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#CD Formats

    11-May-93 09:02:12
Sb: #CD Formats
Fm: David R. Yarashus 70673,146
To: All
We distribute a graphical parts lookup program on CD-ROM's in ISO format, and a new potential customer of ours has an installed base of old High Sierra drives. Can new ISO drives (like the cheap Mitsumis) read High Sierra format disks? Can old High Sierra drives (circa 1985) be upgraded to read new ISO format disks (with a software or firmware patch maybe)? The end-users will need to be able to switch between either kind of disk with a minimum of fuss, as this is a parts counter type application. Or, will we have to force them to upgrade their cd readers if they want to access any of the other manufacturer's cd's with our database? Thanks in advance, David.