The SUPER CD-ROM Extensions consist these two (2) files; SuperCDX.exe version 2.13 and SuperCDX.doc (this document) . SUPERCDX.EXE ; the SUPER CD-ROM Extensions is a functional equivalent to and replaces MSCDEX.EXE, the Microsoft Multi-Media extensions. ( MUZZ-E-DEX ) SUPERCDX will report itself to DOS as Apps as MSCDEX version 2.21, although it can replace all versions of MSCDEX 2.1 through 2.23 It will work with DOS versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.0, 6.0 & 6.2 , all without SETVER required. Features Include: 1. SuperCDX will allow the user to access a multi-session and multi-volume CD-ROM, by assigning different volumes and sessions to individual letters. 2. SuperCDX can be installed more than once for different drivers and drives. 3. SuperCDX can assign the CD-ROM in place of any existing drive letter; ABC. 4. SuperCDX will de-scramble a secure CD-ROM made with CD-PRODUCER formatter. :Sample CONFIG.SYS file; Device=c:\cdpro\aspi4dos.sys /D Device=c:\cdpro\aspicd.sys /D:ASPICD0 /n:2 : or with a second CD-ROM device driver as thus: device=c:\mitsumi\mtmscd.sys /d:mscd001 /P:340 Lastdrive = Z: :Sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file; rem " You don't need MSCDEX anymore !" rem MSCDEX /D:ASPICD0 /L:R /M:10 /V /E SUPERCDX /d:mscd001 /L:R /M:10 /V /E /N:9 : or if you have two separate driver names then two can be named as thus: SUPERCDX /d:mscd001 /D:ASPICD0 /L:R /M:10 /V /E /N:9 This will install the recorder as 9 drives beginning with R: The syntax is as follows, where /D:driver = name of driver in config.sys (default= mscd001) /L:logical = drive letter assignment other than next available letter /N:n = n is from 2 to 9 for the total number of logical drives Also accepted for MSCDEX conformance but ignored are; /M:n is ignored as the SuperCDX buffer is fixed at 16K /K /V /E are all ignored ( kanji directory pending ) (no verbose and no ems switch are needed) LH SuperCDX /d:ASPICD0 could load the re-director in high memory. Verbose comes along with naming any device driver name as /d:name . Using /d:name will echo back the number of physical drives installed, where as ommitting this parameter for the default of /d:mscd001 also ommits the message of how many physical drives are installed, one or two. Verbose gives the driver name and how many physical drives installed. This is version 2.13 of SuperCDX. If you have any questions please call us at American InfoScience : phone 512.440.1132 in the USA. fax. 512.440.0531 bbs 512.326.2754 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SUPERCDX.EXE is our superior Multi-Session Redirector that replaces MSCDEX.EXE, the Microsoft multi-media cd extensions, version 2.21 as with DOS 5, and gives multi-session readability of Multi-Session CD-ROMs Automatically in most CD Players and CD-Recorders! It does not care about what DOS version you have and works with all DOS's 3.0 - 3.3 and DOS 5, 6.0 and 6.2. Incorrect Dos Version is gone and SetVER is never needed again! SuperCDX tells the OS that it is MSCDEX 2.21. What it does is assign logical drive letters ( up to nine) to each of the sessions on your multi-session disc. It like having 9 CDROMs at once in one. SUPERCDX works with CD-ROM Recorders & Players, and gives multiple sessions automatically assigned to multiple drive letters. The /N:n parameter is the number the number of total drives, both physical and additional logical sessions or tracks (volumes) within sessions. (up to nine) N can be omitted and defaults to one and thus installs one drive! :examples SuperCDX /L:J would assign the CDROM to just one Drive letter J: from a device with driver name MSCD001 . SuperCDX /L:x /d:aspicd0 /n:3 this assigns only three drive letters X:Y:Z: and 3 sessions, from a device with driver name ASPICD0 . SUPERCDX /n:9 (with one hard drive partition at "C:") This will assign nine sessions or tracks to nine drive letters, starting with D: thus > D E F G H I J K L Also, Lastdrive=Z: must be in your config.sys file to allow all these drives! Without Lastdrive set higher, then LastDrive is defaulted to only G: without setting it higher, so with the number of drives set to nine, don't start the drive letter to high.: thus R: would be the highest Starting drive with nine total drives R: to Z: ! If you try to create drives letters above the lastDrive = Z: . File manager for Windows will show only the first two drive of the last instance of SUPERCDX a CD-ROM drives, the remainder of the drives will show as remote network drives. This is proper. You can see all sessions at once under file manager with different tree and directories in each one. WOW - small miracle... SUPERCDX has the driver named fixed as MSCD001, and does not require the /d:driver_name if the driver is named /d:MSCD001 in the config.sys file. So SuperCDX can be entered alone and a CD-ROM installed with no syntax at all: SUPERCDX would install one (or two if present) CD-ROM drive letters beginning at the first available drive letter. SuperCDX by itself with no other syntax, will work only if the driver named in the config.sys file is mscd001. Any other driver name must be entered on the SuperCDX command line. When disc with less sessions than the number of drives installed will go back to the beginning and show the first session at those higher drive letters assigned above the last real session. SUPERCDX can be installed even as a SUBSTITUTE a CDROM in place of an existing hard drive's assigned letter: SUPERCDX /L:C would substitute the CDROM for your boot drive,.. WOW - WOW this can be reversed only by re-booting. SuperCDX /l:D /n:2 would substitute the first two sessions of a CD-ROM for your D: and E: drives. This TSR can only be released by rebooting. SuperCDX /L:X /N:3 would install three drives, X , Y , & Z any of which could contain an encrypted or scrambled SECURE -CD session or track on any track. Unlike MSCDEX, SuperCDX can be run twice naming a different driver name each time. This could be used to attach only certain CD-ROM drives of many. SuperCDX /d:firstCD /l:g SUPERCDX /d:secondCD /l:H You can even install SUPERCDX or in place of a floppy drive A: or B: ! SUPERCDX /d:mscd001 /L:A /n:2 All of these devices, including MSCDEX are called redirectors. MSCDEX and SUPERCDX redirect a block device like a CD-DRIVE into a logical device with a drive letter(s). SUPERCDX will play back video from a CD-ROM better than MSCDEX. MPEG, AVI and MOV all playback noticeably smoother with SuperCDX over MSCDEX. This is because of reducer cache write through times with SuperCDX. In conclusion, SUPERCDX can create new drive letters above your last installed logical hard drive. Or they can be installed in place of an existing hard drive logical drive letter. At this time there is audio support for only one physical drive, The first drive of two works fine for audio. 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