Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!monsanto.com!skmc01.monsanto.com!jjfink From: Joel Finkle Subject: Cross Platform FAQ? Primer? Message-ID: <1994Jun10.204607.5573@tin.monsanto.com> X-Xxmessage-Id: X-Xxdate: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 20: 56:24 GMT Sender: news@tin.monsanto.com (USENET News System) Organization: Searle R&D X-Newsreader: Nuntius Version 1.2 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 20:46:07 GMT Lines: 29 I'm interested in purchasing CD-R mastering hw/sw that can create both ISO (i.e. brain-dead DOS filenames*) or Mac (28 char) filenames, the best for either environment. Some of the PC-based software glossies (Notably CD-Record 2.0) imply that the DOS/Win-based software can create 'ISO 9660 with Macintosh Extensions.' This is listed separately from 'Macintosh HFS' format. What does this mean, and how would such a product *get* the Mac names on the PC to format? Joel Finkle *Yes, I know that DOS filenames can violate ISO too. How dumb to create a standard that doesn't meet current state of the art. And, yes, I saw a note about Level 2 here, but I still don't know what draws those lines. jf -- Joel Finkle Searle R&D jjfink@skcla.monsanto.com "And when I die don't bury me / in a box in a cemetery. Out in the garden would be much better, I could be pushin' up home grown tomatoes" -- Guy Clark, "Home Grown Tomatoes"