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From: dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CD roms, RW optical disks.
Keywords: THOR
Message-ID: <170@dms3b1.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 89 09:13:58 GMT
References: <1068@hub.ucsb.edu> <2633@wang7.UUCP>
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Organization: Daltech MicroSystems, Dallas
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In article <2633@wang7.UUCP> klm@wang7.UUCP (klm) writes:
>In article <1068@hub.ucsb.edu>, dougp@sbphy.ucsb.edu writes:
>> 
>> I know I am dreaming on this one, but I would like to see one of
>> these new read write (not worm) optical disk drives which could
>> also read cd roms.....
>
>Unlikely.  I beleive that the media format is sufficiently different
>enough that a drive that would read both would be prohibitively
>expensive.

If I'm not mistaken, Tandy via their THOR subsidiary is working on
a read/write CD recorder-player that IS compatible with standard
CD's.  I think they are talking about bringing it to market by the
end of '89.  The initial market is Audio, but it's obviously only
a hop, skip, and a jump to data storage/retrieval.

There was an article a few weeks ago in EE Times (I think) that
said a Japanese company was showing a similar device at either
Comdex or CES, and trying to sign up users.  Sorry I can't remember
the details - it was of only passing interest at the time.  But I 
remember the Tandy people were commenting on their opinions of this
company's being able to do it (i.e, have CD-compatible read-write
media.)

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