KODAK Photo CD System CD-ROM Drive Compatibility Guidelines

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In an effort to help facilitate the compatibility of a Kodak Multisession Photo CD with Windows NT and future Windows operating systems, Microsoft is distributing a document to CD-ROM drive manufacturers (READTOC.DOC) that will help outline the necessary details to enable this compatibility through the Read TOC command.

If a drive's firmware implements the Read TOC command as outlined in this document and the drive is listed in the Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List, then no additional drivers will be needed to access Kodak Multisession Photo CD in the Windows NT environment. Also, any SCSI interface adapter listed in the Windows NT Hardware Compatibility List should support this process.

If a drive's firmware does not or cannot implement the Read TOC Command in the manner described in this document, then a filter driver will need to be written to enable CD-ROM drives to be multisession-capable in Microsoft Windows NT.

The following CD-ROM drives are known to be compatible with the Kodak Multisession Photo CD support designed in Windows NT: The following CD-ROM drive is known to not be compatible: If other manufacturers have used the same Kodak Multisession Photo CD implementation in their firmware as that used by Sony, then their drives would also be compatible. The manufacturer of the CD-ROM drive should be contacted to determine the compatibility of a specific drive and availability of a filter driver for Windows NT if needed.

For the contents of READTOC.DOC, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: