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- From: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown)
- Subject: Re: Reasons for Amiga CD-ROM
- Sender: usenet@clark.edu
- Date: 31 Dec 92 2:07:16 GMT
- Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.190716.7171@pro-freedom.cts.com>
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- > Yes, I said 1.3 Gigabytes. There is no particular
- > reason why CD-ROM discs cannot be double-sided. They are single-sided
- > now because the extra storage is not needed.
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- No, they are single sided now because the read head is one of the most
- expensive parts in the CDROM drive and adding a 2nd read head would add a
- considerable increment to the price of these drives. Can't say what that
- might be but something on the order of 50-60% doesn't sound too far off.
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