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In article <1993Jan2.192057.379@parsec.mixcom.com> alberto@parsec.mixcom.com  
(Manuel Alberto Ricart) writes:
> I finally got my NeXT CD Rom. But for some reason no sounds come out of the  
> speaker, seems to work with headphones. Is this the only way to play CD's or  
> can I listen to them through the computer speaker?
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Due to the audio CD industry's copy restrictions, moving audio data across the
SCSI bus where it could be played through the speakers or copied to disk is not
implemented.  So I'm afraid you're stuck with headphones or stereo output jacks
on the back of the CD-ROM drive.
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SHOULD THIS BE A FAQ?
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Manuel Alberto Ricart
alberto@parsec.mixcom.com <NeXTMail Welcome>

alberto@parsec.mixcom.com (Manuel Alberto Ricart) writes:

>I finally got my NeXT CD Rom. But for some reason no sounds come out of the  
>speaker, seems to work with headphones. Is this the only way to play CD's or can  
>I listen to them through the computer speaker?

You can buy a stereo phono->1/8" jack cable and plug it into your
sound box/monitor microphone input.  Then, use some sort of sound
app to play the current input. (I'm not sure what's the best to do this
without recording the sound too)
Of course, you can buy amplified speakers, too.  They're very
available, now that sound cards are commonplace for PC's and
everyone needs magnetic shielded speakers for the sides of their
monitors.

 The sound data can't travel over the SCSI interface to your computer.  
Very few CD-ROM drives have this capability (the SGI unit is the only 
one I know of). (Well, actually, it's in the drive BIOS, 
but Dave Olsen (sp?) will come in and correct me if I'm wrong :-)
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David Lemson                                                 (217) 244-1205
University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant  / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
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In article <1993Jan3.071544.1136@parsec.mixcom.com> alberto@parsec.uucp writes:
>In article <1993Jan2.192057.379@parsec.mixcom.com> alberto@parsec.mixcom.com  
>(Manuel Alberto Ricart) writes:
>> I finally got my NeXT CD Rom. But for some reason no sounds come out of the  
>> speaker, seems to work with headphones. Is this the only way to play CD's or  
>> can I listen to them through the computer speaker?
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>Due to the audio CD industry's copy restrictions, moving audio data across the
>SCSI bus where it could be played through the speakers or copied to disk is not
>implemented.  So I'm afraid you're stuck with headphones or stereo output jacks
>on the back of the CD-ROM drive.
Yes you can listen to CDs thru NeXT speaker. You have to get a cable to connect
the output of CD-ROM drive to NeXT microphone input at the back of the
monitor. Then run CDPlayer (or CDAudio) and play the CD. Immediately after that
type in the Terminal:
record|play
You can get the record and play commands from Gopher source on nova.cc.purdue.edu

Dmitri Linde
dmitri@physics.stanford.edu
P.S. You lose some quality of the sound though... Therefore I prefer headphones.