jamesp@world.std.com (james M peterson) (03/07/91)
For those of you who asked about Corel CD-ROM stuff:
(Using a beta copy)
The setup is basically a SCSI CD-ROM and controller and two NLM's.
Corel seems to use an Adaptec but things may change.
NLM #1 sets up the CD-ROM drvices; initalization, etc...
NLM #2 creates "databases." Since NetWare 3.x does not support
CDs directly yet, Corel creates their own file system/CD
interface.
What you do is create a database name "Test CD database"
or "10000 Art slides.." and connect 1 or more CD drives
to the database name. Then you issue a mount command
and the database comes on-line.
The more CD's the more, or bigger "databases" you can have.
You can mount and dismount as needed.
On the PC side, you load a device driver and then load the Microsoft
extensions. You then use a CDMAP command to map drive letters to the
available databases.
Performance is good to real good to fast depending on the server and
workstation buffer size.
I tried the software with a number of different SCSI CD-ROMS and it seemed
to work ok.