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Build Or Buy A PC CD Index Disc 2, June/July, 2000

Thanks to all who participated in the success of Phase 1 of Disc 2! Disc 2 did NOT include any of Disc 1 - Too much material @ 647 Megs! We used 700 Meg Discs.

We had planned to include Disc 1 Updates as well as new materials! This Disc is NOT CD Bootable as Disc 1. Only AutoPlay enabled - Enjoy!

As requested, for those interested in the full Disc 2 Index, it's on the disc! Available during the Build Or Buy A PC SIG Presentations.

 

In the Works Additions to be included... ;) 

From Robert Clay... 

• DU Meter - Monitor your D/L & U/L speeds on the Internet.

  From Racy Sanford

• www.centered.com - data back-up program

  From Tom Tyner... 

• GetRight - www.headlightsw.com -

  Download manager.  Resumes incomplete downloads.   Can schedule unattended downloads with registered version. Shareware - $17.50 to register

• CDex - http://www.cdex.n3.net/ - CD ripper and file converter. Expect better success with the new Beta version.  Freeware.

• CD-r Diagnostic  - http://www.cdrom-prod.com/software.html  - Examine and recover data from CDs normally unreadable. Full featured trial version available.  Appears to be 30 day trial; Registration $30.00?

• SuperBlank - http://www.ping.be/kris-schoofs/  - Erases CD-RWs that other programs won't.  Apparently Freeware.  No registration fee mentioned.

  Useful URLs for CD-Rs, CD-RWs and digitizing music.

• http://resource.simplenet.com/   CD primer

• http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/   Andy McFadden's CD Recordable FAQ

• http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/lp-cdr.htm

  LPs to CDs.  Good info and lots of good links.

• Print Folder - http://no-nonsense-software.com/ Prints contents of a folder or save to disk as text file.

• Nero CD Burning Software - http://www.nero.com/ - Beats Adaptec hands down! There is a full featured, time limited demo available.  Registration = $49

• Nero CD Burner Firmware Links -

  http://www.nero.com/en/firmware.htm 
   

  From Gus Hrncir... 

• www.beatnik.com - beatnik browser plugin
  

• www.mixme.com

   
  From John R. Sovinski...

• Download Wonder - http://www.forty.com/download_wonder.htm Organize and keep track of Download files. Free, written in FoxPro.

   

Recommended Speed Test Sights...

From J Kolenovsky...

• Computing Central - Bandwidth Speed Test Results

  From Marcus Jacobsen...

• www.toast.net 
  

• www.houston.rr.com

  These are some of our new CD 2 highlights!

  Additions... 

• RemotelyAnywhere Beta 

  • http://www.binaryresearch.net/remotelyanywhere.htm#rabeta

DAE - Digital Audio Extraction Tools & Technologies:

• Ripping/MP3 - Cdex, CD Ripping software

• CD Speed99 - Benchmark for testing CD-ROM drive performance.