Standards and APIs


Standards

ecma-130.pdf       This document is equivilent to the Compact Disc "Yellow Book" format standard.

iso9660.txt       This is ISO standard for the most widely used CD-ROM file system. It is not particularly useful for the project, but is provided for completeness.

SCSI       This is a link to SCSI.org. This standard is used in conjunction with the ASPI API. See below.

APIs

ASPI       This is a link the the website of Adaptec Inc, the creators of this API. ASPI stands for Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface. It provides the programmer with a convenient interface to SCSI devices and, more importantly, a unified interface to SCSI and ATAPI/EIDE CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives.

DirectX       This is a link the the website of the Microsoft Corporation, the creators of this API. DirectX is a collection of multimedia APIs which provide a convenient interface to a PC's graphics, sound, and user-input hardware.

MFC       This is a link the the website of the Microsoft Corporation, the creators of this API. MFC is an object oriented GUI/window-management API.