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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ATARI CDAR504 CD ROM PLAYER
Keywords: CDAR504 CD-Rom Player
Message-ID: <1990Jul6.040051.10256@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 6 Jul 90 04:00:51 GMT
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Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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I hesitate to speak in the same discussion with Howard, who knows device 
drivers awfully well.  But from what little I've been able to learn, (another
reason I hesitate--I don't have one) the CDAR504 and its driver software 
have been designed for greatest flexibility.  Physical and logical disk
access functions are separated as much as possible.  The boldness of the
attempt should be viewed in light of the fact that for PC applications, it's
now common to regard the CD ROM, the player and the access software as one
purchase.  It's unsafe to presume ANY degree of interoperability.  In this
context, the serious problems mentioned aren't all that discouraging.  The
ST may yet become the universal CD reader.  It clearly isn't there yet.
   On a related note: can anyone tell me how to get the documents describing
the CD ROM 'standards'?  (High Sierra and ISO something-or-other).  I can
see a few applications, but I don't know remotely enough.
                                 Steve J.