Re: CD ROM with IIGS???

[neiderma@er1.rutgers.edu (Kid)]

Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:

>In article <34fhsv$a1s@er2.rutgers.edu> Kid, neiderma@er2.rutgers.edu writes:
>>I want, and grab babillions of bytes of stuff from "PC only" CDROMs.
>>I was a at a computer show not too long ago, and bought a CDROM full of
>>.MOD songs (about 250 megs), a CDROM full of .FLI animations
>>(about 600 megs) which I converted to Paintworks files, a CDROM full
>>of sounds (about 500 megs), and a CDROM full of .GIF files (about 400
>>megs).  If you want cool stuff for your GS, a CD unit is the way to go!

>I have been looking for PC CDs as you describe above, but ISO 9660
>seems to be a dying format. All the PC CDs I've seen lately appear
>to be in MsDos format (which the GS won't read). Can you give a
>list of your PC titles that can be succesfully read on the GS, and
>their date?

Although CDs say they are "for the PC only", they are laid out in
the ISO-9660 format.  I'd guess the gross majority of the CDs
out there are in this ISO format.  Besides, if they were formatted in
purely MSDOS (which I don't think is possible), you could still read
them because the MSDOS FST comes with System 601 and works 100%.