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FREEWARE PROGRAMS FOR POPULAR CDROM RECORDERS
VERSION 2.2
CHANGE HISTORY:
Version 2.2
- Added support for Ricoh RO-1420C (uses Philips command set)
Version 2.1
- Added support for the Olympus CDS615E, Pioneer DW-S114X,
and Grundig CDR100IPW.
Version 2.0
- Added support for the Sony CDU-920S.
Version 1.02
- Added support for the Ricoh RS-1060C.
- Recognizes the Yamaha CDR102 (uses CDR100 command set).
- Recognizes the HP 4020i, Kodak PCD225, Kodak PCD-600, Philips 521,
Philips CDD2000, and Plasmon RF4100 (all of these use the Philips
command set).
- Added new utilities TOC.EXE and FINALIZE.EXE
- Using DOS read/write routines instead of C++ fread/fwrite for
improved file I/O performance (using Borland C++ V4.0).
- Cleaned up all command line interfaces (many new switches have
also been added).
Version 1.01
- Added support for Yamaha CDR100 recorder.
- Fixed "read error" problem when making copies of existing
CD-R discs (i.e. copy of a copy). CD-R discs that are recorded
with the track-at-once method have two extra blocks (called link
blocks) at the end of the disc that are unreadable.
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Freeware Program Descriptions:
CD2CD.EXE
Copies a single-track data CD from any SCSI based CDROM drive
directly to the CD recorder. The reader must be faster than the
recorder (i.e. 4X reader when recording at 2X, or a 2X reader
when recording at 1X).
CD2FILE.EXE and FILE2CD.EXE
Copies a CD from any SCSI based CDROM drive to an "image" file
on disk. This file can then be used by FILE2CD to write the image
to the CD recorder. These two programs will allow someone who
doesn't have a SCSI CDROM drive on their system to make copies of
CDs using only their CD recorder for both reading the source disc
and writing the new disc. FILE2CD can also be used to make ISO9660
discs if you already have a program that can build ISO image files.
You must use the /ISO9660 switch so that the proper track postgap
is written to the disc.
DISK2CD.EXE
Copies a SCSI harddrive block-by-block to the CD recorder. This
program can be used to make native VMS and Unix CDs from the PC.
The harddrive cannot be larger than the capacity of a CDROM (650Mb).
NOTE: DOS and NT CDROMs must be in ISO9660 format, so making an
image copy of a PC disk won't work.
FINALIZE.EXE
This program is used to finalize a CD (write the table-of-contents
and leadin/leadout tracks). A disc must be finalized before it can
be read in a normal CDROM drive. If you get an error while making a
CD, you can attempt to finalize the disc and possibly make it readable
(no guarantees!). This command can also be used to finalize a disc
if the /NOFINALIZE option was previously used in CD2CD, DISK2CD, and
FILE2CD.
TOC.EXE
This program displays a CDROM's table-of-contents on the screen.
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NOTES:
- You can display the command line switches for any of these
programs by typing "program-name /?". There must be at least
one space between each command line argument or switch.
- These programs will only work on a DOS based system with an
ASPI SCSI manager installed.
- These programs will only copy single-track data CDs (with CDROM
Mode-1 type sectors). They will *not* copy audio, CDROM-XA, CD-I,
mixed-mode, or any type of multi-session disc. If you are not sure
if your CD has more than one track, use TOC.EXE to display the
table-of-contents.
- All of the programs that write to the recorder have a /TEST option
that will put the recorder into "write emulation" mode. Please make
use of this switch when you are trying these programs for the first
time or are copying a disc that might have a format that these
programs don't support.
- You must have a blank CD-R disc in the recorder even when using
the "write emulation" mode.
- If you record a CD in "write emulation" mode, you usually have to
eject the disc from the recorder and re-insert it before you
can write the disc for real.
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Please send all suggestions, comments, and bug reports to...
Jeff Arnold
Golden Hawk Technology
125 Indian Rock Road
Merrimack, NH 03054
Phone: 603-424-0269
FAX : 603-429-0073
Email: jarnold@mainstream.net
URL : http://www.mainstream.net/goldenhawk
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Updated on SEPTEMBER 1, 1996