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From: sb@pro-generic.cts.com (Stephen Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: CD ROM Applications
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Date: 5 May 90 09:47:00 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from farrier@Apple.COM

I appreciate the information supplied by Doug Gwyn (gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL) and
Cary Farrier (farrier@Apple.COM). Let me quote Cary:

>aside from
>being able to read the files on the disk (handled by the FSTs under
>GS/OS), you still need to know what to do with the files, how to search
>the database, etc.
 
Perhaps, really, that is my question. I don't know how files are typically
stored on CD ROMs, ie. whether they are ASCII or DBASE or what. Presumably,
they are in some format which is friendly to most MS-DOS machines. Does this
mean then, that though GS/OS would let me look at the files, there isn't much
I could do with them?  I wouldn't expect that CD's would come with an Apple
IIGS application to do the retreival, so what would I use?  Would I be
competely S.O.L.?

I must admit that I don't (personally) own an Apple CD ROM, but I had been
asked by a school interested in connecting a CD ROM to their GS's, whether it
was worth it, to access available databases such as the Periodical Index,
Brittanica, etc.  I think they TOO would rather not use one of those, er...
cheap MS DOS machines for a general purpose task like this.

The bottom line: Is there a CD ROM retreival application written for the IIGS?
[if not, which technotes cover this stuff?]

Thanks again,  STEPHEN BROWN (Willowdale, Ontario, CANADA)

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