Help are same as those discussed
- under VCD window.
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- View, under DOS window, provides options to display the status
- of DOS Volume and Directory. The contents of the file can also
- be viewed.
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- CD-Gen comes packaged with four additional utilities.
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- SimCDR : Simulates the Virtual CD-ROM created using CD-Gen as a
- real CD-ROM. The access time is configurable. MSCDEX
- must be used to access the simulated CD-ROM.
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- CDHier : Generates a listing of all files and directories in the
- logical (hierarchical) order. The size and physical
- location is given for each file and directory.
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- CDSeq : Generates a listing of all files and directories in the
- physical order. The size and physical location is given
- for each file and directory.
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- CDtoVCD: Creates a CD-Gen compatible Virtual CD-ROM from an actual
- CD-ROM. This is very useful when data already available
- on a CD-ROM needs to be changed.
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- CD-Gen is also available on UNIX platforms.
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- For more information, please contact
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- CD-ROM Strategies Tata Unisys Ltd.
- 18 Chenile Mahalakshmi Chambers
- Irvine 29, M.G. Road
- CA 92714 Bangalore - 560001
- U.S.A India
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- Tel : (714) 733-3378 Tel : (812) 584681
- Fax : (714) 786-1401 Fax : (812) 584491
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- Thank You for your time.
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