CDs, DVDs and General Optical Storage Technology

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

Books

  1. The CD-ROM Book, Second Edition; Steve Bosak and Jeffrey Sloman, revised by Dave Gibbons; Que Corporation.
     
  2. CD-ROMS: Breakthrough in Information Storage; Frederick Holtz; TAB BOOKS, 1988.
     
  3. DVD Demystified; Jim Taylor; McGraw-Hill, 1997; ISBN 0-07-06481-7.
     
  4. The Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible, Fifth Edition; Winn L. Rosch; Que, 1999: 
             Chapter 8: Mass Storage Technology
         Chapter 9: Storage Interfaces
         Chapter 12: Compact Disks

Periodical Articles

  1. "Disk-Storage Technology", SA 243:2 Aug 1980 pgs 138-148.
     
  2. "Laser Optical Disk: The Coming Revolution in On-Line Storage", CACM 27:6 Jun 1984 pgs 546-554.
     
  3. "CD-ROMs and Their Kin", BYTE Nov 1985 pgs - .
     
  4. "The Compact Disk ROM: How It Works", Spectrum 23:4 Apr 1986 pgs 44- 49.
     
  5. "The Compact Disk ROM: Applications Software", Spectrum 23:4 Apr 1986 pgs 49-54.
     
  6. "The Evolution of Mass Storage", BYTE 11:5 May 1986 pgs 161-172.
     
  7. "CD-ROM Software Development", BYTE 11:5 May 1986 pgs 177-188.
     
  8. "The Application Interface of Optical Drives", BYTE 11:5 May 1986 pgs 193-199.
     
  9. "Optical Disk Error Correction", BYTE 11:5 May 1986 pgs 203-210.
     
  10. "WORMs for Mass Storage", PCM 6:12 Jun 23 1987 pgs 135-166.
     
  11. "Three Optical Storage Technologies", PCM 6:12 Jun 23 1987 pg 136.
     
  12. "Optical Technology: What's Mature and What's on the Horizon", ESD 17:9 Sep 1987 pgs 41-49.
     
  13. "Data-Storage Technologies for Advanced Computing", SA 257:4 Oct 1987 pgs 116-125.
     
  14. "Optical Disks Become Erasable", Spectrum 25:2 Feb 1988 pgs 41-45.
     
  15. "The WORM Turns", PCM 7:6 Mar 29 1988 pgs 199-224.
     
  16. "Optical Disk Drives Make Heads Spin", Computer Graphics Review III:3 May/Jun 1988 pgs 38-50.
     
  17. "The Other Light Technology: Optical Disks", BCR 18:5 Sep-Oct 1988 pgs 96-99.
     
  18. "CD-ROM Publishing Strategies", PCTJ 6:10 Oct 1988 pgs 52-63.
     
  19. "In Search of CD-ROM Data", PCTJ 6:10 Oct 1988 pgs 66-75.
     
  20. "Archives in Miniature", PCM 8:2 Jan 31 1989 pgs 185-224.
     
  21. "Digital Paper", BYTE 14:2 Feb 1989 pgs 274-280.
     
  22. "New Choices in Storage", UnixWorld 6:4 Apr 1989 pgs 69-73.
     
  23. "Compact Disc-Interactive: New Media in Electronic Publishing", SunTechnology 2:2 Spring 1989 pgs 78-83.
     
  24. "Erasable CDs for Sun Users", SunTechnology 2:2 Spring 1989 pgs 80-81.
     
  25. "CD-ROM, CD-I, and DVI", BYTE 14:5 May 1989 pg 287.
     
  26. "Thoughts and Observations at the Microsoft CD-ROM Conference", CACM 32:7 Jul 1989 pgs 784-788.
     
  27. "The Optical Option" (product reviews), BYTE 14:10 Oct 1989 pgs 160- 174.
     
  28. "Optical Technologies", BYTE 14:10 Oct 1989 pg 168.
     
  29. "Gigabytes On-Line", BYTE 14:10 Oct 1989 pgs 259-264.
     
  30. "Paper, Magnets, and Light", BYTE 14:12 Nov 1989 pgs 391-399.
     
  31. Column by Stephen Manes regarding standards for CD-ROM, PCM 9:3 Feb 13 1990 pgs 91-92.
     
  32. "Networking CD-ROMs", PCM 9:4 Feb 27 1990 pgs 237-260.
     
  33. "Optical Storage Primer", BYTE IBM Special Edition 15:11 Fall 1990 pgs 121-130.
     
  34. "State of the Media", BYTE 15:12 Nov 1990 pgs 275-281.
     
  35. "Crystal Clear Storage", BYTE 15:12 Nov 1990 pgs 283-288.
     
  36. "Entering a New Phase", BYTE 15:12 Nov 1990 pgs 289-296.
     
  37. "An Introduction to Rewritable Optical Disk Technology", PCM 9:21 Dec 11 1990 pgs 439-450.
     
  38. "Magneto-Optical Drives: Fulfilling the Promise of Rewritable Optical?", PCM 10:11 Jun 11 1991 pgs 281-336.
     
  39. "CD-ROM Drives: How Good is the Third Generation?", BYTE 16:9 Sep 1991 pgs 268-276.
     
  40. "CD ROM Drives: Finally Up To Speed", PCM 10:18 Oct 29 1991 pgs 283-338.
     
  41. "How CD-ROM Disks Work", PCM 10:18 Oct 29 1991 pg 284.
     
  42. "NEC Intersect 'M' Is Fastest CD-ROM Drive Yet", PCM 11:6 Mar 31 1992 pg 46.
     
  43. "Start the Presses", BYTE 18:2 Feb 1993 pgs 116-134.
     
  44. "CD-ROM Inside and Out", BYTE 18:3 Mar 1993 pgs 197-206.
     
  45. "A Standard for Writing Recordable CDs", BYTE 19:1 Jan 1994 pgs 231-236.
     
  46. "Optical Advances", BYTE 19:3 Mar 1994 pgs 107-116.
     
  47. "The Newest Spin on CD-ROM Drives" (product reviews), PCM 14:6 Mar 28 1995 pgs 111-165.
     
  48. "Superdense Optical Storage", Spectrum 32:8 Aug 1995 pgs 25-31.
     
  49. "The Gathering Storm in High-Density Compact Disks", Spectrum 32:8 Aug 1995 pgs 32-37.
     
  50. "All Eyes on Optical Storage", PCM 14:15 Sep 12 1995 pg 29.
     
  51. "Next Generation Compact Discs", SA Jul 1996 pgs 42-46.
     
  52. "Principles and Techniques of Optical Data Storage", PIEEE 85:11 Nov 1997 pgs 1780-1796.
     
  53. "DirectShow and DVD", PCM 17:11 Jun 9 1998 pgs 261-265.
     
  54. "CDs and DVDs", PCM 18:9 May 4 1999 pgs 207-209.
     
  55. "DVD-Video: Multimedia for the Masses", IEEE Multimedia Jul-Sep 1999 pgs 86-92.
     
  56. "The Dynamic Digital Disk", Spectrum 36:10 Oct 1999 pgs 28-35.
     
  57. "Optical-Drive Compatibility", PCM 19:2 Jan 18 2000 pgs 124-125.
     
  58. "Personal Storage" (product reviews of CD-RW and DVD-RAM products), PCM 19:6 Mar 21 2000 pgs 182-198.

Web Pages and Websites

  1. Wikipedia article "Compact disc".
     
  2. Wikipedia article "DVD".
     
  3. Wikipedia article "ISO 9660".
     
  4. Wikipedia article "Rock Ridge".
     
  5. Wikipedia article "Universal Disk Format".
     
  6. Wikipedia article "Joliet (file system)".
     
  7. Wikipedia article "El Torito (CD-ROM standard)".
     
  8. Wikipedia article "Live CD".
     
  9. Wikipedia article "ISO image".