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Article #400Re: CD-ROM
From: Gabe Lawrence
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1988 20:42
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1988 20:42
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yba@athena.mit.edu (Mark H Levine) writes: > >This seems unnecessarily pessimistic on several counts: > >Music CDs which use the same basic technology + a D/A converter come double >sided, CD-ROM drives can mechanically accomodate these disks as far as I have Funny... I own a couple of hundred music CDs and not one of them is double-sided. >seen (they use the same bloody drive in the case of Hitachi product I was >shown, and the only restriction on WORM product was the form factors involved). >The labelling problem is somewaht silly -- two-sided music cds have labels on >both sides, as do 8, 10, and 12 inch optical disks for video (with 2 sides). >The lasers do not seem to have any trouble with the plastic coat, nor would >I expect any. >... Sorry, I've never seen a music CD, or video disc for that matter although I'm not as sure, that was labelled on both sides. The lasers might be able to read through surface dust or fingerprints but through completely opaque enamal labelling paints?? C'mon, let's be realistic!! Call me "Pessimistic in Cambridge", =Gabriel Lawrence= USENET: ...!harvard!bbn!ccv!lawrence INTERNET: lawrence@BBN.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!lawrence From: lawrence@bbn.COM (Gabe Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc Subject: Re: CD-ROM Message-ID: <5826@ccv.bbn.COM> Date: 6 Jan 88 20:42:14 GMT References: <19898@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> <4469@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <2132@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: lawrence@BBN.COM (Gabe Lawrence) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 28