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From: swelch@nmsu.edu (Scott E. Welch)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: CD-DA, CDRs and the FAQ
Date: 6 May 1994 02:25:24 GMT
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Sorry if these are FAQs...

By the way, has the FAQ for this group been updated?  And where is it?

What is this Redbook stuff?  And how does it relate to the CD-DA format
discussed in the ANSI SCSI-2 standard.

Do CDRs create actual audio CDs or are they a just a special CD-ROM form of
Audio?

Now that CDRs are 2x and 4x speeds, does this mean that the 1x only speed
drives are cheaper?  If so, I am looking for model numbers and phone numbers
(Sony, Philips, Kodak, JVC, etc) for drives that support CD-DA
reading/writing (yes I have read the PC Mag and Mac User reviews).

Where can I get the ISO 9660 standard?

Something to add to the FAQ:  As of 5/4/94, NEC tech support says that NONE
of their drives can read CD-DA blocks, they are working on it...Rumor had it
that the upgrade to the 84 would do it, well that is the 84-1 and it does not.
This means that the 3x and 4x drives do not either.  Their SCSI-2 spec has not
been updated since ver 0.0 from '92 or so.

swelch@nmsu.edu