Andy McFadden's
CD-Recordable FAQ - Section 8

Last-modified: 2000/09/21
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[8] Net Resources and Vendor Lists

[8-1] Information resources

[8-2] Magazines and other publications

[8-3] Net.vendors

Subject: [8] Net Resources and Vendor Lists
(1998/04/06)

Some of these sites have both technical information and product sales; they're listed twice.

The CD-Info bibliography at http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Bibliography.html is updated more frequently and will probably be more accurate than this section. It also has pointers to books, magazines, relevant areas on commercial online services, and other good stuff.

Subject: [8-1] Information resources
(2000/04/03)

Some useful web pages. Don't forget about the newsgroups, listed in section (0-5).

http://resource.simplenet.com/

Mike Richter's collection of files and URLs related to CD-R.

http://www.cdpage.com/

Lots of good stuff, including a library of technical articles.

http://www.cd-info.com/

Information about CDs and CD-Rs, especially technology and industry stuff.

http://www.osta.org/

Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA); see the CD-R Q&A doc.

http://www.sigcat.org/

SIGCAT (Special Interest Group on CD Applications and Technology) Foundation home page.

http://www.adaptec.com/cdrec/

Lots of useful information on CD-R.

http://www.adaptec.com/support/cdrlist/policies.html

Excerpts from and instructions for joining the Adaptec CD-R mailing list.

http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/cdrecord.htm

Some practical advice and experiences with CD-R, including a lengthy discussion on transferring audio recordings from other sources.

http://www.cinram.com/techlibrary/main.html

Cinram's (was Disc Manufacturing, Inc.'s) technical library. Used to have more stuff. A few articles remain.

http://www.cdarchive.com/

Lots of information on CDs and CD-Rs.

ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/cdrom/faq

Information and FAQs from the alt.cd-rom group.

http://www.araltd.com/whatscdr.html

Product information plus some nifty graphics.

http://www.hsv.tis.net/disc/

Technical info.

http://emf.net/~mal/cdplus.html

Info on CD Plus (a/k/a CD Extra). [ no longer there? ]

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~erick205/Papers/paper.html

Highly technical paper on CDs.

http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/cdaudio/95x6.htm

Technical discussion of CD construction and laser tracking.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm

Very nice explanation of how CDs work.

http://www.compulink.co.uk/~xi/hp4020i.htm

Site dedicated to the HP4020i.

http://www.epool.com/mtc/mtc_02.html

Information about CD-R in general and Mitsui Toatsu media in particular.

http://www.octave.com/library.html

A bunch of good stuff.

http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~psyche/cdda/

Information and links to software for digital audio extraction.

http://music.digidesign.com/html/faqs/faqmlcd.html

FAQ for MasterList CD. Has some interesting notes.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6665/jdlnet_jvc_cd-r.html

A collection of information and helpful hints for new users in general and JVC XR-W2010 users in particular.

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6893/

Information on CDD2600 and CDD3610 recorders.

http://www.orangeforum.or.jp/english/

The "Orange Forum" web page. (CD-R is "Orange Book".) Very artistic.

http://www.digido.com/

A few articles on various subjects relating to studio-quality audio recording.

http://www.hrrc.org/

Home Recording Rights Coalition (some good legal stuff).

http://members.xoom.com/cdburning/

CD Burning Paradise.

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jrao/maccdr/

Macintosh CD-R stuff.

http://www.mscience.com/

The Media Sciences web site; good technical info.

http://plop.phys.cwru.edu/repairfaq/REPAIR/F_cdfaq.html

CD-ROM section of the Repair FAQ (http://www.repairfaq.org/). Lots of good technical info on CD stuff, as well as how to fix things when they break.

http://www.cdmediaworld.com/

Several articles on CD-R (a/k/a www.esware.net/empire/hardware).

http://www.cdrwcentral.com/

News and information on CD recording.

Subject: [8-2] Magazines and other publications
(1998/07/06)

http://www.emediapro.net/

Home of EMedia Professional, formerly CD-ROM Professional. Some articles are available online.

http://www.kipinet.com/

Several publications which may be of interest.

http://www.cd-webstore.com/

Home of two online trade publications, "Burning Issues" and "Pressing On".

Subject: [8-3] Net.vendors
(2000/06/16)

NOTE: this should not be considered an endorsement of these vendors. No attempt has been made to verify the quality of products or service you will receive. This list is provided as a convenience.

http://www.uvision.com/

Internet bargain hunter.

http://www.pricewatch.com/

Street price search engine.

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/cdrom/

Freeware and shareware utilities.

http://www.necx.com/

Hardware, software, and media.

http://www.ic-direct.com/

Hardware and media.

http://www.com/mediasource/

Hardware and media.

http://www.cdarchive.com/

Hardware and software.

http://www.cddimensions.com/

Media and some high-end hardware like networked CD-R jukeboxes.

http://www.compusa.com/

CompUSA's online catalog. Hardware and media.

http://www.oneoffcd.com/

One-off CDs and CD reproduction; also hardware, software, and media.

http://www.microtech.com/

CD-R duplication hardware and services.

http://www.rimage.com/

CD-R duplication hardware and services.

http://www.superduperdisc.com/

CD replication, specializing in same-day service.

http://www.commercial-illusions.com/

Media and duplication services.

http://www.prosourcesales.com/

Media, hardware, and oft-recommended CD labels.

http://sweb.srmc.com/andys/index.html

Hardware and software.

http://www.octave.com/

Hardware and software.

http://www.pasystems.be/

Hardware and media.

http://www.mediasupply.com/

Media.

http://www.computability.com/

Hardware.

http://www.cd-recordable.com/

Media (they manufacture their own).

http://www.cdw.com/

Hardware and media.

http://www.pcconnection.com/

Hardware and media.

http://www.cmpexpress.com/

Hardware and media.

http://www.essential-data.com/

Hardware, software, and media.

http://www.microboards.com/

Hardware, software, and media.

http://www.ynjmicro.com/

Hardware and media.

http://www.americal.com/

Hardware and media.

http://www.blankmedia.com/

Media.

http://www.cascade-media.net/

Media and hardware.

http://www.adaptec.com/products/store/index.html

Adaptec's online store.

http://www.xdr2.com/

Media and jewel cases.

http://www.bagsunlimited.com/

Bags Unlimited; carries a remarkable variety of CD envelopes and cases.

http://www.digitalcdr.com/

Media, as well as production and duplication services.

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