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Article #26133Re: CD Drive
From: spinner
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1987 02:03
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1987 02:03
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> From: neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris)
> Subject: Re: CD Drive
> In article <513@ubu.warwick.UUCP>, agm@warwick.UUCP (Andy Minter) writes:
>
>> I thought you netters out there mught be interested to know tha a British
>> company called British Unaxial Lasers has developped a CD based optical disk
>> for the ST. The drives should be available for under 200 pounds when
>> they are launched later this year.
>
> Please get the address and telephone number of this company onto the net!
> The price is unbelievable. I'd personally like to know as much as possible
> about this.
>
> --
> --->Neil Harris, Director of Marketing Communications, Atari Corporation
I assume your response is also a joke; or perhaps you did not notice
that the original was posted with a date of 4/1/87 :)
April Fools!
Ron
[PS - If there REALLY were such a beast (emphasis on WRITEABLE CD), I
would not only have heard about it elsewhere, I would own one]
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!topaz!spinner From: spinner@topaz.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: CD Drive Message-ID: <10865@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 21:03:05 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.10865 Posted: Wed Apr 8 21:03:05 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 09:46:13 EST References: <513@ubu.warwick.UUCP> <695@atari.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 30 Keywords: CD Optical Read/Write Disk