Subject: Version 1.0 of WorkMan CD audio tool available
From: [email-masked] (Chris Newbold)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1993 17:35:27 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

I have just released version 1.0 of the OpenWindows audio CD player WorkMan.
Look for it in the incoming directory on sunsite and somewhere in the X11
tree on tsx-11. This package should replace all other WorkMan packages on
these sites.

Included below is an excerpt from the README from the WorkMan package. To
run under Linux, you'll need a CD-ROM drive with kernel support: SCSI-2,
Sony 535/531/31A.

I have included the 750 CD database mentioned below in the Linux distribution,
so you don't have to hunt it down yourself.

-Chris

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WorkMan is a graphical tool for playing audio compact discs on a CD-ROM
drive.  It has most of the features available on standalone CD players,
such as a shuffle mode, programmable playlists, and elapsed/remaining
timers.  But it also has extra features, foremost of which is the ability
to store information about CDs in a database, then automatically extract
that information when the CD is inserted later.  WorkMan stores the
artist's name, the disc title, the names of individual tracks, and even
remembers which tracks you don't want to hear!  All in an easy-to-use,
attractive OPEN LOOK graphical interface.

Disc databases may be shared among any number of users on the network.
WorkMan keeps separate databases for your private information about
CDs (e.g. which order you like the tracks to play) and the discs' public
information.  During WorkMan's alpha test, several users shared my
database, which now contains over 750 CDs.  That database is available
via anonymous ftp from ftp.hyperion.com in the "WorkMan" directory.

...

If you enjoy WorkMan, drop me a picture postcard!  My address is

Steven Grimm
173 Sherland Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA

Comments, questions, and suggestions should be mailed to me at
[email-masked].  Check the BUGS section of the manual page and the
to-do list, as well as the ANSWERS file, before you mail me.

Enjoy!

-Steve

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