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From: bdugan@teri.bio.uci.edu (Bill Dugan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer,rec.audio
Subject: Re: DAT backup for MAC?
Summary: Why are CD-ROM drives so expensive?
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Date: 16 Feb 91 22:48:20 GMT
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In article <23192@well.sf.ca.us> mingo@well.sf.ca.us (Charles Hawkins Mingo) writes:
>[...] 
>	It's a bit like how you can't use a conventional CD player to play
>CD-ROM's.  You need a hardware interface to the deck's controller.

I have always wondered why CD-ROM drives are so expensive when compared to
the consumer audio CD players.  CD-ROM drives use the same mechanism, don;t
need D/A converters, and all they really need is a SCSI card on-board.
Am I spouting mixed-up untruth, or should CD-ROM drives cost $200?

bill