Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!bnr.co.uk!corpgate!news.utdallas.edu!rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com!usenet From: rjgrocho@aud.alcatel.com (bob grochowski) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Double-sided CDs Date: 7 Mar 1994 16:22:33 GMT Organization: Alcatel Network Systems Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2lfkca$lii@rdxsunhost.aud.alcatel.com> References: Reply-To: rjgrocho@aud.alcatel.com NNTP-Posting-Host: techws25.aud.alcatel.com In article AwC@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu, dstudly@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (David Studly) writes: >Regarding the double-sided CD topic being discussed, I have one point to >bring up. If you make a double-sided CD, where are you going to put a >label? Afterall, the backsides of CDs all look the same. If you have >double-sided CDs, it could easy to confuse your parents Frank Sinatra CDs >with your Metallica.. just a thought.. Anyone remember recodrs? You know ... 78rpm, 45rpm, 33 1/3rpm "platters" that had GROOVES on both sides? Well, the labels on those museum pieces were placed in the center "clear area" from where the grooves ended to where the spindle hole was drilled. Seems to me that the same could be done for CDs. There seems to be enough space between the last portion of the "inner data area" and the spindle hole (at least on the CDs I've seen), to put the label data there. `Course this wouldn't allow manufacturers to use as much "hype" but then, who reads labels anyway? My two cents. RG