Diff between HSF & 9660
25-May-93 09:23:26
Sb: #49163-Diff between HSF & 9660
Fm: Glen Chapman 73517,2273
To: Chris Turner 100016,1504
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, a moderate to long process.
Microsofts' MSCDEX and a documented low level CD-ROM interface that protected
vendors from having to write multiple low-level hardware drivers also was a big
factor.
Glen Chapman