NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/sci/electron/13566

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From: [e-mail] (A Warren Pratten)
Subject: Re: Life after CDs
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:36:52 GMT
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In article <ultima.712363459@mcl>, [e-mail] (David Rosen) writes:
|> In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Christian Blum) writes:
|> >[e-mail] (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC) writes:
|> >> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Bill Vermillion) writes:
|> >> There is a story (probably apocryphal, anyone know?) that the 74 minutes
|> >> time was chosen because it was just long enough to hold the Sony MD's wife's favourite piece of classical music...
|> >Sorry that I don't know about your story, but I do know that I've got a CD
|> >with 76 minutes of music on it... and I've seen one with 77 minutes!
|>
|> I used to think the max was 76 minutes, until I got one that had 79
|> minutes!  I was thinking it might be just those blank spaces that they
|> put in--you know, the countdown in between songs, about 3 seconds
|> usually.  Maybe if those were removed, it might be less...
|>
|> --Dave
|> [e-mail]

I have a couple of disks that are 79 minutes and one I believe that is 81
minutes.  I believe the limit is 84 minutes.

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A Warren Pratten
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