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#CD Audio

    19-Apr-93 16:45:07
Sb: #46188-#CD Audio
Fm: David Hay 72400,1006
To: Paul Brace 100140,2134
I have looked – very briefly – at your program, and it seems quite capable. It has been a while since i tried to find a CD playing program that i liked, but it seemed that they wouldn't detect disk changes, or wouldn't start if an audio cd wasn't in the drive, or something, and then the CD Player that came with windows alway wanted to disable my configuration if i booted w/o an audio CD. But, like I say i'll have to find the time to do the exploration on yours. I got the feeling that there were limitations in the multimedia API, or whatever it is you use to program that kind of stuff, that i was bumping up against. The Pioneer DRM-600 (older) and DRM-604x (newer) work on a "jukebox"-type principle. They have one laser read mechanism, but can switch one of 6 CDs contained in a cartridge into alignment with the laser mechanism to be read. Each disk that can be mounted appears as a seperate drive to windows, mine are U:-Z:. It is a relatively inexpensive way to implement a network-type environment on a single-user system. One note, both the main and Small! windows are resizable, but the controls don't move to adjust to new size, you should fix their size. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll let you know. -Dave