Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Differences between Panas From: kirk.jensen@toadhall.com (Kirk Jensen) Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!halsoft.com!netcomsv!toadhall!kirk.jensen Distribution: world Message-ID: <73.7216.1086.0N6941B4@toadhall.com> References: Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 19:30:00 -0700 Organization: Toad Hall þ High Octane BBS þ 415-595-2427 Lines: 23 GA> GA> GA> Message-ID: GA> Newsgroup: alt.cd-rom GA> Organization: School of Mechanical Engineering, Wits University GA> Hi GA> Can anyone tell me the differences between the two drives? Apparently they GA> are both made by Panasonic, but the one was made for Creative Labs, the GA> CR563. Panasonic then decided to market it itself and were sued and GA> Panasonic had to remove a ROM chip in order to sell it. Anyone know anymore GA> about this? GA> Thanks GA> George Whoever told you that was full of it. The only things true in the paragraph above are that the drives are made by Panasonic (Matsushita) and that the Creative Labs version is the CR-563. The rest is garbage. --- þ SPEED 1.40 #1617 þ CD-ROM Access (415) 941-2400 FAX: (415) 941-4900