CompuServe Thread

Golden, Colorado 8 May 1993 CD ROM, Inc. today announced the release of a compression driver that permits the user of Stacker, Double Space, Super Store and other compression packages to write the compressed volumes to a CD-ROM and then access the compressed volumes from the CD-ROM discs. This effectively doubles the capacity of the standard CD-ROM disc from 660 MB to 1.24 GB. Dr. Roger Hutchison demonstrated this compressed volumes in Salt Lake City yesterday to a large audience of compression specialists. Dr. Hutchison said of the development " CD ROM, Inc. has been working in the compression world for just over 36 months. We have achieved lossless compression rates in the range of 8:1, and lossy compression rates in the range of 140:1. This driver represents a first in the CD-ROM industry in which the user of standard off-the-shelf compression packages can double their volume sizes on the CD-ROM disc itself". The driver is called the CRI-X2 and is available for a license fee from CD ROM-USA, Inc. the consulting wing of CD ROM, Inc. The uniqueness of the driver has permitted CD ROM-USA, Inc. to receive a process patent frem the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Foreign patent applications are pending including patents in Taiwan, China, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as all the European countries. For a technical description and license information, contact CRI-X2 Desk at CD ROM, Inc., 603 Park Point Drive, Golden, Colorado, 80401, Tel. 303-526-7600 Fax. 303-526-7395.