ExtenDOS Gold includes a full audio CD player, available both as an accessory
and as a program. The player utilises three main windows: play, record, and
preferences. Each window is completely independent and may be minimised (to show
just the title bar) by clicking on the upper right window gadget. The play
window is shown below:
If you have more than one CD device, a single copy of CDaudio can control
them all simultaneously; the device being controlled is shown via the play
window, and selected via the preferences window, shown below:
Apart from selecting the drive to be controlled, this window also sets the
defaults for CDaudio's record window, which allows direct
digital copying of audio CDs to your hard disk (where supported by the CD
device's firmware).
ExtenDOS Gold conforms to the defined CD-ROM software interface standard;
programming details for this interface are available on request from Anodyne
Software. This interface allows third-party software products such as the
CDPLAYER program from Alexander Clauss to access the audio CD functions and
provide capabilities beyond those available in the CDaudio program/accessory.