#Library of Congress??
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Kean,
The Library of Congress sells its database on CD-ROM. It is called
CDMARC Bibliographic. It has more than 4 million MARC records for books,
serials, maps, music, visual materials, and computer files–everything
cataloged since 1968. It takes 7 discs to hold all that data, so you will have
to have a multi-drive player to use it comfortably. The Pioneer DRM-600 works
pretty well for a single user workstation.
We are coming out soon with a new product called CDMARC English which
will have only the English language records.
For more information, or to place an order, call or write to:
Library of Congress
Customer Services Section
Cataloging Distribution Service
Washington, DC 20541-5017
Telephone: (202) 707-6100
1-800-255-3666 (toll-free, U.S. only)
FAX: (202) 707-1334
Phil
Phil at the library of congress: sorry for jumping in – but I noticed you
mentioned the pioneer 600 CDROM minichanger. Have you experience with it? I am
interested in possibly getting the 604x and am trying to find out if there are
any problems. Any thoughts??
Joseph
Joseph, I have a Pioneer 604 X here that I writing a review of. They seem to
have thought of any possible problems and provided a solution and I have
thankfully been able to use my CD-ROM's with no problems. I suggest you use a
SCSI adapter other than the Always IN-2000 as I have experienced some problems
with it. The Always ASPI driver is less than perfect, but they are working on
it. The drive is very fast since it spins at 4 x the speed of a standard
drive. It takes about 6 seconds to change disks. The drive comes with ASPI
drivers, MAC drivers and some utility programs for playing audio CD's, etc.
The drive was very easy to set up. I would be happy to answer any questions
you might have.
Bruce,
If someone could spring for the extra bucks for a Pioneer 604X, would you
recommend it for non-professional use?
I'm heavily into genealogy, and plan to buy several different CD-ROM based
databases (SSN, death, etc.). I'm wondering if it would be worth $800-900
extra to me (on the minimizing annoyances scale) to have 6 such disks loaded,
and not have to futz with changing them. And, I'm wondering how the extra speed
would rate on my anti-annoyance scale. But, since I have no experience with
single drives nor multiples, I can only wildly guess.
Would it be worth it to you, based on your experience with single and
multiple-disk drives?
I know I would spring for the 604X if I did this all day long, but I only do it
for a few hours a couple of times a week. So, I cannot justify the extra cost
for productivity reasons.
David
Yes, David if you have the bucks buy the Pioneer 604x. It's good as a home
unit too. I have mine loaded with Phone Disk Reverse – Western edition, Phone
Disk Business national, Map Expert, Word/Bookshelf, Corel Draw 4.0 (2 disks). I
also have a single play Sony CDU-541 drive. I do a lot of beta testing and
write reviews, so it is necessary for me to have different hardware to isolate
bugs. I think the 604 is worth it's additional cost for the speed and
convenience it provides. I also suggest you pick up Norton Speed Cache Plus as
a good CD-ROM and hard disk caching program.
Thanks for the reply, Bruce. I'd love to have the convenience of the 604x, but
I'm not sure I can justify it for my level of usage. It's tempting, though.
VERY tempting.
Bruce,
Where will the article be published? Is there any chance you could
upload it to this forum?
Phil
I am not in control of when and were my articles will be published. I submit
them to Resource International Publishing (RIPC). RIPC will be publishing a
CD-ROM of CD-ROM's that will include most if not all of the reviews I have
submitted. They also submit the reviews to several magazines here and abroad.
I usually only know that a review was published when the magazine is printed
and sometimes not till it hits the stands. I can not upload the article to the
forum because the magazines usually want exclusive publishing rights and
because it is not yet complete. I'm trying to resolve some driver problems
that I believe are not Pioneer's fault. I would be happy to answer any
specific questions you have on the 604x or provide you with a contact at
Pioneer.