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From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Audio/Computer use of CD's, DAT's
Message-ID: <1903@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 28 Nov 90 16:15:23 GMT
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Reply-To: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
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In article <1632.2749A722@ofa123.fidonet.org> rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) writes:
>On <Nov 19 16:17> Kyler Laird writes:
>
> KL> Question:  Can the CD-ROM and DAT drives read (and write - DAT) standard
> KL>                 audio formats?
>
>From many ads I've seen CD-ROM drives seem to be able to read audio CDs.


O.k., I goofed.  In talking with several others in the field, I realized that the
question isn't as clear to everyone as it is to me.

I don't want to simply read the subcode information (or whatever it is that
says "Hi, I'm disk number #123456").  I also don't want analog out (headphone
jack).  I know that these are common features.

What I am after is a hardware/software combo that can read the AUDIO information
from the CD/DAT, store it somewhere else (floppy, WORM, DAT, paper tape, ...), 
read it back in, and THEN convert it to analog (audio) out.  Essentially, a huge
buffer between the digital out and the DAC.

Thanks for the help - I think this is a subject of interest, especially with
copy protection on DAT's...

--kyler