A bit of History: High Sierra and ISO 9660

[Howard Kaikow]

Well, 31 Oct is the 20th anniversary of the 1st meeting of the CD-ROM Ad Hoc Advisory committee (some have called this the High Sierra Group), which produced the High Sierra Group Proposal, the seed of ISO 9660, which seems to have had a significant impact.

My notes show that the following organizations were represented at more than one meeting:

Apple
Digital Equipment Corporation
Hitachi
Microware
Microsoft
Philips
Reference Technology
3M
Sony
TMS
Videotools
Xebec
Yelick, Inc.

[bizzybody]

CD Trivia questions.
Why is the High Sierra format called High Sierra?
Why do the various "books" have the color names they do such as Orange Book, Yellow Book etc.

I know the answers, wondering how many others do.