#CDROM & CDTV
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Has anybody had any luck getting CDTV titles to work on a CD-ROM
connected to an A2000 using the CDROM-FS software?! I've tried some of the
Xiphias titles (dictionary & time line) with no luck. It fails when it
can't find a library called the bookmark.library.
Are these libraries built into the CDTV rom and are they avaible
elsewhere?
With the CDTV, most programs are booted(?) from the CD… I think.
If it isn't a Library located inside the CDTV's ROMs, then try the assign
command. You will probably have to search the CD for the correct Library
path.
Ron.
I've tried assinging all the system directories to the CD with no luck.
Just have to keep trying I guess.
Which controller card are you using and which CDRom player. I have a
Toshiba XM3201B and GVP series II and cant even get an icon for for the
XIPHAS stuff. I am able to play some music CDs with the pr
ogram titled CDDACtrl which is part of the CDRomsFS software. DA
I'm using the same setup as you, with a GVP Combo board. The Xiphias
dictionary disk shows an icon for a script file but won't run. I've tried
assigning all the system directories to the CD but still no go.
A search of the CD's system files doesn't reveal any libraries, devices
or handlers that don't appear on my harddrive, which leads me to believe
that the CDTV must have some code in ROM that the disks look for. Oh well
I'll keep mucking with it, who knows?!
Paul,
I am running CDTV titles on my Xetec CD-Rom drive with virtually no
problems. Xetec sells their software as a separate software product. This
may work for you.
———————————————-Don- via Whap!
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it.
Paul,
The xiphias products dont need the bookmark device, dont know why you
would get an error about them. You should be able to run them from the icon
but i recall there were some minor problems with some of the scripts.
You should be able to run them from the command line. It's been a while
since i worked on them but i think if you use a shell and cd to the cdrom
top level and type 'ahdict' or 'ahd' the program should run.
let me know what happens, as i wrote the AH Dictionary program for Xiphias
(also did the Grolier Encyclopedia and the database system that runs the
timetable and cookbook products).
Jerry Isdale
Jerry:
Is there any way to get the updated discs? (I'm assuming that there are
updated discs) for the CD-ROMs that had problems with the scripts? I have
the AHDictionary, and the Grolier disc, and neither will work with WB 2.04.
-Mike Schiller
In sunny Fort Lauderdale
Jerry,
Just as a point of info I am also running 2.04. Would this make a
difference?
Ahh, there is the big problem at present, WB 2.04. This was discovered long
after the basic 5 titles shipped. It has to do with some odditity in the
way images and screens are handled. I forget the details.
AHD has not been updated since early '91. The current TToH titles will work
with WB2.04. I'm not sure if CBM has updated Grolier disks in distribution.
There is a completely new version in development, so probably not.
This problem is NOT fixed by changing the scripts or running the apps from
a cmd line. Sorry. It requires a minor mod to the code, but X cant afford
to have us update the execs for an online update. Unfortunately, there have
been LOTS of ancillary changes to some of the product databases for the
newer TToH products, so the updated TToH apps wont necessarily help people
with older disks.
Have you registered your disks? That gets you update notices from Xiphias.
There is a chance we might get an AHD + grolier code update if enough
people ask (call or write Xiphias directly, please 😎
I'm real sorry about this problem. Esp since both the titles you own (AHD &
Grolier) are the ones i wrote.
Jerry Isdale
i.e.: Isdale Engineering
Jerry,
Thanks for the info, I'll give it another try and let you know how I
make out. I was trying to run them by executing the startup-sequence after
I had assigned over the system directories. One of the programs in the SS
is looking for that bookmark lib I can't recall what one. (RMTM or
CDTVprefs I think)
Thanks again.