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In article <1992Nov6.095921.19610@alf.uib.no> edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold) writes:
>In article <1992Nov5.171420.18531@news.acns.nwu.edu> garyc@lenny.acns.nwu.edu writes:
>>In article <1992Nov5.074234.6889@ulrik.uio.no> stein@sionext.uio.no (Stein  
>>Onsrud) writes:
>>> Are there anyone out there on the network, that knows anything about  
>>> support for the Kodak PhotoCD system on the NeXT Platform. I understand  
>>> that Sony will very soon ship a CD player that supports the multisession  
>>> format from Kodak/Phillips, will this player ship as a NeXT Player ?
>>> On the PC and mac platforms there is allready a number of Software  
>>vendors  
>>> that either already supports the format or say they will. What about  
>>> software on the NeXT ?
>>> 
>>
>>	I believe the new Apple CD-300 is a faster Kodak Photo ready  
>>CD-ROM. Whether the new SONY CD-ROM will be shipped as a NEW NeXT CD-ROM  
>>is always a dream to me. A lot of us including me are still waiting for  
>>our NS 3.0 CD-ROM bundle....... **SIGH** I hope this wait is really worth  
>>of waiting....
>>
>>--
>>+----------------+
>>| Gary I. Chang	 |
>>+----------------+   NeXT-Mail: garyc@lenny.acns.nwu.edu
>>Northwestern Univ.      E-Mail: garyc@eecs.nwu.edu
>
>
>I just received confirmation from my NeXT dealer that the 
>NeXT CD-ROM player WILL play Photo-CD ROMs, however it plays
>_only_ single session ones, not multi session.  The difference?
>
>The first time you have photos put on the disk = single session.
>Subsequent addition of photographs = multi session.
>
>The fix?  Save your negs until you have enough to fill a CD.
>Since only 100 pictures (approx) fit on a CD that shouldn't
>take too long.  (Well, I'm a hobby foto nut - your mileage
>may vary).  For you medium format freaks (me too!) there should
>be duplicators which will take negs and chromes up to 5"x7"
>and put them on CD, although I doubt you will get 100 on a disk.
>These are expected to be ready in the spring/summer of next year.
>
>I have talked to Apple, bu haven't verified if their drive will
>work.  As soon as I get my cube up again I'll see if I cant
>borrow a drive to test...!
>
>Regarding software - I just received in the mail a PhotoCD reader
>App, but until my machine is up (about a week, I hope) I won't
>be able to test it.  Sorry :-(
>
>Regards,
>Thor
>NorNeXT user group leader
>edmtl@fiol.uib.no (NeXTmail O.K.)
>edmtl@alf.uib.no (did you hit 'r'?  Then use ASCII mail...)
>
>

Are you referring to the current batch of existing CDROM drives or are you
referring to a new/unreleased CDROM drive?  Also, where did you find a 
photoCDreader?  If the NeXT CDROM dirve that I received a month or two ago
can do PhotoCDs, then that would be the a well deserved peice of good news.

David
dleon@seas.smu.edu