=============================== README =====================================

Welcome to the Walnut Creek CDROM Anonymous FTP site ftp.cdrom.com
This is an archive of all kinds of stuff relating to CD-ROMs.

README        - This file

ada.ps        - Information on the Walnut Creek Ada CDROM (Postscript)
ada_cd.txt    - More information about the Walnut Creek Ada CDROM (ascii)

author.txt    - Information for people interested in authoring CDROMs

catalog       - List of CD-ROM titles, with brief descriptions

cav10e.zip    - CacheAll demo program for DOS, good until 31 May 93

cd_intro.txt  - A nice intro to CD technology written by Andy Poggio in 1988.

cd_label.ps   - Postscript file to print two CDROM jewel box labels on a page.

cd_label.tex  - LaTeX macro for printing out a CDROM jewel box label

cd_label2.ps  - Postscript file to print a front and back cover for a jewelbox.

cd_list       - Long List of CD-ROMs, published by America Online

cdblksize.zip - a small utility for MSDOS to switch a SunCD drive back into
                2048 bytes/block mode, so that it can be used with
                MSDOS/MSCDEX. The utility requires an ASPI interface to
                access the SunCD drive.

cdi/          - CD Interactive
  cdicat.txt  - CD-I title catalog
  cdidir.txt  - CD-I Directory
  cdifaq.txt  - CD-I Frequently Asked Questions
  cdipro.txt  - Info on professional CD-I titles, projects & corporate uses

cd_pcnfs.txt  - A brief review paper by Edmund J. Sutcliffe
                <edmund@york.ac.uk> on using PC-NFS to server CD-ROMS

cdromnfs.txt - A somewhat longer look at networking CD-ROM's using
                NFS to both Macs and IBM PC compatibles, written by
                Edmund J. Sutcliffe <edmund@york.ac.uk>

cdarch.txt    - IEEE CD-ROM Architecture Working Group Meeting Minutes

cdemu2.zip    - A program to make CD-ROMs work across a network by emulating
                MCDEX.

cdext.exe     - MCDEX in a self-extracting zip archive

cdgrab32.zip  - CDGRAB Ver 3.2, Grab sectors of data from a cdrom

cdi.faq       - Frequently Asked Questions about Compact Disc Interactive

cdlab100.zip  - Print a CDROM Jewel box label, Windows 3.1

cdlock.com    - Lock/Unlock utilities to prevent ejection during use

cdnap.com     - Power down a Hitachi CD-ROM drive when not in use

cdplay2.zip   - This is an excellent little DOS CD Audio utility. Includes
                a TSR version which must be registered to work, but at least
                the DOS version is fully functional. Nice!

cdpub         - Archives for CD-Publishing mail list

cdrom.asc     - _INSIDE THE ISO-9660 FILESYSTEM FORMAT_
                by William Frederick Jolitz and Lynne Greer Jolitz
                From Dec 92 Dr. Dobbs Journal

cdrom_l       - Infomation on CDROM-L from Bitnet Listserv

cdromlan.faq  - Frequently Asked Questions about CDROMs on Local Area Networks

cdroms/       - Index files and readme's for several CD-ROMs:
    ada/      - The Ada CDROM
    aminet/   - The Amiga Aminet CD-ROM
    cica/     - The CICA MicroSoft Windows CD-ROM
    cug/      - The C Users' Group Library CDROM
    garbo/    - The Garbo MSDOS/Mac CD-ROM
    gifs/     - Gifs Galore CDROM
    ham/      - The QRZ Ham Radio CDROM
    hobbes/   - The Hobbes OS/2 CD-ROM
    libris/   - Libris Britannia CDROM
    nova/     - The Nova CDROM for the NeXT
    qrz/      - QRZ! Ham Radio CDROM
    simtel/   - The Simtel20 MSDOS CD-ROM
    source/   - The Usenet Source Code CD-ROM.
    sprite/   - The Sprite Network Operating System CDROM
    x11_gnu/  - The X11R5/Gnu CD-ROM

ctools.tar.Z  - Ctools, a set of utilities to read ISO-9660 and older
                CDROM disks under SYSVR4.

disc.eps      -
disc.ps       - Standard "COMPACT DISC, DATA STORAGE" logo for a CD-ROM

drive.txt     - Matrix of information on hundreds of CDROM drives

drives/       - Information on CDROM Drives
    appleCD.300    - Apple 300CD
    XM_3401B       - Toshiba XM_3401B
    drm_604x.faq   - FAQ Pioneer DRM-604X six disc changer
    mitsumi.faq    - FAQ about Mitsumi drives
    mitsumi.txt    - Specs for CRMC-LU005S and CRS-UF Mitsumi CD-ROM drives

ecma168/      - ECMA 168 CD-ROM Filesystem standard documents

faq           - Answers to frequently asked questions from alt.cd-rom

faq_disc      - Answers to frequently asked questions about inexpensive
                discs, by Jim Raehl

faq_mm        - Answers to frequently asked questions from comp.multimedia.

fcdex.zip     - Fake CD-ROM Extensions - For use with a networked CD-ROM by
                R. Allen Gwinn, Jr - Southern Methodist University 
                (allen@mail.cox.smu.edu)

forsale       - Stuff for sale.  Feel free to upload anything CD-ROM related
                that you are selling.  Commercial stuff is okay.
   hardware/    Hardware, such as drives, caddies, etc.
   software/    Software, such as CD-ROM titles, CD utilities, etc.

handling      - Care and handling of compact discs.

hobbes.ps     - Information about the Hobbes OS/2 Archive on CDROM

incoming/     - Put your uploads here.  Please do not contribute any files
                that have restrictions on redistribution.  Please leave a note
                or send email after uploading.
    books/    - Contributions for etext CD-ROMs
    gifs/     - Contributions for GIF CD-ROMs
    reviews/  - Reviews of CD-ROMs
    stock/    - Contributions for the Stock/Financial data CD-ROM
    misc/     - other uploads

infopack.exe  - A pack on infomation distributed by MicroSoft on the
                CD-ROM technology and networking.

inter31[a-c].zip - Ralf Brown's interrupt bible, including very complete
                informaton on MSCDEX programming.

know_med      - Information on CD-ROMs from Knowledge Media

load_hi.txt   - Instructions for loading MSCDEX into high memory.

micro.med     - CD-ROM Source listing, from Micro-Medic

mits230.zip   - The PC Dos drivers for the Mitsumi CD Rom.  They are version
                2.30.  They should make the LU005 drives be Photo CD compliant.

mkisofs-1.00.tar - ISO-9660 + Rock Ridge CDROM Premastering Software. Gnu-ware

mount.c       - Program to perform 'safe' file system mount/umount
                operations without requiring super user permissions.

mscdex.txt    - A list of MSCDEX parameters

mscdex_f.lst  - A list of  MSCDEX function calls and returns, from MicroSoft.

mscdex_p.lst  - A fairly complete breakdown of whose search software uses
                which MSCDEX funtions. This was done by Colin Ian King
                <cik@ukc.ac.uk> of the  Templeman Library, University of Kent.

mscdex21.zip  - Microsoft's info on how to talk to the CD-ROM extensions
                (MSCDEX.EXE) and a sample DOS application which is crude
                but effective in playing audio tracks.

mscdfunc.doc  - MSCDEX Function Requests Specification

mscfake       - A small TSR that fakes MSDEX installation checks to make
                a hard disk look like a (very fast) CD-ROM.

multimed.ms   - Multimedia Programming Interface and Data Specifications 1.0
                Issued as a joint design by IBM and Microsoft.

mxsub.zip     - A MSCDEX faker. Written by Digital Solutions in Australia and
                now available under GNU public license.

pcd_scan.txt  - Article comparing PhotoCD with Highend scans

photo_cd/     - Information on Kodak Photo CD
    agt.txt
    apple.txt
    background.txt
    catalog.txt
    educom.txt
    hl.txt
    kpx.txt
    lead.txt
    library.txt
    medical.txt
    milestones.txt
    portfolio.txt
    propcd.txt
    propiw.txt
    quote.txt
    ship.txt
    software.txt
    writeablecd.txt

photo_cd.tar.Z - Compressed tar file of all the stuff listed above

ptf/          - Info on Unix CD-ROMs from Prime Time Freeware

pubs          - List of publications related to CD-ROM

publshrs      - List of 25 CD-ROM publishers in 8 countries

recorder/     - Information on CDROM Recorders
    pinnacle  - Pinnacle RCD-200 Recordable CD-ROM Drive

reviews/      - CD-ROM Reviews

rockridge/    - Documentation on the Rock Ridge Standard
    00_index.txt - Index
    rrg.01    - Cover Letter
    rrg.02    - Press Release (postscript)
    rrg.03    - Comment Form
    rrg.04    - Goals (postscript)
    rrg.05    - RRIP spec, v1.09 (ps comprsd)
    rrg.06    - SUSP spec, v1.09 (postscript)
    rrg.07    - Press Release (troff)
    rrg.08    - Goals (troff)
    rrg.09    - SUSP spec, v1.09 (troff shar)
    rrg.10    - Press Release (pcl.Z shar)
    rrg.11    - RRIP spec, v1.09 (troff shar)
    rrg.12    - Goals (pcl.Z shar)
    rrg.13    - SUSP spec, v1.09 (troff post)
    rrg.14    - SUSP spec, v1.09 (pcl.Z shar)
    rrg.15    - RRIP spec, v1.09 (troff post)
    rrg.16    - RRIP spec, v1.09 (postscript)
    rrg.17    - RRIP spec, v1.09 (pcl.Z shar)

rockridge.tar.Z - Compressed tar file of all the stuff listed above.

sbpcdxa.zip   - An XA-driver for the Matsushita drives

setreclen.c   - Set record length of CDROM to 512 bytes to use on a Sun

shsucd03.zip  - Dr. John McCoy's latest client/server programs for CDROMs.
                Includes a MSCDEX replacement written in assembler which is
                unloadable and uses only 10k of RAM.  The client/server
                programs require NETBIOS.

sndsrc.zip    - Disney Sound Source driver for windows 3.1

sun_cd.c      - Program to allow non-Sun cdrom drive to be used on a Sun.

sun_toshiba/  - Several programs for using a Toshiba 3401 on a Sun.
    pr.c      - Play music from Raw audio sectors
    rcb.c     - Read CD-DA Blocks
    set_raw.c - Set density to 0x82 to allow reading raw CD-DA frames

t7g-fix.exe
t7g-fix.txt   - Updated files for The 7th Guest, including a new V.EXE file,
                INSTALL, and sound drivers.

ttlvnd.txt    - List of title vendors from OPA

unix.txt      - notes on ISO-9660 handling by various Unix/Unix-like systems.

wild_cd.zip   - Wildcat installtion files for our cdroms.  (Bug fix.) zip file
		version.  (Use binary transfer mode!)
wild_cd.uue   - Wildcat installtion files for our cdroms.  (Bug fix.)  
		Uuencoded version of the zip file.

winscsi.zip   - A Windows program that will software lock CD-ROM drives.
                Requires an ASPI based SCSI host adapter.  Keep in mind
                that turning the CD-ROM drive off and then on will then
                make the media ejectable.

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        Walnut Creek, CA  94596

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