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- From: brown.c@applelink.apple.com (Chris Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Questions on VX and CD-ROM....
- Message-ID: <brown.c-141292090610@bartsimpson.apple.com>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 17:09:57 GMT
- References: <Byr1sr.FGM@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <lcgordon.723536218@milton>
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- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- In article <lcgordon.723536218@milton>, lcgordon@milton.u.washington.edu
- (Lisa Claesson-Gordon) wrote:
- > > Secondly, I have also read that a VX with CD-ROM can transfer audio data
- > >directly to the mac, so One could sample sounds from an audio-CD without ever
- > >converting form digital to analog and then back. Would the same be possible if
- > >you where to hook the external version of apple's new CD-ROM player to another
- > >mac like a DUO or a CI?
- >
- > I had this same misconception for awhile. It turns out that there are audio
- > connectors inside the IIvx, which the CDi plugs into. So yes you can record
- > sound straight from the CD, but it's in analog form, not digital. (From what
- > I've heard, only Iris machines have this capability with a specially modified
- > Sony CD installed.)
-
- The AppleCD 300i DOES have the capability to copy digital audio data
- directly from CD through the SCSI port to your Macintosh. (The Iris CD-ROM
- from SGI can also do this). This will be true of the external AppleCD 300
- too. Look for a Tech Note from Apple if a few months or contact DTS if you
- are a developer.
-
-
- Chris Brown
- Apple Computer, Inc.
-