cdrom-summary.txt Is a technical summary of what and how CD-ROM technology can do by Andy Poggio cdroms-and-pcnfs.txt Is a breif review paper by Edmund J. Sutcliffe 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 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 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.