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From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Solutions
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Date: 17 Dec 90 23:48:04 GMT
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In article <6362@crash.cts.com> mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis) 
writes:
> Has anyone else checked out the possibility of a special interface for
> regular audio CD players to allow them to be interfaced with computer
> systems as CD ROM players?

I'm no expert, but I can't resist shooting off my mouth anyway. :-)

One reason CD-ROM decks cost more than audio CD players is that the 
reader-head transport (or whatever it's called - I mean the motors and 
mechanism that move the laser lens) has to be much more robust in a CD-ROM 
machine. Audio decks don't do much seeking, and they don't do it very 
fast. CD-ROM decks must seek vigorously throughout their lifetime.

Any adapter that puts a SCSI interface on an audio player isn't going to 
address that problem. I think you'd just wind up sending the poor audio 
deck to an early grave.

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