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From: erics@sco.COM (eric smith)
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Subject: Re: New Shuttle Computers
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Date: 26 Mar 91 23:43:26 GMT
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eagle@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu) writes:

>Have you ever used a CD player?  I don't think a CD-ROM is a viable
>alternative, as it is very easy to "skip" a CD player (for instance,
>just tap or hit the desk near a CD player and listen to it skip).  I
>should think that the g-forces and vibrations experienced during launch
>would be too harsh for the CD-ROM drive.

Well I have a CD player in my car. It's only skipped twice in a year
and a half of constant use, both times during very heavy jolts while
going over railroad tracks.

Eric