[Shu-cdromlan] Re: CD Emulator

[Martin Smith]

Have checked it out in the past but for a public library w/more than 25
workstations cost is prohibitive. We don't care about music CD's and the few
programs that use Direct Access we can do without.
For those of us under budgetary constraints BCD can prove very useful.

Martin Smith
Automation Manager
Redford Township District Library


>From: Andy Taylor <andy.taylor@OPTOLOGY.COM>
>Reply-To: CDROMLAN - USE OF CDROM PRODUCTS IN LAN ENVIRONMENTS
><CDROMLAN@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>,        Andy Taylor
><andy.taylor@OPTOLOGY.COM>
>To: CDROMLAN@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: CD Emulator
>Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:00:58 -0000
>
> >
> > Since this might be the end I thought I'd share this little
> > gem that I found
> > after scouring the web for months, trying perhaps dozens of shareware,
> > freeware, and commercial products.
> > Some emulators only work with an image on a local hard drive,
> > some need to
> > run a vxd at startup or other nasty problems.
> > This little program, BCD, can be started and stopped at will
> > and works great
> > on a network. For DOS, 3.x, and 95. No GUI, command line
> > only. FREEWARE.
> > Go to
> > http://home.kamp.net/home/stefan.kirschdorf/cd_tools/bcd.htm to pick
> > it up.
> > Will not play music CD's or programs that use Direct-X with
> > Direct Access.
> >
>
>I suggest you have a look at Virtual CD www.virtualcd-online.com for a
>product that will do everything including music CDs and DVD too on
>Windows95 and above.
>
>Andy
>
>Andy Taylor, Technical Director
>Optology Limited, St Leonards on Sea, UK
>+44 1424 445100, andy.taylor@optology.com
>
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