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From: er1m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ethan J. Rasiel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CD-ROM question
Message-ID: <0bDaY=O00WBM40aWkJ@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 12 Nov 90 09:19:07 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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A few questions about CD-ROM:

1) I have seen CD-ROM drives with earphone jacks and volume controls. 
Does this mean you can play regular music CD's in them?

2) What happens if you put a CD-ROM in a music CD player?

3) If I want to use CD-ROM in my IBM, must I buy a CD-ROM drive, or is
possible to use a regular CD-player with an adapter or something?

4) Basically, these questions are all the same thing: 
   What, if any, is the difference between CD music and CD-rom encoding
technologies, and are the two compatible in any way?

Thanks in advance, and if there exists a frequently asked questions file
for this subject, please direct me to it!

                 Ethan Rasiel @ CMU (Pittsburgh)