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From: blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Appletalk CD-ROM access
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Date: 4 Jan 90 14:42:57 GMT
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In article <1990Jan2.151626.7868@aucs.uucp> paul@aucs.uucp (Paul Steele) 
writes:
> The boss wants to a CD-ROM service on our Appletalk network so that
> users can access a networked shareable CD-ROM player over the network.
> Is there any way to accomplish this sort of thing in a Mac/Appletalk
> environment.  We would rather not have to dedicate a Mac to the service,
> but if its necessary then we will.

AppleShare 2.0.1 supports CD-ROM and other read-only media.  You can have 
up to 7 SCSI CD players attached to one server.  It works well. This does
require that you dedicate a Mac as a server.  I don't know about other 
solutions.

As for a multi-disc CD player, there may be such a beast out there, but I 
haven't heard of anything widely available.  Panasonic recently announced 
a 6-disc CD-ROM player; perhaps they have a Macintosh driver available.

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"