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From: fdm@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Frank D. Malczewski)
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Subject: Mac software for reading "generic" CD-ROMS?
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Date: 7 Jun 91 20:10:32 GMT
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Assume that I have an Apple CD player/Apple driver software, and that I want
to purchase a CD-ROM that is in one of the standard formats supported by
the driver software (e.g., High Sierra).  Further, assume that the CD-ROM
does not come with any software for the Mac to read its files, which are
presumably just basic text files.

Is there any software for the Mac (preferably free :-) that would allow
me to access the files?  If so, where might these be available?

If not, how would one go about writing, for example, an MPW tool to read
the files?  Would it just be a matter of utilizing some of the CD-ROM
odds and ends that have appeared on various Mac developer CD-ROMs and just
pulling the interesting file into an MPW window?

A bit on the naive side, admittedly, but I've not seen a CD-ROM that hasn't
been prepared with the Mac in mind...

--Frank Malczewski                        (fdm@wlv.imsd.contel.com)