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From: blochowi@rt5.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: CD ROM formats (was Re: Questions....)
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Date: 27 Oct 89 06:01:38 GMT
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In article <4912@internal.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes:
>	Not all CD-ROMs are formatted under the High Sierra or ISO 9660
>	(the ISO version of High Sierra), I have seen a number of ProDOS
>	and HFS CD-ROMs.  The ones that are formatted under HS/ISO 9660
>	you should be able to read.

	Is there are reason that a ProDOS CD-ROM wouldn't be readable under
GS/OS (or ProDOS 8, for that matter)? It'd be horrible if this were another
"well, gee, it looks like it's the way it's supposed to be, but it's not"
(like the bit with the FSTs).

	What are the other major formats for CD-ROMs, and how many of them
are in HS/ISO 9660? (rough percentages should do the trick) I would imagine
that Apple picked High Sierra for a reason, but the reason isn't always
because it's the most popular... Oh, if the CD-ROMs aren't in HS, will they
still be block-level readable with the Apple CD-ROM drive?

>| Cary Farrier | farrier@apple.com       |


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