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From: kbwalker@violet.berkeley.edu (Kevin Baranski-Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: CD to CD-ROM conversion
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Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 12:14:32 EST
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Keywords: CD CD-ROM Audio Data

What would it take to hack an audio CD to function as a CD-ROM?

All of the literature that I have found hint that this may be possible but
stop short of the particulars.  Would a three laser drive be neccessary in lieu
of a single laser (or preferred)?  Many of the CD's are signifigantly in-
expensive that even with the addition of an SBC the total cost would still
be much less than the commercial CD-ROM drives available.