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Ken Lui writes
> In article <30056@oasys.dt.navy.mil> curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)  
writes:
> >I've read that the CD-ROM drive on some SGI systems can read all
> >the music data, so at least someone has made a CD-ROM drive that
> >can read the music data, but I think it requires more than just
> >the right software driver.
> 
> The SGI and new Apple CD-ROM drives (Toshiba makes the SGI unit,
> while Sony makes the Apple unit) supports the proper SCSI command
> to access audio data from audio CDs.  I haven't tried it, but
> someone mentioned in a comp.sys.mac.* newsgroup said that with
> the newer Macs and the Apple 300i drive, he was able to
> disconnect the supplied microphone and record directly from an
> audio CD into a Mac SND file.  However it's done, it's certainly
> possible--I didn't followup to find out what the sampling rate
> was.
> 
In the new apple machines I believe that they hook the audio output from
the CD player into the mic input on the motherboard. That is how they play
the sound. I don't think you can access the digital sound data.

matt