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From: jayward@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Jay Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: CD-ROM vs. CD Players
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Date: 4 Dec 90 23:58:02 GMT
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In article <2313@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>In <1990Dec2.073639.22387@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>>In article <90335.112615AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu> AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>
>>> I have a Pioneer (sp) 6pack player. On the back there are two pin-outs
>>> for a receiver to take control of the player. I was wondering if there
>>> was anyway for me to use these pin-outs to let my amiga take control
>>> of the CD player; thereby, making it into a CD-ROM jukebox.
>>
>>I'm no world class expert on CD-ROM, so take this with a grain of salt.
>>
>>Both digital CD-ROM and audio CDs use binary data on the media, in the
>>sense that it is either on or off, with no intermediate states.
>>

[MUCH STUFF ON THE OPERATION OF CD-ROM DELETED]

I think that all the original poster wanted to do was to take control of
his CD player using his Amiga, not to use it as a CD-ROM player.  You know,
control the six-pack using a nice Intuition Screen.

Boy, give you techies an inch.....

:-)


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