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From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel)
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Subject: Re: CD ROMS and Audio Cd Players
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Date: 8 Dec 89 15:56:14 GMT
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In article <806@prles2.UUCP> greenstr@cstw75.prl.philips.nl (Roland 
Greenstreet) writes:
>  I don't know if this is possible but maybe someone can help me. I have
> been wondering if it is possible to connect an normal CD player , maybe 
> with some modification , to a IBM AT compatable to read CD ROMS.

No.  Not without adding enough electronics to make the drive a CD-ROM 
player.  Note that you might also have problems with the duty cycle of the 
motors on a regular audio CD player; CD-ROM drives usually have better 
drive components to stand the increased seeking.

>  If an manage to connect it all up is the data on the CD ROMS stored in a
> special format? If it is does anybody know what this format is?

Most MS-DOS CD-ROM discs (and many Macintosh discs) are in ISO 9660 format 
(or its older predecessor, High Sierra.)  You can obtain a copy of the ISO 
9660 format from ECMA, the European Computer Manufacturer's Association.  
The address is
    ECMA Headquarters
    114 Rue du Rhone
    1204 Geneva
    Switzerland


--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"