NEW features of cdrecord-1.8a17:

-	Allow cdrecord -fix blank=somethins to work as expected

-	Raise the timeout tor read_toc() to make cdrecord work with
	TEAC CD-R55S and some ecotic CD-R media wehre read_toc on
	a blank media lasts for 3 minutes.

mkisofs:

-	man page updated

-	REASME.session updated

-	new options -hide & -hide_joliet from James Pearson

-	allow the full printable ISO-8859-1 set to be converted into UNICODE
	for Joliet disks.

-	Allow Volume sets ala ISO-9660

-	New options -abstract -biblio -copyright -sysid
	-volset -volset-size -volset-seqno

-	-volset-size -volset-seqno options added to allow multi-volume
	archives (e.g. OS installation CD sets). NOTE: -volset-size must
	be specified before -volset-seqno on each command line.

mkisofs patches from James Pearson:

cdda2wav:

-	more sync fixes

-	percentage fix

-	config fixes (fork and no shared memory and vice versa)

CYGWIN NT-4.0 NOTES:

To compile on Cygwin32, get Cygwin32-beta20 and install it.
then create a symlink from /bin to the .../bin directory where bash is located.
Now run 'make' ...

The files are located on:

ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/alpha ...

NOTE:	These tar archives are 100% ansi compatible. Solaris 2.x tar and GNU
	tar may get some minor trouble.

WARNING: Do not use 'mc' to extract the tar file!
	All mc versions before 4.0.14 cannot extract symbolic links correctly.

Joerg
