Can other CD ROM Players

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From: John Navas
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 11:58

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sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram) writes:

 > I have access to cd-rom players for the amiga 2000. I was wondering
 > if there was any way to read the stuff off the DAP CD and bring it
 > down to my PC. Can I use the CD-player for the Amiga to read the
 > DAP? Can I use a cd-player that runs fine under DOS/Windows to read
 > and copy files or install stuff from the OS/2 DAP CD?

I don't know about the Amiga, but you can use DOS/Windows to create
floppies from the PDK CD-ROM, and then use those floppies to install
the PDK components.

 > I was wondering if programming for OS/2 is all that different from
 > programming for MS-Windoze 3.x? I realize that the commands would
 > be different, but are the concept radically (if at all) different?

The are similarities (in concepts) and differences (in
implementation).  In particular, OS/2 has a much more regular (and
powerful) API than Windows.

Best regards,
John

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Subject: Can other CD ROM Players
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Date: 8 Oct 92 11:58:00 GMT
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