davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) (05/23/89)
Hi, Where I work, we've got a Hitachi CD-ROM drive with a couple of CDs. One says that it is in 'High Sierra' format. I was wondering if anyone could describe this format to me so I could write our own retrieval software. Any help would be appriciated... Dave P.S. It seems that CD-ROMs are getting to be popular.. maybe a new group comp.periphs.cd-rom would be in order?? -- davek@lakesys.lakesys.com uunet!marque!lakesys!davek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forgetting your superuser password is just God's way of saying "BOOGA, BOOGA!"
dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) (05/24/89)
In article <642@lakesys.UUCP> davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes: >Hi, >Where I work, we've got a Hitachi CD-ROM drive with a couple of CDs. One says >that it is in 'High Sierra' format. I was wondering if anyone could describe >this format to me so I could write our own retrieval software. I'm looking for the same. Who is publishing the spec, and how may it be obtained? -- Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu
davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) (05/24/89)
In article <3356@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>, dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: > I'm looking for the same. Who is publishing the spec, and how may it be > obtained? > So far, the only thing that I've found out is that the H.S. format is discussed in a book called "CD-ROM vol. 2 - Optical Publishing" and is available from the Microsoft Press. The address for Microsoft Press is as follows: Microsoft Press 16011 N.E. 36th Way, Box 97017 Redmond, Washington 98073-9717 Hopes this helps. > Steve Dyer Dave Kraft -- davek@lakesys.lakesys.com uunet!marque!lakesys!davek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forgetting your superuser password is just God's way of saying "BOOGA, BOOGA!"
blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel) (05/25/89)
In article <3356@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: > In article <642@lakesys.UUCP> davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes: > >Hi, Where I work, we've got a Hitachi CD-ROM drive with a couple of CDs. > >One says that it is in 'High Sierra' format. I was wondering if anyone > >could describe this format to me so I could write our own retrieval > >software. > > I'm looking for the same. Who is publishing the spec, and how may it be > obtained? The original High Sierra spec was published by NIST (formerly NBS) and is available from NISO/NIST Administration 101 Library E-106 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301) 975-2814 What you really should be looking at is the international standard which is equivalent to High Sierra; ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119 or pANS Z39.60 198x). This is (probably) available from the same source, or write to the International Organization for Standardization in Geneva, Switzerland. (Sorry, I don't have a better address than that.) These documents are written in bureaucratese. For a human-readable description of High Sierra, look in the second Microsoft CD-ROM conference book. High Sierra/ISO 9660 is a operating system independent volume format. It specifies directory and file structures in a way such that the CD is readable under a variety of operating systems. Support is provided by many operating systems, including Apple Macintosh, Apple IIgs, MS-DOS, Digital's VMS, and many varieties of Unix. Note that High Sierra defines how to get to the files, not the file contents. If you have further specific questions, ask. I wrote the Mac High Sierra/ISO 9660 drivers. --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"
bill@cosi.UUCP (Bill Michaelson) (05/26/89)
In article <3356@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>, dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: ]In article <642@lakesys.UUCP> davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes: ]>Where I work, we've got a Hitachi CD-ROM drive with a couple of CDs. One says ]>that it is in 'High Sierra' format. I was wondering if anyone could describe ]>this format to me so I could write our own retrieval software. ] ]I'm looking for the same. Who is publishing the spec, and how may it be ]obtained? You might start with the September 1987 issue of Microsoft Systems Journal. It contains an article describing the High Sierra format. -- Bill Michaelson - Reply to: princeton!mccc!cosi!bill also at... Voice 609-771-6705 CompuServe 72416,1026
rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver) (05/27/89)
In article <646@lakesys.UUCP> davek@lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes: >In article <3356@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>, dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: >> I'm looking for the same. Who is publishing the spec, and how may it be >> obtained? >So far, the only thing that I've found out is that the H.S. format is discussed >in a book called "CD-ROM vol. 2 - Optical Publishing" and is available from the >Microsoft Press. The Microsoft book, unfortunately, provides only a high-level description, lacking the details necessary to actually write any code. The "official" standard is ISO 9660, "Information processing -- Volume and file structure of CD-ROM for informaton interchange." You can get it from Global Engineering Documents, 800-854-7175, or 714-261-1455. The document is very pricey: $60 for 31 pages. Its also about as easy to understand as the tax code. But, it is The Standard.