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From: itch@cbnews.att.com (richard.m.brack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,bit.listserv.i-amiga
Subject: Re: Want CDTV info. CORRECTION!
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.203018.13049@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 12 Feb 91 20:30:18 GMT
References: <1991Feb8.035143.25857@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <91043.120405AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <91043.120405AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu>, AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> JKT <JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> Writes:
> 
> [stuff...deleted]
> 
> >DOES require that every CD be placed in a special "caddy" before it
> >can be inserted into the unit.  These caddies cost around $6 apiece
> >at the local Radio Shack (so I am told.)
> >
> >(Enter soapbox mode)
> 
> [more stuff...deleted]
> 
> >
> >it will add $5 to the price.  If not, you have to buy it separately
>          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     Well I don't think that you will need more than one caddy.  Just
>   swap out one disk for another.  Just like 3" CD adapters, you'll only
>   need one for all of your CD's.  As to why they did it, probably cost of
>   adding a tray (could be wrong though)

This doesn't necessarily mean anything, but every CD-ROM player I have ever
seen uses one of these trays.  I suppose the tracking is a bit more accurate,
which would be important when dealing with computer data.

Of course I could be completely off the mark with this one....

> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >|| Kurt Tappe  (215) 363-9485  || With.   Without.   And who'll       ||
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> >|| Malvern, PA 19355-2214      || all about?    -  Pink Floyd         ||
> >||  jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu        --------------------------------------||
> >||  jkt100@psuvm.bitnet jkt100%psuvm.bitnet@psuvax1  QLink: KurtTappe ||
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> 
>                                                     Ajai
RichBrack
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