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Will your next version support long file names? Neil
Stephan, I noticed your response as the 2150CD model mentor. This model, and its announced successor (600?) sporting a Pentium 75 and Lithium Ion batteries have me ready to replace my computer. Just a few quick questions: Will the disc read a Mode1 track on a Multisession disc (all that…
"I have a Toshiba XM-3401B and am new to the CD-ROM World. I was wondering if I can play WAV file through the CD-ROM drive or do I need a sound card also." No, you cannot. The CD-ROM drive itself is only capable of Red-book sound played from the CD-ROM…
I'm afraid not, as it is not an "accepted" data/textbase language yet. We (in ATA/AIA) have published most of our articles in the trade magazines in the CD-ROM and publishing arenas–EPSIG news, DISC magazine, CALS Journal, and CD-ROM Librarian. An IEEE journal article sounds been a good idea, however. As…
The current Airbus disc is made by Jouve, and it is not ATA (SFQL) compliant. Jouve, has won the Boeing contract and is indeed producing an SFQL server for them, and for the US/Japanese/European patent office. Version 2.0 of their engine will thus be SFQL, and Airbus will also be…
Kathy: I am glad to here you are interested. The meetings are open to both IEEE members and nonmembers. The minutes of each meeting are published, if that's what you mean by "proceedings". (I would normally associate proceedings with a conference–this is a working group meeting, to develop an IEEE…
#IEEE SFQL Standards Mtg
Message #50798
SFQL is a CD-ROM database interchangeability solution based on SQL which has been adopted by the Air Transport Association for aircraft maintenance manuals on CD-ROM. IEEE is currently working on a formal SFQL standard. I will be uploading some more notes and minutes about this to the industry new library.…
#Member Composition
Message #50648
Rich– Do you have a sense for the audience here? Are they end-users or developers? Right now (10:30 pm), there are between 4-7 people in the forum. None of them have any profile "interests" set! (I do!). Any way you can query the group without too much work? Neil
User Interfaces
Message #50646
I think we could have an interesting thread/discussion here on User interfaces for electronic books. Anyone game? Let me start with some questions. Please copy the questions into your replies for people who join the thread late. 1) What CD-ROM do you think exemplifies the best user interface? 2) Is…
#Initial Comments
Message #50645
Rich– Here are some initial thoughts. MarketPlace: This is probably a good place to warn users about "trading" or "selling" old versions of disks; My guess is that a lot of the advertisements are for illegal trades. —————————- Looking at the message counts–they are greatly imbalanced in favor of the…
Yes, you're right about the messages that belong in Easyplex–there are quite a few: "Thank you's" exchanged, especially related to sending the B. of Elect. Pub catalog. And I really don't mind a product announcement. But when it gets to repetitious ads, thats ridiculous. Also, I believe it is agains…
GO MULTIM, of course! (Only 6 chars count in Compuserve, useful to remember with TAPCIS.) The reason this section does not get policed is strictly sysop negligence. The sysops are there, collecting royaltees, but not doing very much work (except perhaps for advertising their own products.) I have sent a…
I'd be happy to talk to you about how the Air Transport Association is using CD-ROMs to support aircraft maintenance; also how they are setting standards to eliminate some nasty implementation problems from a producer/consumer perspective. [I am a consultant to the ATA and ATA members and representative for them…
What an excellent suggestion. A classified/new release section is a great idea. Then at least people aren't forced to pay online time to download ads/junkmail. For a comparison, try the Multimedia forum. It is a well run forum which is informative and helpful to expert and beginners alike. And there…
Actually, I think Mediavision (Pro Audio Spectrum-PAS) was the first to ship the extensions. I am curious, why do you need to put the audio out jacks from the CD to the PRO? Just to play red book audio or to use it as an input source? Do you have…
Yes, but the sound from the CD-ROM headphone will never be well coordinated with the action on the PC. (Hence the need for CD-ROM XA). Besides, sound cards can be had for under $100. And the Disney Sound source is under $40. There is 1 Reply.
#This Forum
Message #14993
Doesn't anyone else find the lack of system administration a problem on this forum? Like advertisements, repeated every ten messages? I have yet to see a forum on compuserve as poorly run as this one. Which is really too bad, since CD-ROM technology is my specialization, and I really find…
But sound cards may have a headphone jack (as may the amplifier that they are plugged in to). There is 1 Reply.
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