Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
- Original Message - From: "Pedro Carnet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 12:27 PM Subject: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator > Hi people, I need a program to emulate a CD Drive, a > kind of virtual CD but I need a free program. i have > searched the net up and down but found nothing free. > Any help? Both of the following are freeware- You can try FakeCD but please note these are DOS programs- http://home.kamp.net/home/stefan.kirschdorf/cd_tools/fakecd.htm There is also a FakeCD99 available that looks as thought it may run from Windows but the site and the program are in German. Check it out here- http://www.pctip.net/downloads/dl/14246.asp Ben Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ashlists.org/useful-things/ "Death is listening- and will take the first man that screams."
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
There ya go! Harry Texas - Original Message - From: "K. Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator | But Harry .. all the games I have (err ... about 60 or so) don't need the | original CD in the CD-ROM after I install them. :o) I play the old Atari | games every day as a warm up fingers ::snicker:: But you know what? Now | that I think about it, I often run most larger programs (like Norton's and | Word) from the CD just to perpetuate my "Resource Nazi" propensity. I | unnecessarily live as if I still have only that original 850 mb hard drive | from 1996 :o)
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
But Harry .. all the games I have (err ... about 60 or so) don't need the original CD in the CD-ROM after I install them. :o) I play the old Atari games every day as a warm up fingers ::snicker:: But you know what? Now that I think about it, I often run most larger programs (like Norton's and Word) from the CD just to perpetuate my "Resource Nazi" propensity. I unnecessarily live as if I still have only that original 850 mb hard drive from 1996 :o) - Original Message - From: Harry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator > I think the reason some people would want it is to download (copy) a cd > to your hard drive so you don't have to have the "original" cd in your > cd-rom . . . (think games). > > Harry > Texas
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
On 27 May 2001, at 17:43, K. Bryan wrote: > So the origianl Q was: Were is there a free/shareware/payware version > of such software? Did I miss the answer or did I just get too lost in > grappling with the comprehension to have seen the answer? (I deleted > all my old mail ... oops) Pedro wanted a freeware and I was not able to locate such a program. I did reference the two most popular programs of it's type, but they are both costware. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
I think the reason some people would want it is to download (copy) a cd to your hard drive so you don't have to have the "original" cd in your cd-rom . . . (think games). Harry Texas - Original Message - From: "K. Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator | | - Original Message - | From: Alan S. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | > If you have the room on your drive. < | | I do *NOW.* But I understand. | | >What if you don't own a computer, but you have to use other computer | stations such as libraries, cyber cafes, or employer workstations, that only | come with bare bones devices? < | | Don't *OWN* a computer? Surely you jest!? ::snicker:: | | > Also, consider this...our hard drives operate at a greater speed than even | the fastest CD ROM players on the market. For some apps, it might be | desirable to run the app from the disk drive rather than the CD ROM drive. | And if you use a Notebook, less battery energy would be required to run the | app from a virtual cd drive than from the actual CD ROM drive. They can | even travel without the added weight of an external cd-rom by using the | virtual cd emulator. | | Or the added weight of the 3 back up batteries you carry in the case as | well! UGH! What a great concept! I think that has been the best "what if" | description yet. And I totally "get" it now. | | So the origianl Q was: Were is there a free/shareware/payware version of | such software? Did I miss the answer or did I just get too lost in grappling | with the comprehension to have seen the answer? (I deleted all my old mail | .. oops) | | Peace | |
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
- Original Message - From: Alan S. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you have the room on your drive. < I do *NOW.* But I understand. >What if you don't own a computer, but you have to use other computer stations such as libraries, cyber cafes, or employer workstations, that only come with bare bones devices? < Don't *OWN* a computer? Surely you jest!? ::snicker:: > Also, consider this...our hard drives operate at a greater speed than even the fastest CD ROM players on the market. For some apps, it might be desirable to run the app from the disk drive rather than the CD ROM drive. And if you use a Notebook, less battery energy would be required to run the app from a virtual cd drive than from the actual CD ROM drive. They can even travel without the added weight of an external cd-rom by using the virtual cd emulator. Or the added weight of the 3 back up batteries you carry in the case as well! UGH! What a great concept! I think that has been the best "what if" description yet. And I totally "get" it now. So the origianl Q was: Were is there a free/shareware/payware version of such software? Did I miss the answer or did I just get too lost in grappling with the comprehension to have seen the answer? (I deleted all my old mail .. oops) Peace
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
"K. Bryan" wrote: > So it's like mass storage of, let's say - playable music - when you might > not have access to a CD-ROM? OK.. and you can scan 20 or so CDs into the > computer and play the CDs back after being saved to your hard drive? I went looking for just such an app myself a while ago. I have a certain application which I use very often, that requires its CD to run. I wanted to free up the drive so I could use it for other things. Well, long story short, I couldn't find a free version, so I just got another CD-ROM drive instead. Anyway, that's one reason why one might look for such a program. Ed
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
On 27 May 2001, at 9:59, K. Bryan wrote: > So it's like mass storage of, let's say - playable music - when you > might not have access to a CD-ROM? OK.. and you can scan 20 or so CDs > into the computer and play the CDs back after being saved to your hard > drive? If you have the room on your drive. > OK I "git" the concept .but my one big question is -- how > would you scan the music CD into your system if you didn't have a > CD-ROM to begin with?? Or is this something that you scan on > another say network server - and then store it in a folder on > your local machine? That's about the gist of it. > Or can the you hook up a zip drive and emulate it onto that and carry > the zip with you? Sounds reasonable. :-) > OK..I get it .. but who would go to all that trouble? Why not just > get a CD-ROM? Oh, and one last observation -- what system comes > without a CD-ROM? It's required for SO many functions now'days. > Gesshhh..I have 2 bays capable of CD and DVD. What if you don't own a computer, but you have to use other computer stations such as libraries, cyber cafes, or employer workstations, that only come with bare bones devices? Also, consider this...our hard drives operate at a greater speed than even the fastest CD ROM players on the market. For some apps, it might be desirable to run the app from the disk drive rather than the CD ROM drive. And if you use a Notebook, less battery energy would be required to run the app from a virtual cd drive than from the actual CD ROM drive. They can even travel without the added weight of an external cd-rom by using the virtual cd emulator. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
So it's like mass storage of, let's say - playable music - when you might not have access to a CD-ROM? OK.. and you can scan 20 or so CDs into the computer and play the CDs back after being saved to your hard drive? OK I "git" the concept .but my one big question is -- how would you scan the music CD into your system if you didn't have a CD-ROM to begin with?? Or is this something that you scan on another say network server - and then store it in a folder on your local machine? Or can the you hook up a zip drive and emulate it onto that and carry the zip with you? OK..I get it .. but who would go to all that trouble? Why not just get a CD-ROM? Oh, and one last observation -- what system comes without a CD-ROM? It's required for SO many functions now'days. Gesshhh..I have 2 bays capable of CD and DVD. - Original Message - From: Alan S. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'll try, but the concept was new to me, too. > > Apparently an image of a CD can be produced and saved to a hard > drive. The CD emulator program makes it possible to run this image > from your hard drive in lieu of running it from a CD ROM drive. You > can play your games; access the files; run the programs from your > disk drive instead of the CD-ROM. I think you can even emulate your > audio CDs as well. > > I don't think this has a lot of advantage for the average home user > that has access to a CD-ROM player or better all the time. I think > the real advantage here is when one accesses their main files from a > Network and they find themselves often at workstations that do not > have CD-ROM players. If the emulator works with a network, then one > could simply copy the image of the CD to their account on the Network > and then access it from any workstation. That way you don't have to > carry your CDs from work place to work place nor worry if the > workstation you will be working at even has a CD ROM player. > > If I am off base, then perhaps Pedro can enlighten us. :-) > > > Alan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
Hi Alan and all, :-) On Saturday, May 26, 2001 9:29 pm Alan wrote: > I'll try, but the concept was new to me, too. [...] > I don't think this has a lot of advantage for the average home user > that has access to a CD-ROM player or better all the time. I think > the real advantage here is when one accesses their main files from a > Network and they find themselves often at workstations that do not > have CD-ROM players. If the emulator works with a network, then one > could simply copy the image of the CD to their account on the Network > and then access it from any workstation. That way you don't have to > carry your CDs from work place to work place nor worry if the > workstation you will be working at even has a CD ROM player. Many people also use them to play downloaded copies of pirated games that require the program to be run from a cd-rom. Regards, -Phil
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
On 26 May 2001, at 17:41, K. Bryan wrote: > I read the descriptions on both of those pages and I still don't > understand what a CD Drive Emulator is. Wanna break it down for me > fellas? I'll try, but the concept was new to me, too. Apparently an image of a CD can be produced and saved to a hard drive. The CD emulator program makes it possible to run this image from your hard drive in lieu of running it from a CD ROM drive. You can play your games; access the files; run the programs from your disk drive instead of the CD-ROM. I think you can even emulate your audio CDs as well. I don't think this has a lot of advantage for the average home user that has access to a CD-ROM player or better all the time. I think the real advantage here is when one accesses their main files from a Network and they find themselves often at workstations that do not have CD-ROM players. If the emulator works with a network, then one could simply copy the image of the CD to their account on the Network and then access it from any workstation. That way you don't have to carry your CDs from work place to work place nor worry if the workstation you will be working at even has a CD ROM player. If I am off base, then perhaps Pedro can enlighten us. :-) Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
I read the descriptions on both of those pages and I still don't understand
what a CD Drive Emulator is. Wanna break it down for me fellas?
Peace!
- Original Message -
From: Alan S. Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
> On 26 May 2001, at 21:27, Pedro Carnet wrote:
>
> > Hi people, I need a program to emulate a CD Drive, a
> > kind of virtual CD but I need a free program. i have
> > searched the net up and down but found nothing free.
> > Any help?
>
> Free? No, sorry, Pedro. I was not able to find this type of program
> for free.
>
>
> Microtest Virtual CD Drive Emulator ($30)
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> http://www.virtualcd-online.com/
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> You can download a demo from that site.
>
> ~~
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> Paragon CD Emulator is $25
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> http://www.cdrom-emulator.com/
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> Alan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
On 26 May 2001, at 21:27, Pedro Carnet wrote:
> Hi people, I need a program to emulate a CD Drive, a
> kind of virtual CD but I need a free program. i have
> searched the net up and down but found nothing free.
> Any help?
Free? No, sorry, Pedro. I was not able to find this type of program
for free.
Microtest Virtual CD Drive Emulator ($30)
http://www.virtualcd-online.com/
You can download a demo from that site.
~~
Paragon CD Emulator is $25
http://www.cdrom-emulator.com/
{Click one of the language flags}
Alan
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