[TP560] Two CD questions

["David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>]

Now that I have a working CDROM player on my 560, a couple of questions
arise:

(1) Several docs on the IBM website refer to a CD software preload disk for
the 560; does this actually exist?  (I didn't get one with mine.)  This would
be extremely useful for crash recovery.

(2) To use the CDROM under DOS I apparently need some DOS socket services;
this drive (an IBM) apparently cannot talk directly to the controller (as can
some).
I know that there is a DOS PC Card director available from the IBM web site;
is
this sufficient?  Alternately, can I use PCDOS 7.0 socket services on the W95
version of DOS?

Thanks,
David R.