Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator

[Philip A. Finlaw]

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