[WEB4LIB] Re: MicroTest

[Rutherford, John]

Microdesign International is offering a number of options, including new dvd
systems, and systems that write cdrom images
to disk arrays. This might be worth looking at in addition to
the Microdesign Discport units. http://mdi.com

I have used a number of Discport towers and have found them to
be reliable. The Discview software does not include much in the
way of statistics. If you use their launching software you can
limit numbers of concurrent users, however I found using
Netware's NAL to be a better solution for launching cdrom
applications. Of course this is not an option if you are using
NT.

John Rutherford
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Woods Hyman [mailto:lhyman at mail.sdsu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 1:24 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: MicroTest


At 09:44 AM 12/10/98 -0800, Charles P. Hobbs wrote:
>> We are in the process of replacing our cd rom server.  What we want to
>> offer our users is point-and-click access from our Web page to our
>> networked cd products.  We also want a user interface that will collect
>> statistics and work with licensing restrictions, etc.
>
>We at King Drew Health Science Library
>(http://www.cdrewu.edu/kdhsl/lib_home.htm) are thinking about the same
>thing. ...<snip>...However, if you want people to be able to access the
CD-rom's over the internet, the problem is much more involved. 

With the price of really huge drives becoming cheaper and cheaper, is that
a  solution yet? I don't know about the licensing issues but it seems like
an array of drives would solve the problem and be quicker too.
Linda Woods Hyman
Pacific Bell Education First
NE 287
Department of Educational Technology
San Diego State University
San Diego  CA  92182
(619) 594-4414
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired