#MPC Compatibilty
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Hello, I have a problem with my dealer I think he is trying to con me.
I've been using the SONY CDU 535 for the past couple of months, and now
want to upgrade to the 31-A so that I can read multisession PHOTO CDs. My
dealer is trying to sell me a package with SOUNDCOMMANDER as the CD-ROM
controller, I spoke to Sony and they said that they can't guarantee that
it will work with Kodak, since it is not THEIR controller. The Sony
representative told me that I could buy a package called THE DESKTOP
LIBRARY, that has everything I need to be able to run Kodak Cds.
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.
Could someone please tell me whether it matters (in terms of MPC
compatibility) if the SOUND CARD is used as a controller by the CD-ROM or
could I just use THE DESKTOP LIBRARY controller and the SoundBlaster that
I own right now seperatley and still have a MPC compatible system?
>> 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 transfer rate with 40% (I think) or less
use of the CPU. This means standalone controllers, SCSI, even the printer port
adapters if you could find one thats fast enough.
To be fair to the dealer, He may have meant that the DESKTOP LIBRARY package
had problems with MPC compliance, I'm not sure what DL includes so I can't
really comment.
Glen C.