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From: jamesp@world.std.com (james M peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Corel cd-reoms
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.182957.10256@world.std.com>
Date: 6 Mar 91 18:29:57 GMT
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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For those of you who asked about Corel CD-ROM stuff:

(Using a beta copy)

The setup is basically a SCSI CD-ROM and controller and two NLM's.
Corel seems to use an Adaptec but things may change.

NLM #1 sets up the CD-ROM drvices; initalization, etc...
NLM #2 creates "databases."  Since NetWare 3.x does not support
       CDs directly yet, Corel creates their own file system/CD
       interface.
       What you do is create a database name "Test CD database"
       or "10000 Art slides.." and connect 1 or more CD drives
       to the database name.  Then you issue a mount command
       and the database comes on-line.
       The more CD's the more, or bigger "databases" you can have.
       You can mount and dismount as needed.

On the PC side, you load a device driver and then load the Microsoft
extensions.  You then use a CDMAP command to map drive letters to the 
available databases.

Performance is good to real good to fast depending on the server and 
workstation buffer size.

I tried the software with a number of different SCSI CD-ROMS and it seemed
to work ok.