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From: edwtang@hk.super.net (Mr Tang Chi Yung)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Differences between Panasonic CR-562 vs CR-563 ???????
Date: 8 Jun 1994 08:14:03 GMT
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George Aligianis (galig@hertz.mech.wits.ac.za) wrote:
: Hi

: Can anyone tell me the differences between the two drives? Apparently they 
: are both made by Panasonic, but the one was made for Creative Labs, the 
: CR563. Panasonic then decided to market it itself and were sued and 
: Panasonic had to remove a ROM chip in order to sell it. Anyone know anymore 
: about this?

		The main difference is that CR563 can read CD-I but 562 cannot.

Regards,
Edward Tang