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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
- Subject: Re: Digital Music Cartridges?
- References: <Byq7sw.8r@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec5.021341.24340@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> <1ggnk1INNrgt@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:46:42 GMT
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- In article <1ggnk1INNrgt@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) writes:
- >cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast) writes:
- >>: Hey, here's an idea about a medium for digital audio. How about a
- >>: cartridge, such as a video game cartridge, that has stored music info. How
- >>: much memory would that take? The new cartridges would have no moving parts,
- >>: and nothing to scratch/bend/warp/break. Any comments on this idea?
- >
- >What about the electrical contacts of both the cart and the playback unit.
- >Having lived with Synth and video games that use cartridges I think the
- >issue of contact integrety needs to be solved.
- >_______________________________________________________________________________
- >Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.oz.au] PH: Aus [61] Perth (09) Local (380 3272).
- I think that this could be solved by using parts of a higher quality
- than current Nintendo Cartridges, ie better quality plasitics... I know that
- the silicon would be expensive for now, but in a few years, eprom chips
- could go for fairly cheap... I think that if Science can come up with the
- CD encoding system, and overcome the various obstacles associated with it,
- making a more sturdy video game cartridge would be slightly less tricky.
-
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