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- From: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.org (Wayne Summer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Reasons for Amiga CD-ROM
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- Message-ID: <wayne.0253@amtower.spacecoast.org>
- References: <C023rw.C34@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec30.190716.7171@pro-freedom.cts.com>
- Reply-To: wayne@amtower.spacecoast.orgX-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 4 Jan 93 03:17:51 EST
- Organization: Wayne's Machine; Palm Bay, Florida
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- In article <1992Dec30.190716.7171@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
- > > Yes, I said 1.3 Gigabytes. There is no particular
- > > reason why CD-ROM discs cannot be double-sided. They are single-sided
- > > now because the extra storage is not needed.
- >
- > No, they are single sided now because the read head is one of the most
- > expensive parts in the CDROM drive and adding a 2nd read head would add a
- > considerable increment to the price of these drives. Can't say what that
- > might be but something on the order of 50-60% doesn't sound too far off.
- >
- >
- > * Edward E. Brown II * Internet: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com *
- > * Chemist On A Mission From GOD! * FidoNet: 1:105/135 *
- > *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
- > Annoy the media...Think for yourself!
- > ==============================================================
- Wouldn't it very easy to simply flip them over like records? :-) :-)
- I can't imagine a simgle program which would would take up more room than
- could be provided on one side but a complete application could.
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- Wayne
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