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Jorge, I've tried all of the things you suggest – terminations are correct, heads are clean, tapes are tense (G) – but thanks for the thoughts. I haven't tried juggling the order of things on the bus because the particular physical arrangements inside the box are quite constrained, so options…
Ron, first guess is a bad diskette. If by "reading" the disk using File Manager you mean you can see the directory entries, you're only reading the directory portion of the disk, not the files themselves. One or more of the files may be corrupted. You can try a disk…
Jorge, I can't help you with your problem – it sure looks to me like you've done everything right in your basic setup – but I do have a sympathetic comment and follow-on question. I have a system very much like yours, same Adaptec, same Wangtec, same NEC, and I…
Kevin, The MAYO disc was prepared with Sony's FTR software engine. FTR does not support export of either images or text directly. As a software engine and framework, FTR does allow title developers to hook in their own routines to be executed from within the FTR-based application, but to access…
MicroDataware Profile
Message #51733
MicroDataware Company Profile MicroDataware is a specialty publisher of multimedia CD-ROM products targeted at the scientific laboratory, library, and academic markets. We also do contract programming and title development for others with information suitable for CD-ROM publication whether in the technical field or not. We have experience with Sony Electronic…
SCSI and Microtek
Message #51730
In an earlier message there was mention of Microtek scanners and SCSI controllers, some question about whether the Microtek controller cards were SCSI and whether other devices such as CD-ROM drives could be daisy-chained. I have some information from Microtek on that subject… As of this date (6/29/93) no Microtek…
Gerhard, my scanners are a 600Z and an 1850. Both have the "MS/PCY" controler card – whatever that is (the cards are identical). If you can figure out if mine is the same as anything you have, I would appreciate any technical info. If you're not sure, don't bother as…
>"I have a second SCSI controller in my machine to control a Microtek ScanMaker II." Is that a SCSI board? I've wondered since I have two MicroTek scanners (slide and flatbed) and have wondered what kind of device and board that was. As you know, their documentation says virtually nothing…
A while back, I read something in this forum about CD-ROM drives automatically re-aligning themselves after they warmed up. It sounds like this may be happening to you, or may *not* be happening when it needs to. Consequently, replacing the CD-ROM disc may not cure the problem. Can someone else…
Ditto on the endorsement of TEXEL. I use and have sold them with some of our products. Performance is better than NEC multi- spin drives in spite of same specs, and price is considerably lower. Performance may not be up to the new Toshiba drives, but I haven't tested them…
Karen, I'm not sure I can be of complete help to you here, so I'll invite others with more knowledge of sound and CD-ROM to jump into this thread. Here's what I do know. There are different types of sound in the CD-ROM world. One type is conventional audio CD…
Thanks Charlie, I'll check out your press release, and maybe we'll be in electronic touch again. Till then, all the best. Steve Shaffer
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#Rules?
Message #51358
Charlie, subject to Rich's reply with guidelines about what you can and can't say, I'll just say that the name "Animotion" sounds fascinating to me and I would like to know a little about what your company does. I suspect others might have the same curiosity so perhaps you could…
#MKTNG PARTNER SOUGHT
Message #51000
CD-ROM Publisher Seeks Marketing Partner MicroDataware is a specialty publisher of CD-ROM products targeted at analytical testing, R & D, and academic laboratories and libraries. We presently have one product in limited distribution and others in development. Our current product, The Particle Atlas Electronic Edition, has been received very well…
Ah, yes. "Toaster" you say. Toaster = big drive = big motor = big speed. Ta-Da! Actually, I think the Pioneer "six-pack" you refer to is a full-height system, twice the size of today's conventional internal drives. Some space for five more disks, some space for a bigger motor. But…
David, check the adds in the big computer mags (God knows there are enough adds in them!) for prices in the range I mentioned. NEC is typically somewhat higher than TEXEL. I noticed, just as one example, an add from Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW) recently with prices in this range,…
#NEC 74 CD-ROM Drive
Message #50874
David: I have experience with NEC 74 drives, and others. The NEC will meet your needs. So will the the TEXEL DM-5024 (which I've also used and is a bit faster), or the new drive from Toshiba (which I've not used but understand is faster still). All are MAC and…
Multimedia Authoring
Message #50873
Frank, I have some (well, ok, a lot of) experience with an authoring system from Sony called FTR. I can say without hesitation that it meets all of the requirements you outline. Currently available only on the PC, it is in the final stages of Beta testing (I understand) for…
Rich, I have a lot to say, good and not-so-good, about Sony's FTR program. Overall, it works and does what it's supposed to. It's just a bit cumber- some to use and maintain, and the documentation is, well, "light" would be one way to describe it. What I should do,…
Couple of things. Regardless of your present interest in sound, I would suggest not making a choice today which limits you tomorrow. So, don't consider anything without at least a headphone jack and 150 KBytes per second sustained data transfer rate (MPC-compliant). The best drives, in terms of speed, on…
Pardon my poking into your message stream, but I was browsing and found your mention of SGML coding as a basis for database-like actions. I do that is a system I've created using Sony's FTR software. One of their selling points is the ability to handle fielded as well as…
Sony FTR Software
Message #43433
Hello, my name is Steve Shaffer, my company name is MicroDataware, and I'm signing on to find out if there are any other CD-ROM developers out there with experience using Sony's FTR software system. We've developed one major product using FTR and have learned a lot about it's strengths and…