This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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John. >>>Now, if someone could only clue me in on why NEC thought they had to add that second outer trapdoor over the disk slot.
Kevin. FYI the /L is optional, if omitted MSCDEX uses next available drive letter. Glen
Randy, EMAIL me a phone number/address and I'll get a sales person to contact you. We did a four disc series a few years back. We don't activly market them but they are still available. Glen Chapman – Online Computer Systems
Chuck, sorry to butt in but do you have a contact or BBS within Sony in regards to getting MCI drivers for the Sony videodisc players? TIA Glen Chapman
Barry, >>Are eject codes standard for all drives ?
Mark, As a first try, change boot files so that that the CDROM driver and MSCDEX are NOT loaded high. Glen
Paul, Go over to CD-ROM VENDOR forum and ask the Bowker folks, they publish "Books in Print". Glen
Wade, There was a message somewhere that you need version 2 of EZ-SCSI to access PhotoCD. Glen
Stephen, Try slowing down the Boot process by using the DOS 6 single step boot, you also may want to pause before loading MSCDEX. it might be that the player/driver is not fully initialized before the drivers try to test for it. Does your problem occur on CTL-ALT-DEL restarts or…
Rich, In WINCIM the actual steps are to select FORUM DATABASE under the SPECIAL menu, then delete CDROM. If I recall, just deleting CDROM from favorite places didn't work. I found out about WINCIMs strangeness when you added us to CDVEND. One of the odd things is that DOSCIM handles…
Ed, Never too many questions. This is the right place for them. As to your Redbook vs sound card audio questions. I'm going to defer answering for a day or two. There may be a file already in the library that answers your question, If not I may write one,…
#604X nogo Groliers audio
Message #52047
thomas, I can't remember the solution to this one. I do recall that only certain combinations of DMA/IRQ work. Give Groliers a call, they have a tech support number 1-800-356-5590. Glen Chapman
Ed, Knowing what titles you are having the problem with would help us. Also do you have a sound board, if so which one. A wild guess is that the Audio you get is CD-DA red-book, no sound card needed. The movies that crash are calling a soundcard driver that…
Rich, One way is a good set of Descriptions of the sections in the Descriptions area of the forum. though I wonder how many people ever really look at them. Glen
Henry, You might DL a new version of PKZIP/UNZIP. In the last several months its been ungraded quite a bit. Glen C.
Howard, Thanks, I hope Rich releases your article this weekend so I can read it. I'll be interested in what SoftXA is. It's use in Encarta doesn't quite match what the SoftXA announcements I read lead me to believe. Glen
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IRQ Redirector
Message #51433
John, Thanks for the clarification, what your tsr does is now clear to all of us. Also non-techies lurking here won't tell us to stop using software intterupts in our code based on a message they read on CIS. Glen C.
Owen, Capability to read, NOT PROCESS, the compressed audio sectors is XA compatable. The adpcm chip set for XA usually resides on the CD-ROM controller board. It could be on the player but I haven't seen such a beast. Glen C.
Eric, Kathys' comments are very good guesses. Several comments though. (1). "Client wants to hear speeches on standard audio player". This limits you to 74 minutes and 99 audio tracks (2). If it was a computer accessed player. you can double this by only recording each speech on a single…
cheerfully? I may want to switch carriers FWIW Some homeowners policies have a $ cap on electronic products damage. Glen
Greg, Graphics Workshop for Windows has PCD-GIF. Its shareware over in Graphics support forum. Format Conversion section, if I recall. Glen
Anthony, SONY is correct, you can read CD-I discs. They didn't say you can do anything useful with them but you can read them. Glen
Dalon It's in Graphics Support. I think the forum format conversion library. Its Graphics Workshop for Windows. Be careful that you get the correct one. There is also a DOS version that MAY NOT have PCD support. BTW. You have checked that your CD-ROM configuration is PCD compatable haven't you?…
Maurice, You need some sort of graphics program thats PCD aware, Kodak has one, Photo ACCESS, and just about all the new releases of Graphics packages will be supporting them. There is a shareware package here on CIS that does a nice job. As for pricing, its variable by vendor,…
Rich, >> Couch potatoes unite behind discs instead of tape! Great Idea for couch potatoes, a labor saving device, they don't need to press the rewind button!. Now if Philips comes out with a CD-I jukebox, they could vegatate for hours on end! Glen
Glenn, feasible, but not very cost effective. Assuming you could get an extremely cheap CD one-off made, i.e. < $150, it wouldn't take many discs to add up to more than you would pay for a very nice tape unit. if you use CI$ or EMAIL. you could justify the…
There were two versions on the Windows discs'. The first release did not have videos, since it was before the final rollout of VFW. The second release added the VFW movies. In my first message, I forgot about DOS not having the animations. Glen Chapman – Online Computer Systems.
Ron, Are there any titles that are so bad that your dog refuses to eat them Maybe a new CD rating system, i.e. 0 to 4 doggie snacks? Glen
Reed, John, and whoever else is sharing this ID. It sounds good. What about discs that have data errors, but are still 80% usable? BTW. we have a Young Minds CD-R, are you guys/gals also into the publishing part of the industry? Glen Chapman – Online Computer Systems.
Dana, Please DO, even though we've been kidding around in this thread, lot's of us would be very interested in that list! Especially those companies that do a production run one BETA too early. (never my company though ). Glen Chapman
Jim, FYI. Groliers DOS and STW DOS are the same. Groliers Windows and STW Windows are the same. The content in all are the same. (Also the Mac Versions). Formats for video, GRAPHICS and AUDIO differ. Glen Chapman
Alan, Did you get the Windows version of Graphics Workshop, I don't know if the DOS version has PCD support.
John, You hit upon the prefect disposal technque, Leave a stack of the anti-art CD's on your dashboard. Assuming of course that you are in NYC. Presto! next morning no CD's (also maybe no dashboard). Glen
Matt, Is this still the raw bit stream that Sandy mentioned, or has something worthwhile been added? Partial apologizes to Sandy and others, some of my last few comments have been in jest. A "REAL" XA would be superb, especially the audio. If SONY would have completed it, and the…
Kevin, As I said, in my first message, give up trying to figure it out, Something was wrong: Bus clocking; a bad slot; a badly setted SIMM where the flakey memory hit just right (or wrong!); Screwy SETUP parms where you got 1000 wait states on memory.. If you want…
John, John, John. Shame on you, you totally forgot those titles that were developed for making clocks. Opps I should be careful, I'm on non-disclosure for a company thats making a a multi-platform disc…. Normal size for desk clocks, Discman size for watches, and even a laserdisc version for retail…
Paul, Are you trying to get a copy? Glen
Alan, Over in graphics support, they have Graphics Workshop for Windows, in I think, the Format Conversions section. In general it's a nice package and supports Photo-cd. I don't know enough about paradox to comment about storing in BLOB's but they support lot's of formats. Glen Chapman
Right, just like flying a flag upside down and sending . . . – – – . . . in morse code! Glen
Kevin, If the problem went away when you switched motherboards, the problem was in the motherboard, not the CD interface card or the drive. A friend had a system that was a DOG, after numerous tests on the motherboard, the shop finally realized the TURBO switch was bad, the system…
Chris, The simple answer was that that the HSF format came out quite early in the evolution of CD-ROM. The choice was : (1) Use what was there, HSF , even if it had some problems, (2) Stay with Proprietary formats. (3) Wait for the ISO format to be ratified,…
Matt, Was there ever a real XA graphics format? I thought its was sort of "heres a sector type, put stuff in it, and good luck when it comes off the disc. Glen
>>My question is will this industry kill itself with stupid stunts like this? I don't think so, for each of the inaccurate or biased reviews, at least on CD-ROM in general, there are articles and dedicated publications that praise the media and its capabilities. There have also been lots on…
Matt, How about the whole issue of CD-I Graphics, DYUV, 555, CLUT 4,7, and 8. just for formats of graphics. Then there is the problem of Multiple overlayable and transparent graphics planes in different formats. Then there is the whole issue of the Line and field special effects table. At…
Is EMAIL threads a Guiness catagory? i.e. Days, messages? Glen
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CDROM CREATION
Message #48668
Give Online Computer Systems a call, either Rick Glasby or Dennis McDonald. We have done several such applications on PC, MAC, DOS, WINDOWS and UNIX. Our number is 301-248-3700 or 1-800-922-9204. Glen Chapman – Online
>> I told my dealer this, and he says that with the DESKTOP LIBRARY >>configuartion will not be MPC compatible since my CD-ROM isn't using the >>SOUND CARD as a CONTROLLER. I'd find a new dealer if this is actually what he said. MPC only sets performance guidelines, i.e. 150Kps…
Matt, I know how the UPC codes are stored but where, if available, are the ISRC codes, Q channel within each Track? BTW Nice definition of XA in the other thread, Thanx Glen Chapman
I missed the start of the Thread. is this adjustment for PhotoCD access? I just got the PhotoCD access and sampler package and am getting very erratic performance, i.e. Data errors. I haven't had any problems with other CD's This is with the MediaVision FUSION16 with the 31A drive
Yes, Kodak offers the service of digital prints, and some of the other photo finishers are getting the capability, I got a price list from BEST photo via the Photography forum. They charge $10 for a 5×7 and $15.00 for an 8×10.
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