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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: CDTV's are here.
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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1991 04:28:03 GMT

In article <8441@crash.cts.com> hrlaser@crash.cts.com (Harv Laser) writes:

>Oh, one other curious note: CDTV does not have an electronic motor-driven
>eject of the disc and its "caddy". It has a mechanical pushbutton next
>to the CD slot. For a thousand dollar unit I was kind of surprised at
>this.  PUsh that button too briskly and the caddy comes flying out the
>slot and onto the floor.  At least it did on Creative's demo unit and
>the salesguys were constantly warning customers about pushing the
>eject button with too much gusto. 
>
	Part of it is that the ejector button is also an
auto-reboot button. Instead of making people shut the thing off
or figure out what it means to "reboot", when you eject the disk
the system resets. Also, I didn't see any instances of CDs flying
through mid-air. 8-)

>
>Harv Laser                                      {anywhere}!crash!hrlaser
>"Park and lock it.  Not responsible."           People/Link: CBM*HARV


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.