Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!simon From: simon@cs.ualberta.ca (Simon Tortike) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Apple's new CD-ROM drive & ISO/High Sierra file formats Summary: Can this be used to read CDROMs designed for PCs? Keywords: CDROM PC Message-ID: Date: 28 Jun 91 04:14:43 GMT Sender: news@cs.UAlberta.CA (News Administrator) Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Lines: 23 I was interested to read about Apple's new CD-ROM reader, and particularly the bit about the drive supporting the ISO and High Sierra formats. We would like to be able to put a CD-ROM reader on our AppleTalk network, but with the ability to read CD-ROMs which were designed to be run with IBM-PC systems. This is important because most of the oil & gas industry data available now on CD-ROM is only for PC-based systems, similarly for engineering aids in general. If the drive supports these formats, then I suppose all we have to do is wait for someone to write Macintosh versions of the search and display software already bundled on these CD-ROMs. Would anyone care to comment on the likelihood of this new drive being useful for someone who wants to read CD-ROMs pressed for the PC market? -- W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338 Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219 and Petroleum Engineering, | University of Alberta, | CA*net : simon@mmpe.mineral.UAlberta.CA Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. | NeXTmail: simon@nawab.mineral.UAlberta.CA