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From: rs.miller@pro-harvest.cts.com (Randy Miller)
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Subject: re:cd's
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Date: 2 May 90 04:46:49 GMT
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In article <12012.infoapple.net@pro-generic> sb@pro-generic.cts.com asks about
using a cd-rom packages like H.W. Wilson's reader's guide and Encyclopaedia
Britannica with the IIGS.  The response from Edward@pro-harvest.cts.com was
that it would have to be either in ISO 9660 or ProDOS format for use with the
IIGS.  The two packages in question are more than likely in ISO 9660 format,
however, to the best of my knowlegde, neither package (especially the reader's
guide, or any other ROM product produced by H.W. Wilson Co.) has a front end
that is operable on the IIGS.  You either have to have a MeSsy-DOS box or a
Mac toaster at this time in order to use either of these products (of course,
by the time the American Library Association convention roll around in July
(it's held in Chicago this year at McCormack Convention Center), either or
both companies may have a IIGS front end.  (although I wouldn't put any money
on it.  I could probably talk to a Wilson rep at the show.  H.W. Wilson is one
of the mainstays of the library world, concentrating mainly on magazine
indices, of which the Reader's guide to Periodical Literature is probably the
best known.  Wilson is usually VERY responsive to the market, so anything is
liable to happen.)
Randy Miller

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