cdrom-summary.txt Is a technical summary of what and how CD-ROM
technology can do by Andy Poggio <poggio@metaphor.com>
cdroms-and-pcnfs.txt Is a breif review paper by Edmund J. Sutcliffe
<edmund@york.ac.uk> on using PC-NFS to server CD-ROMS
mscdex-functions.lst Is a list of MSCDEX function calls and returns,
from MicroSoft.
infopack.exe Is a pack on infomation distributed by MicroSoft on the
CD-ROM technology and networking.
mscdex-usage-by-package.lst
Is a fairly complete breakdown of whose search
software uses which MSCDEX funtions. This was done
by Colin Ian King <cik@ukc.ac.uk> of the Templeman
Library, University of Kent.
mxsub.zip Is a MSCDEX faker. Written by Digital Solutions in
Australia and now placed in the public domain under
GNU public license.
mscmon.[c exe] This code is a rewrite of the MXSUB code written by
mscsub.[c exe] by Colin Ian King <cik@ukc.ac.uk> of the Templeman
Library, University of Kent. This suceeds in faking the
following MSCDEX functions
00h Get Number of CD ROM Drives
06h Turn Debugging on
07h Turn Debugging off
0ah (Reserved)
0bh CD ROM Drive check
0ch MSCDEX Version
0dh Get CD Drive Letters
0eh Get/Set Volume Descriptor Preference
fcdex.[com txt] Fake CD-ROM Extensions - For use with a networked CD-ROM by
R. Allen Gwinn, Jr - Southern Methodist University
(allen@mail.cox.smu.edu)
Traps Int 2F, Fn 15h and answers commonly asked questions.
Although most modern CD-ROM search packages are smart enough to
deal with network drives, a few insist on having MSCDEX loaded,
or they complain. There are only a few calls that are made,
presumably to verify that there is a CD-ROM drive attached.
This TSR sits in memory and "lies" to the search software to get
it past these initial questions.