From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Tue, 21 May 96 02:45:00 UTC 0000
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: Programming for playing CD

Reply to message 8242509    from PHILPRI AT EE2 DOT E on 05/19/96  9:14PM


>   I'm looking for some files (either header files, or source code, or both)
>for programming the cdrom to play cds. Is there anything like this out there
>for djgpp? I normally use C but I can program in C++ and am looking to more
>for the future.

I found a very good DOS-based resident CD controller on SimTel called
'ACDC'.  It's quite well done, and the author has mentioned a willingness
to distribute source code for CD-ROM operations.  It's shareware, not
freeware, but IMHO it's well worth checking out.

Just a thought:  Since the CD-ROM interface is interrupt driven, wouldn't
a protected mode program be substantially slower than a real mode one?

John