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Blair: Thanks for the note. As a matter of fact, One-Off CD Shops is a great supporter of OPA and is offering a $50-off coupon for new members of OPA! For more info, down-load the memfrm.txt file in Library #14. Rich
Following up: One of the directory lists I am now compiling is of data conversion services. Please send me, my USPS or e-mail, address and other contact info, and the scope of your services, and I'll see that you are included in the list. Thanks!
We are apparently suffering a technical problem in getting the New Notice posted which describes what has been happening, but briefly: OPA is a non-profit trade and professional association, formed in 1988, to support the CDROM publishers and related technology vendors, and to encourage growth of the market place. A…
Albert: I don't remember if i'm repeating myself, but thanks for the drive mfrs phone numbers. I'll be building them into another list to be posted shortly. Any other ideas are always appreciated!
Albert ERM is one of a growing number of small companies that deal in CDROM remainders, up-dated discs etc. Low prices, low margins = low profile I guess.
New Library and UPLOADS
Message #28487
A new Library – #14 – is labelled "OPA," and has been created to disseminate information from the Optical Publishing Association. Four new files are available now and I have just uploaded another: a list of vendors of titles for all platforms and MPC hardware, which should be ready for…
I would certainly contact your vendor. It would seem appropriate to upgrade or trade for a new model introduced as close to your purchase as it apparently was. Good luck!
As you might expect "quality" is still very much in the eye of the beholder. For good or ill, most products you will find in bundles use very different software and interface techniques. Unfortunately there is no way to tell if the products meet your needs other than to try…
Albert: I agree we need a list. I have been working on sorting out the phone numbers I have for executive offices versus truly helpful customer services numbers. Any contacts you or others care to contribute that have gotten results I will compile and post ASAP. Rich Bowers OPA
Kodak maintains a hotline for compatible dives that they test and certify. Call 800/242-2424 ext 53. The first test of your drive is whether or not it is CDROM-XA compatible. If it is, it should be able to read the first session recorded on the Photo-CD. Multi-session drives are expected…
I just started working with the Forum late last month, and we are uncovering a variety of needs for information. Bear with us, and we'll get there. Rich Bowers OPA
There are dozens of CDROM product resellers, ranging from CDROM Inc. to EDCUCORP to Dak to IBM and Sony who have developed their own distribution catalogs. Check in the classifieds of MacWeek & -World, PCWorld etc for ads. Your question prompts me to get the OPA list of distributors posted…
GO MICROSOFT and select the Microsoft Software Library. Search for keyword=MSCDEX. The latest version is downloadable from there. Hope this helps! Rich Bowers OPA
jukeboxes
Message #28282
There are periodic questions about jukeboxes. I have just received a press release from Microboards of America (612/448-9800) announcing a new product called the "Libreeze 604X mini-changer" which has a capacity of 144 discs. It is based on a stack of 6 pioneer DRM 604X drives (each with a 6-disc…
I am in the process of collecting addresses of one-off service bureaus. I don't yet know of one in NJ, but not too far away is One-Off CD Shop Inc. in MD in the DC area, (call 800/387-1633 for specifics), and Nimbus in Charlotteville VA (call 800/782-0778). Also note the…
Is geography a factor? That is, do you want to be able to work with the vendor, or just send a collection of data to be transferred? And do you want just one or a few copies, or do you want to reproduce dozens or hundreds or thousands of discs?…
As a further suggestion, to back up Albert Dayes' to wait just a bit: you ight want to look for a CDROM XA drive compatible with Photo-CD if you are really into images. These should be available (at least, so the vendors claim) by the end of the year.
This is a little out of my depth, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that the ID you are looking for is contained in the system-readable VTOC of the CD, which identifies the content of the disc. I'll look into it further… the question has…
The difficulty of promoting a system based on a non-mainstream OS is two-fold; one based on technology, the other based in marketing. As for technology, Albert Dayes and others have touched on the major points. A 9660 disc may be readable by the CDROM drive, but the content of the…
Philips has just announced a CD-Writer for $5995. Other systems (Sony, JVC and Toshiba) have write-once systems for $8-12K. Some of these prices include pre-mastering software. If the pre-mastering software is designed for the job, it will create a standard ISO 9660-formatted CDROM which is readable by any standard CDROM…
FYI, in addition to the other suggestion, both Meridian Data (Scotts Valley CA) and Online Computer Systems (Germantown MD) make CDROM drive stacks, as well as networking capability (Pioneer can also be networked for that matter).
MArk: re: your question on fractal imaging: There is a company called Iterated Systems, and I believe they are in the Atlanta area (the principles are from Georgia Tech). Let me know if you can't find them and I'll dig out a phone number. – Rich Bowers Optical Publishing Association
Expo is a producer's conference. However there will be vendors (like Educorp) on the exhibit floor. I think an exhibits-only pass is something like $30. The best places for customers to go are the conferences that serve their other information needs. Eg., lawyers to law conferences, docs to medical conferences…
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#CD-ROM Exibition??
Message #25699
Jim: The conference is focussed on the issues of publishing (as opposed to using) CDROM, on the use of multimedia in publishing (as opposed to the bits and bytes of developing software) and so forth. If you are planning to publish, expecially commercially, I recommend it. The exhibits are useful,…
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