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From: campbelr@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com (Bob Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: xcd with HP-IB
Message-ID: <31480021@hpcuhe.cup.hp.com>
Date: 15 Apr 91 19:20:08 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.122738.18386@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> Someone at HP has most graciously got me a binary copy of XCD which
> "should" work with my HP-IB CD-ROM player. Well it doesn't . Does
> anyone have the source for this? If so please contact me.

If you have a copy of the xcd program I am familiar with, then the
short answer is "No!"  The author wasn't all that excited when it
was released internally.  A future copy may be available through
the usual "no support" methods, but it isn't for me to say.

Xcd as it now exists is not the most stable of programs.  In use on
a 350 it is restarted often, can sometimes hang and once (possibly due
to a bad CD-ROM drive) was involved with a system panic with root disc
corruption.

If you still want to use xcd, please contact me if you have questions.  
I assume that the author will post when and if he wants to get involved.
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Bob Campbell                Some times I wish that I could stop you from
campbelr@hpda.cup.hp.com    talking, when I hear the silly things you say.
Hewlett Packard                                    - Elvis Costello