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From: lauac@mead.qal.berkeley.edu (Alexander Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Is getting a CD rom drive worth it?  Whats out there?
Keywords: CD ROM worth
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Date: 12 May 89 07:33:06 GMT
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In article <30483@apple.Apple.COM> jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway) writes:
>CD or not to CD?  Are those of you that have CD ROM drives (specifically
>Apples) out there just delighted wtih the vast array of neat stuff available
>on CDs?  Or is it just a sort of neat idea that hasn't caught on yet?  Is
>there a list somewhere of whats available?  I flipped through the adds in
>various Mac mags and didn't see much.

As a side note, I was flipping through Apple's educational price list
(actually, UC Berkeley's list which is based on Apple's) and I noticed
a lack of a CD ROM player on the list.  Very interesting, since Apple
was plugging at the educational market to buy these things.  Or at
least Apple SHOULD be plugging at these markets.

--- Alex
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