This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Albert, So, if I understand you correctly, you're saying that for: hardware – there is nothing to worry about other than the amount of data on the disc (a 540 meg limit is not a problem, as our current discs have less than 400 meg) software – IF the old…
Albert, Thanks for your reply . . . but I'm not sure that I followed your answer 100%. I understand that High Sierra is just a filesystem, but is the version of mscdex.exe the only deciding factor of whether or not a given drive can read ISO format discs? Are…
I got a hold of a High Sierra disk and answered my own question about whether new players could read old disks (yes), but can anyone tell me how much fits on a High Sierra disk vs. an ISO disk? Any suggestions about how to do this stuff will be…
#CD Formats
Message #48151
We distribute a graphical parts lookup program on CD-ROM's in ISO format, and a new potential customer of ours has an installed base of old High Sierra drives. Can new ISO drives (like the cheap Mitsumis) read High Sierra format disks? Can old High Sierra drives (circa 1985) be upgraded…
Thanks for the recommendation, Phil. I'll keep them in mind in the future. David.
I'm glad you're happy with them. They are nearby, and I like using companies I can drive over to. I hope my experience with them was atypical, but I have to wonder when I can't get telephone calls answered during normal business hours and the people who do sometimes choose…
#Bad Experience at Nimbus
Message #27916
If you see Larry Boden of Nimbus Information Systems at the cd-rom expo in Boston, please tell him that Nimbus needs him back in Virginia ASAP whether they know it or not. Two days ago I couldn't get anyone at Nimbus to answer their phone. They didn't call me back…
Please send me info. Network Dynamics, Inc. 2225 South Henry Street, Suite L-2 Williamsburg, VA 23185-3968 or to my CI$ mailbox david.
#looking for 100+ drives
Message #17375
Can any of you recommend a source from which I could get a sharply discounted price on an order of 100-120 cdrom drives with all necessary hardware? So far, the best we've found is $299/drive. Any constructive thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks, David.
Thanks, Bob. I left a message for them today but haven't heard back yet. I've got a lot of work to due and have to deliver a finished product May 1st, so any tips on streamlining the process would be appreciated. They sound like a pretty good company from everything…
#How Long to Make?
Message #17332
In planning for my first cd project, I could use some advice on selecting a publisher. One thing I'm already worried about is turn around time. How long should I expect to wait between turning over my data, which will be nothing more complicated than a bunch of TIFF files,…
CCITT group 4 images?
Message #17101
Hello. I've been trying to find software that will let me work with CCITT Group 4 images in a cd-rom application I'm developing. I need display, zoom, and pan functions, and royalty-free distribution of my executable. So far the only library I've found that could work (Black Ice) only runs…
#Data conversion
Message #14944
I am working on a project that will involve putting 4k-50k images onto a CD-ROM. We plan to write the access software ourselves, but would like to get help on the data conversion. We have manual pages with parts diagrams on them. So far we've been thinking about using a…