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Subject: Re: CD Space
Date: 22 May 1994 18:47:54 -0700
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Adam M. Beck (Adam_M._Beck@morph.com) wrote:
: Hi.
: 	I'm Just Wondering, How Many MegaBytes Can a CD Hold???
: If you know, PLEEEEEASE tell me.

: 			BECK
: 		     beck@morph.com

well generally the standard CDrom can hold 640-650 megs
and you will usually see CDroms advertised as having 1 gig of files,these 
CDs are really 640-650 megs of "compressed" files and uncompressed they 
equal 1 gig.  (sorta like saying a 40 meg hard drive is an 80 meg because 
it is double-spaced)

so in reality a CDrom holds approx. 640-650 megs .

there is the rare CD that has 700 megs but many systems cant read them.
I have one with shareware (700 megs equalling 1.2gigs uncompressed) but 
my system cant read a disk that big .