
	      FREEWARE PROGRAMS FOR POPULAR CDROM RECORDERS
			     VERSION 1.02

CHANGE HISTORY:

  Version 1.02
    - Added support for the Sony CDU-920S (not working yet!!).

    - Added support for the Ricoh RS-1060C.

    - Recognizes the Yamaha CDR102 (uses CDR100 command set).

    - Recognizes the HP 4020i, Kodak PCD225, Kodak PCD-600, Philips 521,
      Philips CDD2000, and Plasmon RF4100 (all of these use the Philips
      command set).

    - Added new utilities TOC.EXE and FINALIZE.EXE

    - Using DOS read/write routines instead of C++ fread/fwrite for
      improved file I/O performance (using Borland C++ V4.0).

    - Cleaned up all command line interfaces (many new switches have
      also been added). 

  Version 1.01
    - Added support for Yamaha CDR100 recorder.

    - Fixed "read error" problem when making copies of existing
      CD-R discs (i.e. copy of a copy). CD-R discs that are recorded
      with the track-at-once method have two extra blocks (called link
      blocks) at the end of the disc that are unreadable.
      
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Freeware Program Descriptions:

CD2CD.EXE
  Copies a single-track data CD from any SCSI based CDROM drive
  directly to the CD recorder. The reader must be faster than the
  recorder (i.e. 4X reader when recording at 2X, or a 2X reader
  when recording at 1X).

CD2FILE.EXE and FILE2CD.EXE
  Copies a CD from any SCSI based CDROM drive to an "image" file
  on disk. This file can then be used by FILE2CD to write the image
  to the CD recorder. These two programs will allow someone who
  doesn't have a SCSI CDROM drive on their system to make copies of
  CDs using only their CD recorder for both reading the source disc
  and writing the new disc. FILE2CD can also be used to make ISO9660
  discs if you already have a program that can build ISO image files.
  You must use the /ISO9660 switch so that the proper track postgap
  is written to the disc.

DISK2CD.EXE
  Copies a SCSI harddrive block-by-block to the CD recorder. This
  program can be used to make native VMS and Unix CDs from the PC.
  The harddrive cannot be larger than the capacity of a CDROM (650Mb).
  NOTE: DOS and NT CDROMs must be in ISO9660 format, so making an
  image copy of a PC disk won't work.

FINALIZE.EXE
   This program is used to finalize a CD (write the table-of-contents
   and leadin/leadout tracks). A disc must be finalized before it can
   be read in a normal CDROM drive. If you get an error while making a
   CD, you can attempt to finalize the disc and possibly make it readable
   (no guarantees!). This command can also be used to finalize a disc
   if the /NOFINALIZE option was previously used in CD2CD, DISK2CD, and
   FILE2CD.

TOC.EXE
  This program displays a CDROM's table-of-contents on the screen.

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NOTES:

  - You can display the command line switches for any of these
    programs by typing "program-name /?". There must be at least
    one space between each command line argument or switch.
	
  - These programs will only work on a DOS based system with an
    ASPI SCSI manager installed.

  - These programs will only copy single-track data CDs (with CDROM
    Mode-1 type sectors). They will *not* copy audio, CDROM-XA, CD-I,
    mixed-mode, or any type of multi-session disc. If you are not sure
    if your CD has more than one track, use TOC.EXE to display the
    table-of-contents.
  
  - All of the programs that write to the recorder have a /TEST option
    that will put the recorder into "write emulation" mode. Please make
    use of this switch when you are trying these programs for the first
    time or are copying a disc that might have a format that these
    programs don't support.

  - You must have a blank CD-R disc in the recorder even when using
    the "write emulation" mode.

  - If you record a CD in "write emulation" mode, you usually have to
    eject the disc from the recorder and re-insert it before you
    can write the disc for real.

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Please send all suggestions, comments, and bug reports to...

Jeff Arnold
125 Indian Rock Road
Merrimack, NH 03054

Phone: 603-424-0269
FAX  : 603-429-0073

Email: jarnold@mainstream.net
URL  : http://www.mainstream.net/~jarnold/cdrom/cdrom.html

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Updated on JANUARY 21, 1996

