Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!sgiblab!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!ruskin.arch.umanitoba.ca!user From: ruskin@ee.umanitoba.ca (Marshall Ruskin) Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.software Subject: Re: Do you know of CD-ROMs which run on several platforms? Followup-To: comp.publish.cdrom.software,alt.cdrom Date: 28 Feb 1994 21:03:07 GMT Organization: Specmark Information Engineering, Inc. Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <2kk7bg$j9k@groovy.neu.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ruskin.arch.umanitoba.ca In article <2kk7bg$j9k@groovy.neu.sgi.com>, ove@groovy.neu.sgi.com (Ove Hansen) wrote: > > I'd be very grateful if anyone could let me know of any CD-ROM titles > which have support for several platforms (Macs, PCs and possibly Unix) > on the same CD-ROM (I'd like to buy a few and study them - the content > itself is fairly irrelevant :-) . I'm aware of the hardware issues - > what I'm interested inis how the software side has been dealt with! > > I'd also be interested in pointers to books, papers, articles etc. > which describe how to master a CD-ROM to run under different operating > systems. > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Ove Hansen - ove@groovy.neu.sgi.com The CD-ROM "Frontiers" runs on Mac, Windows and almost all UNIX platforms. It is sold by Spyglass Inc of Savoy IL. (217-355-6000) It's an extremely interesting science-oriented CD, and "very-multimedia", without being overly flashy. Since my firm developed it, you may contact me for technical consultation. Marshall Ruskin, President ruskin@ee.umanitoba.ca Specmark Information Engineering, Inc 413 Architecture 2 The University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada