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- From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
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- Subject: Re: More about the Falcon
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.221524.15911@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:15:24 GMT
- References: <BzL1r7.JMq@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Dec21.015045.5960@cc.umontreal.ca> <wmtwen.725022987@rw8.urc.tue.nl>
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- In article <wmtwen.725022987@rw8.urc.tue.nl> wmtwen@urc.tue.nl writes:
- >kosmatoo@JSP.UMontreal.CA (Kosmatos Odisseas) writes:
- >
- >>Before I reply to the first question, let's clarify something else: Your
- >>DAT tape deck will output digital information which the Falcon will be able to
- >>receive and directly digitally manipulate, then send back to the DAT, this
- >>through the DSP port or something. You will not need to sample anything.
- >Hey, so I could use the falcon to make direct digital copies of DAT
- >tapes??? And of compact disks??? Without the problem of the copy
- >protection??? Sounds *great* then I would finally be able to make my
- >own compilation of best songs on tape!!! And copies of it for my
- >friends of course. Yes it is illegal to give them to my friends but I
- >hate it that I cannot even make more than one copy for my own use, so
- >that is totally absurd!
-
- You sure could do this, but what kind of media would you record onto? At
- around 760 MB for a 76 minute CD, you're probably not going to be making
- a lot of digital copies on your hard drives, anyway. You'd have to just
- record back onto a DAT, or maybe onto an Exabyte drive. Of course, it still
- may be a good idea to send the digital straight into the Falcon, and have
- the Falcon remove the copy-protection bits, then feed into your DAT...
- --
- -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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- All true wisdom is conveyed in one-line witticisms.
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