Re: LogicWorks, Inc. CD-ROM

[Bill North <north@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

In article <c99_9502221554@genesplicer.org>
Scott Alfter, Scott.Alfter@skunkworks.genesplicer.org
writes:
>These both sound interesting...but what format will you
use for the CD-ROM? 
>If they'll be in ISO-9660 format, I might be interested
in one of the disks
>(or maybe even both).  If they're in HFS or ProDOS
format, forget it.  (My
>CD-ROM drive is on an IBM clone; ISO-9660 would be a
much-preferred format
>since you'd then be able to put your CD-ROM up on nearly
any BBS for any
>computer.)

On the other hand, if you follow the strictest minimal
ISO-9660
file naming conventions (which are almost identical to
MsDos
file naming conventions), someone would have to
deform/chop all
the ProDos file names into unrecognizable form. I have
plenty of
CdRoms with "MsDos" names where you have no idea what the
file
contains without a comprehensive index (usually poorly
done -
it takes a lot of labor), or opening each file one-by-one.

I would prefer it in either ISO-9660 using _maximal_ naming
conventions (which are similar to UNIX names), or HFS.

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