This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#Name of my Dream Drive?
Message #52752
Can someone recommend drive makes/models with the folloing characteristics: – SCSI-2 Support – Kodak Multi-Session Compatability – Double Speed – Costs less than National Debt Thanks, …
"Microsoft Viewer SDK", hmmm? Never heard of it, but I've been waiting for MS to send me one of their "$99 Special" coupons before I buy the Encarta. I checked the OPA Software list in the DL, but there is no entry for Microsoft. Do you have a contact out…
RUN to your library and ask the librian for help. The principal skill for abstractors is the ability to read an article and assign its descriptors IAW the Library of Congress's Subject Catalog. A librarian can give you a briefing how that works. Or as long as you are in…
Rich, Okay, I'll upload it here. I'm putting *a lot* of CD-ROM stuff in the file because this is the "black box" as far as PDOX users go. You are right … Pdox probably _is_ slower than something like Folios or another package. It's just that it ain't _that_ much…
#Need Lo-$ Authoring Pkg
Message #48745
I'm helping a small museum write a grant application. They want to scan and OCR a 19th century professional journal, and then set it up for free-text search and retreival. There are a lot of authoring packages out there that can do this, but the problem is that they are…
You *Can* Use Paradox!
Message #44114
For those of you interested in "rolling your own" CD-ROM apps… You *can* use Paradox Runtime to ship a CD-ROM application! After about three weeks of fiddeling around with the problem, I now have Runtime 4.0 working reliably with a small-to-medium size database…400,000 Master Records, and 800,000 detail records. The…
Author needs S.B.
Message #28225
Folks, A guy that has an app in the Greater Washington DC area needs our help. He has a disc project subject to quarterly updates. My company's disc SW won't do the trick, but I'm not sure where to refer him. He wants to deal with a S.B. that _owns_…
#Kodak's Photo CD?
Message #20801
Does anyoun have an idea what Kodak's "Photo CD" actually is? Does it follow ISO 9660? Is it a "one-off"? Thanks, ..
I've got the Software Toolworks Encyclopedia, which is actually Grolier's. I got the shock of my life a few weeks ago. My daughter was playing "Mixed-Up Mother Goose", and had the auxillary speakers plugged into the CD-ROM drive. A little later, I was lookung up something about whales on the…
Hector, Frank and Lisa Richards (76354,15) run a scanning service that I think is nationwide in scope. You can start with them. If you're located newr the Washington, DC area, you could also call us: TS Infosystems. We have a service that may match your requirements (ie, scan documents; deliver…
You can call us (TS Infosystems) and ask for Tony Collins. Our number is 1-800-886-4874. But call after 10:00 EDT; Tony is definately NOT user-friendly until he's had his morning citric acid injection…. ..
#Encyclopedias
Message #18616
Frank, Instead of an encyclopedia, consider Information Access's "Magazine Rack" disc. This is the most mind-bogglingly useful tool I've ever come across. What it consists of is the full text of three hundred magazine titles spanning November, 1989 to January, 1991 (a newer version of it is in production). I've…
Jim, What you might buy depends on your industry. What is it? I've looked at almost a hundred titles in the last year, and the two best on the market are MAGAZINE RACK by Information Access Company, and STREET ATLAS by Delorn Mapping Service. (S.A., however, needs Windows 3.0). Both…
Hi Earnie! How could I forget: NIMBUS=ROMware=Candy Bars…what's your current flavor?
(Hi Yourself! You attached your reply to *MY* reply…not the source message!)
A one-off cutter requires *all* the premastering steps. You just have to understand that we are a *microfilm* company, and we organize our work using a *microfilm* production mindset. Microfilm clients expect a service bureau to deliver a standardized product, IAW zillions of international standards. They expect the product to…
Bob, TS Infosystems has an 800-number: 1-800-886-4874. Call me during business hours (EST), and I'll see that you get our new brochure. I was at our ad agency today looking at our brochure mockup. They thought my original ideas were too much "Roger Ramjet", and spent the last week toning…
Yes, however my list is at my office. KAware has a pretty good broker service; Sony Corporation is *the* biggie, of course, and then there's this outfit in Pennsylvania. …Hmmm. Check the Data Libraries. Someone said that he or she would upload a list of stamping houses. NIMBUS has been…
The good folks at NIMBUS in Charlottesville can do that in less than a week…three days if you schedule it properly. They told us about $1,200 to deliver 100 discs, which they regard as an "introductary special." Perhaps another $500-to-$800 if you need premastering, and a bit more if you…
In addition to M-O's, there's always the one-off route…. I work for a microfilm company that began delivering images on one-offs (aka "glass masters") last fall. We bought a Sony cutter, and wrote our own windows-based software. After analyzing the process for several weeks, we finally set $100 as the…
Okay, I'll E-Mail our address at TS Infosystems. Since you have so much information, what might you have on lifty capacity of regional freight airlines? ..
Since you specialize in aircraft information, what do you have on Aircraft Maintenance Facilities? Services performed, location, hanger space, type of aircraft, type of runway, navagation facilities, etc. etc. .. There is 1 Reply.
One quick question: is your disc using the NTSB final reports as the source material? .. There is 1 Reply.
Call the Bureau of Electronic Publishing, 1-800-828-4766 or CD-ROM Inc. 1-303-231-9373 and ask about the Phone Disc series. This is a national white pages, divided as east coast and west coast. Be sure you are sitting down when you ask about the price….. ..
You are right, Niel. The repeating ads are a major irritation. But I *DO* like the ads. I've talked to some of the vendors on-and-offline, and that's why *MY* company bought a cutter a few weeks ago! Some of the strings on this forum are particularly interesting and informative, such…
#Books to CD?
Message #14939
Call me at TSI: 1-800-886-4874. There are two components to a "rare book" project: (1) The Book as a source of information (2) The book as a valuable artifact I'm a volunteer at the Smithsonian, and I will tell you straight off I am reluctant to do *ANYTHING* that puts…
Well…I may be a middleaged fogy, but I *still* think elementary school kids need a printed encyclopedia. Their old man, however, may get himself the Grolier's. I'm a volunteer at the Smithsonian Institution here in Washington…a docent at the National Museum of American History…and visitors *love* to play "Stump the…
Your experience parallels what I learned about the Compton's in CD-ROM Professional (Vol. 4 No. 4; July 1991). The review says that Compton's is *very* touchy about its enviornment. A computer has to be configured >Just So
There is a description of CIA World Fact Book and several other popular discs (but not Magazine Rack, oddly enough) in PC Magazine. The reviews are a sidebar in a long article about CD-ROM drives. The issue is Volume 10, Number 18…late October date. .. There is 1 Reply.
Oh-oh. What you describe sounds like the "Green Book" disc I saw at CD-ROM Expo last week, particularly the 320×260 pixel. But I also saw something else that was full video…excellent picture, high rez, perfect sound sync. I thought it was all on an "oarnge book" disc. Are you telling…
Hah-Hah! That's a good one! My principal use for encyclopedias is to find out just how big a subject really is. I started my company's CD-ROM research by looking up CD-ROM in an EB. The fact that the article was written in 1988 didn't bother me in the least. When…
I'll E-Mail you a copy, if you can take ZIP file and WordPerfect 5.1. It's not suitable for the libraries without some editing. First, it is too time-sensitive. Second, it's too oriented to our specific project. And, of course, it needs to be converted to ASCII. If you like it,…
I didn't know what CDTV was. I guessed that it ment "storing video clips on compact disc[-ROM]. I didn't know it was a Commodore doo-dad. History of the Presidents has sound and video on it. My comment about "green-book" quality (lower-rez, using one frame in three) is for CD-XA capable…
Yes. I think Information Access has come up with the CD-ROM "Killer Ap". There is NO END to the stuff on that disc! After I did my aircraft facility maintenance scan last week, I looked up advice on how to winterize myself for cold weather bicycle riding! .. There is…
I tried calling the LDS microfilm manager over the weekend, but he's ferrying some kids somewhere for their mission, and won't be back for a while. What are they doing on the CD-ROM project: scanning the original pages, and storing images, or doing full keystroke/OCR on the records? .. There…
My family never bought the printed supplements of the World Book after the first year or two. The object of getting the kids an enecclopedia is to teach them to read. It is indisputibly easier to encourage kids to read from the printed page, rather than the computer screen. When…
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CD-Rom pressers
Message #14110
Okay…check your box later today. It's coming as a ZIP file in 5.1 format. If you can't handle ZIP or Wordperfect 5.1, let me know before 8:00pm *Eastern Standard Time*. Whoppie! My body says it's 7:45am, but the clock says it's 6:45! ..