#AsimCDFS
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John:
I just ordered Asimware Innovations' AsimCDFS for use with my Amiga and
the Toshiba 3201B CD-ROM drive. Have you used this s/w yet? You didn't
make mention of it in your MARCH '92 AW article, and it's the only s/w
I've seen so far that claims MAC HFS support.
Michael
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Michael,
What is the average seek time for the Toshiba 3201B CD-ROM drive
you just purchased for $250? Is this drive you purchased from Gary Hobish
73657,656 (415) 564-2775 (PST) a new unit or used?
Chris
Chris:
It's a brand new unit. He apparently gets them OEM in bulk quantity, so
the packaging, while certainly more than adequate to protect the product
during shipment, is not retail 'slick'.
If you're interested, check out the 'article' I uploaded to AmigaUser
describing the full installation (EXTEXP.LHA).
As far as the specs go, here's a copy of the CIS classified I responded
to:
Toshiba XM-3201B CD ROM players available, $250/ea. Int. mounting,
high-performance (350ms access). 90-day warranty. SCSI host adapter
cable and software $50. Quantity discounts available. PLEASE RESPOND
VIA EMAIL for more detailed information. Gary Hobish <73657,656>
415-564-2775
Michael
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how do you mount an 'internal' drive in a a3000?
-jack
Jack:
I'm not sure what you are asking: >>"how do you mount an 'internal' drive
in a a3000?"<<
I have two quantum hard drives and the standard CBM floppy drive "in" my
A3000. The CD-Rom drive and the Tape drive are mounted in an external case
and connected via the A3000 external scsi port.
Michael
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Exactly, your cdrom drive is in an external case. The A3000 doesn't have
'bays' for peripheral devices, eh? To use an 'internal' drive, I need to
buy a box.
-jack Jack Velte Walnut Creek CDROM
Jack,
The Amiga 3000 has 3 internal bays that will hold 3.5" 1/2ht devices… 2
of the bays are open to the front (one is occupied by the standard
internal 3.5" floppy drive, and the 'hidden' bay is occupied by the
standard hard drive). 5.25" devices must be mounted externally.
The A3000 also has a 25 pin SCSI port on the rear of the case, making it
easy to add external SCSI devices.
The Amiga 2000 has 3 5.25" bays (two open to the front).
Thanks for forwarding the price list/order form.
Michael
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Uh….
The Amiga 2000 doesn't have 3 5.25" bays, it has one 5.25" bay, and two
3.5" bays…
oh, your right! sorry 'bout that. Don't know what I was thinking.
Michael
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A friend of mine has the Asim CDRom software and says it works just fine.
The Xetec software now supports HFS as well. I have the latest update of
the Xetec software and can attest to its quality. CDRom-FS does not support
HFS as yet.
….Mark Sterling 74335,1677
Thanks Mark… BTW, when I spoke with HyperMedia today, they said they
were now selling both CDRom-FS _and_ AsimCDFS; your choice, $89 including
the fish disks. I ordered AsmCDFS from Basic Computer (AmigaMan) in
Hermitage, PA for $59.00.
Michael
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Let me know what you think of AsmCDFS when you get it. You'll find that
CDRoms are
great way to suck down large blocks of time browsing through hundreds of
megabytes of data.
….Mark Sterling 74335,1677
Mark:
I will let you know… it will be here tomorrow. Which s/w are you using?
BTW: C-glow is basically history. Sunbeam fired the VP of Sales and
Marketing today… Sunbeam grills with the CHARMGLOW name on them are
already being sold in Home Depot stores. What a shame.
Michael
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I'm using the Xetec CDRom software right now, and with good results. I
stopped using CDRom-FS as it was causing Whap! to crash. It took me months
to figure that one out.
Sounds like Charmglow IS being dismembered. Sunbeam does have a
reputation for ruthlessness.
BTW, what is autopilot? The Beta version of the new Whap!? Just guessing
here. Whap! is just about the best $40 I ever spent. I use it for fun at
home and for business at work. i get quite a few of my parts orders via CI$
mail and Whap! makes it easy to collect and acknowledge it.
….Mark Sterling 74335,1677
Michael,
Version 1.60 of Xetec's CD software now supports Mac HFS discs. Out of the
three competing CD-ROM files systems (CD-RomFS, ASimCDFS, & Xetec) the
Xetec software is far and away the best. It has a very slick and easy to
use installer, a polished CD-Audio player, includes CLI utilities and
programming info, pre-written scripts for dozens of CDTV titles, and more.
They also provide good support for the CD software on their BBS.
Frankly, I'm puzzled as to why Xetec doesn't advertise their CD-ROM
filesystem in Amiga mags, as it's easily superior to the other filesystems
and interest in CD-ROMs is increasing.
Sunny:
Thanks very much for your input. Sounds llike I need to check out the
Xetec s/w as well then.
Are there any particular discs that you'd consider 'must have'? I've got
this wonderful CD-Rom drive sitting here with nothing but FredFish CD's to
feed it (not that I'm complaining!).
Michael
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Michael,
Here is a disc our company sells. Perhaps this is of interest.
AB20 Amiga CDROM $24.95
This disc contains the entire Amiga Internet Archive from
ab20.larc.nasa.gov. There is more than 300 megs of software,
over three thousand files. Hundreds of applications, including
GNU utilities, editors, hypertext, plotter utilities, modem and
communication programs. There are demos of commercial
programs, video games, strategy games, card games, and
word games. There are many graphical images, animations,
and programs to view them.
There are many documents on Amiga hardware, a huge
selection of sound files, and utilities to play them, including
Noisetraker and MED modules. The Amiga implementation
of the TeX typesetting program, with MetaFONT and dvi
filters, is included.
The disc contains all of the Usenet archives comp.sources.amiga
and comp.binaries.amiga. This includes thousands of source
code files that are an invaluable resource for any progammer.
The AB20 Amiga CDROM was made in May 1992
(This disc will Not work in the Amiga CD-TV.)
Jack:
How does one go about ordering AB20 Amiga CDROM? Sounds very interesting!
Michael
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Jack,
I bought the AB20 disc and really like it. It is quite a steal for the
price. I even figured out how to UUdecode. I was a little disappointed that
the "new" directory was not on the disc. Any plans to add that to a new
edition? BTW I just ordered the 1000 books disc and am eagerly awaiting its
shipment.
….Mark Sterling 74335,1677
I'm glad you like the AB20 disc. Warm fuzzies for amigas!
Yes, I'm sorry we deleted /incoming from the disc. We didn't want to deal
with the problems of the unknown files. And since yes don't have an amiga
(for shame!) we couldn't inspect or catagorize the files ourselves. The
files are still available on the wuarchive internet site that mirrors the
final state of AB20.
We plan to update the AB20 disc with an exact copy of the new Amiga archive
in switzerland. Expect this disc in 6-8 weeks.
-jack
Jack Velte
Walnut Creek CDROM
I've figured out the problem on CDTV, and am trying to figure out a good
way to match it.
Give me a call; I can tell you how to avoid the problem on future disc
releases.
andy
Thanks for the reply. I'll look for the update disc with newer Amiga stuff.
Even if you don't have an Amiga your work on the disc is appreciated.
….Mark Sterling 74335,1677
Jack,
I also just purchased the AB20 disk at a computer show and would be
interested in hearing about any updates etc. that are available. Also, any
other AMIGA usable disks that are put out.
Thanks,
Norm
– via Whap!
Jack,
I was wondering if you plan on releasing a version of the ab20 disc which
includes the /incoming directory (or is it too late?) There was at least
another 200 megs of files there, and those files are more up-to-date than
the files which were already categorized.
Michael,
Well, I have the ab20 disc that Jack has mentioned. Not a bad disc, but
there will be quite a bit of overlap if you already own one of the Fred
Fish CDs. Stuff that's available on the ab20 disc that doesn't overlap
with the Fish CDs: euro demos, MOD files, commercial demos,
PasTeX/MetaFont, and lots of source code.
Walnut Creek (which offers the ab20 disc) also has a Desktop Library CDROM
available for $39.95, which contains the text of over a thousand books,
covering classical works, historical documents, and reference works.
If you own a bridgeboard, I recommend Microsoft's Bookshelf for Windows. A
very well done reference library. Also, Lucasfilm Loom CD is also pretty
good.
I don't recommend you get any CDTV games. Most of them are just standard
Amiga games dumped onto CD with little or no enhancement. The CDTV Time
Table of History series is pretty nice. Other CDTV reference titles
(World/American Vista, Advanced Military Systems, etc) all basically amount
to glorified slide shows and aren't really worth it (unless you want a
large collection of good quality HAM pics).
Sunny:
Thanks very much for the info on CD's. I think I would like the DeskTop
library… and yes, I do have a BridgBoard, so I'll into MS Bookshelf as
well.
Thanks again,
Michael
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Sunny:
I just purchased a CDROM called AB20 from a company called Walnut Creek
CDROM. It's a collection of Amiga programs from some NASA computer (named
AB20) that was hooked into InterNet. There's quite a collection including;
games, fonts, euro-demos, anims, pics and other stuff about 290 megs worth.
Their number is 800-786-9907 or 510-947-5996. I gave them a call the other
day and was told they'll have some new releases that should be interesting.
Now if there was just enough time to look at all this stuff!
…….. Paul McCarthy – Whapping! – from New York City!
Walnut Creek also puts out CD-ROMs for various Mac, MS-DOS, Windows 3, (and
probably others…) archives which are available over the Internet.
Mike
Thanks for the lead and the phone # Paul!
Michael
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I wondered, too! When I wrote the first installment of my CD-ROM articles
for AmigaWorld, I called Xetec, and they didn't seem to want to send me
anything. The PR person was very confused – when I asked for the software,
they thought I wanted a drive, and they never sent me any literature. After
that article appeared, they were mad that I hadn't said enough about them!
The second time around, I was able to do their product justice. The $50
deal is quite a deal!
Yeah, I don't quite understand it myself. I mean, you wouldn't even know
that Xetec is offering a CD-ROM filesystem unless you called and asked them
for it. Quite odd.