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They have a UNIX forum right here on Compuserve too. (GO UNIXFORUM)
Rich, And we send and recieve internet e-mail on CIS already too. Also FTP is supposed to be in the works as well. And we never have to leave CIS to access the world. So from CIS you can hit anyone on internet, Delphi or GEnie since they all have…
If you have a drive letter for the CD-ROM drive than its straight forward. Just make sure that you application can set the complete full pathname to where your data is located. So regardless of where its located you will be able to use your data. Another important aspect is…
About PhotoCD compatibility you can download the file KODAK.TXT.
Dan, SCSI advantage is one host adapter handles 7 devices directly. It works with many different types of devices. Scanners, WORM drives, MO drives, CD-ROM drives, hard disks, ethernet cards, etc. Also with SCSI devices they are hardware/platform independent. So if you move to a MAC, Atari ST, SUN (unix…
There shouldn't be any problem using database (tables) on CD-ROM. You might check out the dBASE forum (GO DBASE) and the Paradox forums and see if anyone can offer you more details. It shouldn't make a difference since all dBASE needs to know about is where the data is located…
Thanks Paul for the update. — Albert
You can try CORELscsi (GO COREL) they should have some drivers. Since you are getting a SCSI card as well make sure it has ASPI drivers. It solves many compatibility problems. Also the Apple CD-ROM drive is just a sony drive … not sure of the model number. CORELscsi is…
Its a panasonic model CD-ROM drive I believe that comes with SBpro.
Yes, many SCSI controllers can co-exist with IDE hard drivers. That is what I have currently in my setup currently. If you want to get some good information on the different SCSI controllers available try the IBM hardware forum. Several reps from UltraStor, Procomm and others hang out there and…
The law forum on Compuserve (GO LAWSIG) Also the Photo forum might have something as well (GO PHOTOF)
Your welcome.
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Where find Texel??
Message #38337
You might give Texel a call and they can probably give you a few dealers in your area. Also you might try Computer Shopper.
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CDROM players?
Message #38336
Download the files CDFAQ.TXT, CDROMF.ZIP and KODAK.TXT. These files will give you good background material on making your purchase of a CD-ROM drive easier. The Toshiba 3401 is SCSI interface, 200ms, 330k/s and is around $600 and probably a little less. Its CD-ROM/XA, multi-sesson and Photo CD compatible.
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Drivers for CDR 3500
Message #38335
You can download the file CDROMF.ZIP it has a drive comparision chart that might give you more information. Also it has the phone number for Hitachi so you can call technical support.
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$199 Mitsumi/Softwaretc.
Message #38334
I don't seem to recall the Mitsumi 5S has a SCSI interface. I am quite sure that its a proprietary one. The Toshiba 3401 is supposed to 200ms and 330k/s and has a SCSI interface.
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NEC CDR-74/84 & SCSI
Message #38333
Jim, I'm using a 16-bit fast scsi-2 card with my NEC-73 without any problems. The card is UltraStor 14F. Also make sure the scsi card you get has ASPI driver support. That solves many problems on compatibility with different devices. I'm using CorelSCSI as the drivers. It also works great…
FOr development issues you can also look in the Multi-Media forum. There is a section on CD-I.
Do you have the most current drivers from Sony? You can download the file KODAK.TXT or CDROMF.ZIP. One of these files has the tech support number for Sony. Also what scsi host adapter are you using? Is it ASPI complaint?
Glen, Thanks makes sense! Does ADPCM decoders have to be on a seperate card or can they be in the same housing as a drive? From what I remember the Sony CD-ROM drives needed a special card to handle it. Couldn't one get the same effect just encoding red book…
Is the Sony CD-531 a SCSI CD-ROM drive? Only SCSI CD-ROM drives are supported under OS/2. You can download the file KODAK.TXT it has the phone number to Sony tech support I beleive.
I've haven't heard anything about such technology. I would just assume using Red Book audio could give you everything and more when compared to a sound card. In 1984 or in Atari's Laservideo (laserdisc) arcade game FireFox. They had some write a complete score and it would all come to…
Bill, I'll just speculate. I'll assume that a player program for a Sound Blaster like card can be on a floppy or hard disk and play the required tones. So I would assume that it could also reside on a CD-ROM without any problem as well. The same would hold…
Axel, I don't think there is a drive that covers all of those formats. a new multi-session Photo CD compatible SCSI cd-ROM drive has aduio/multi-media/normal cd-rom/photo cd covered quite easily. Download the files CDFAQ.TXT and CDROMF.ZIP and KODAK.TXT. These files will give you more background material on making your first…
The reason it might work for a week is because the memory that has been excluded (not excluded) was not overwritten by another program thinking it is memory. Once this are was overwritten (it corrupts) the memory used by the host adapter that it needs to run. Since it is…
Since the drive is brand new it make take a while before the drivers are out there to support it. Have you looked at or tried something like CORELscsi? You can ask in their forum for details. (GO COREL)
"open Word for Windows, the music is blown away when the cd drive is search for doc files." The CD-ROM drive can only do one thing at a time and so if it is searching for a document it can't play music. Are you using the multi-media word for windows?
Red book is 44.1khz/ 16-bit/stereo and sound card audio can be 8-bit mono to 16-bit stereo. I think most support the 8-bit sound quality since Sound Blaster pro has quite a few units out there. There might be some other differences too but that is the only thing I can…
Download the files CDFAQ.TXT and CDROMF.ZIP and KODAK.TXT. These files will give you the information you need to understand CD-ROM technology and what features to look for before you purchase one.
Thanks for the update Paul. I guess its time to travel to the Photo forum and download the PR.
What other Unix platforms are planned? Anything for Silicon Graphics?
Redbook audio is very good the problem it also takes up quite a bit of space on the disc. SO the tradeoff is between audio (red book) in data one has to make cuts somewhere to get the program to fit.
I'm quite sure Trantor doesn't make any drives themselves they just make SCSI cards and drivers for almost everything. If you want the specifics you can leave a message to Trantor Systems directly since they frequent this forum quite often. Trantor Systems [72760,1346]
There are parallel to SCSI interfaces available from Trantor Systems. You can hook up almost anything SCSI and not have too many problems. Trantor has quite a few drivers available for the different devices. For most purposes the parallel port is fine for CD-ROM use.
Download the files CDFAQ.TXT and CDROMF.ZIP and KODAK.TXT. These files give you some good background materials on CD-ROM technology, drive comparision chart and which drives are Photo CD compatible.
Download the files CDFAQ.TXT and CDROMF.ZIP. Both of these files give information on CD-ROM technology and will help you in your purchase. One of these files has a drive comparision chart so you can compare one drive against another. If you are also looking for Photo CD compatibility download the…
I'm quite sure Always IN-2000 has a ASPI driver available. You might leave a message in the COREL forum and see it is supported. (GO COREL) Also you might try the IBM hardware forum (GO IBMHW) I remember seeing some files from Always in that forum.
The older drives maybe limited to around 540 megs but all new ones now are at least 600 megs minimum. Newer models are also signicantly faster than the older models. You might want download the file CDROMF.ZIP this might have more detailed information on this subject.
If it is a SCSI CD-ROM drive it should work without any problem. This is assuming Digital didn't have the firmware significantly modified. You might try the VAX forum and see if you can find out more information on what type of mech the drive is. Also if you get…
Download the file CDROMF.ZIP which has a comparision list of the different drives available.
The new interim version just recently released supports multi-session drives. (GO COREL) for the specifics.
From what I recall COREL scsi doesn't support CD audio on a network server. You should try COREL's forum to get the info directly from them. (GO COREL)
If you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive and a SYQUEST you can hang them all off of one SCSI host/adapter. Also if you get a SCSI host adapter be sure it is ASPI compatible (or has an ASPI driver available)> This opens up your options quite nicely.
The new CORELscsi drivers support multi-session drives. CorelSCSI works with all scsi host adapters that have certified ASPI drivers. You can ask them directly in their forum about the specifics. (GO COREL)
I don't know what the prices are on the Texel drives but those seem to be closer to what you want than the others. It scsi, multi-session (with a $20 chip upgrade), and Photo CD compatible. And judging from other people's comments in this forum. Many are impressed with it.…
NEC has drivers on their BBS I believe. You can get it by calling NEC at (800)-FONE-NEC. It might also be in the file CDROMF.ZIP or KODAK.TXT
When it comes to a SCSI card I would get one that has an ASPI support. With ASPI there are many more options available when it comes to supporting many different devices.
A SCSI CD-ROM drive is what you should look for. Also download the following files CDFAQ.TXT and CDROMF.ZIP.
David, I would strongly consider a NEC-37 at least since it is MPC compatible and its faster. If you are just looking for external units if you want Photo CD capability and multi-session I think Texel and Toshiba are the only ones who have anything currently shipping.
You can download the file CDROMF.ZIP it contains a comparision chart of many different drives. The NEC-36 is a SCSI device and access speed is slow 450-550ms, its portable. What particular attributes are you looking for in a CD-ROM drive? You might want to download CDFAQ.TXT as well. Both of…
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