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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

143.0. "DEC intros CD Computer System!" by ASGNQH::SMITH () Tue Jul 02 1985 05:43

	This info is from New Hampshire View, Volume 6, Number 13, 1-JUL-85.

	Digital is the first major computer maker to offer a fully integrated
	system that utilizes optical technology to store vast amounts of data
	on a single disc. The new Digital CD Reader system utilizes a compact
	read-only optical disc that has a 600 megabyte capacity (the equivalent
	of 200,000 single-spaced typewritten pages, or two complete sets of
	encyclopedias) on a single disc less than five inches in diameter.
	In addition to its hardware and software offerings, the company will
	provide a CD ROM disc production service to assist customers in moving
	data onto the compact discs. Digital also plans to license technology
	to allow the same discs to be used on IBM PC's. The price? $2,195.00

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143.1		LATOUR::APPELLOF	`Tue Jul 02 1985 08:18`	5
	I believe there is a CDROM notes file for this sort of stuff too. I saw one of the players at DECUS. It uses the same Sony-Phillips encoding scheme that audio CDs use. I wonder how a VAX would deal with a Bruce Springsteen album?
143.2		PYRITE::WEAVER	`Tue Jul 02 1985 10:39`	4
	GOLD""::SYS$NOTES:CDPERIPH.NOT is the Notes file, it has been getting more active since the announcment of DEC's CDROM. -Dave
143.3		GYCSC1::ORA	`Wed Jul 03 1985 04:28`	3
	We have one of them here in Munich... looks very much like the first Philips player (CD-100). In fact, I think the mechanics come from Philips.
143.4		GYCSC1::ORA	`Wed Jul 03 1985 04:31`	4
	P.S. What we need now, is just a D/A converter for the TU78 or another tape drive... copy CDs from disk to tape and play them back in your home on the TU78...
143.5		SPEEDY::LIONEL	`Wed Jul 03 1985 07:32`	9
	Re .4: We've had one for years - the LPA-11K. I remember for the announcement of VMS V2, Steve Beckhardt had an LPA-11 hooked up to a cassette deck, and recorded "Also Sprach Zarasthrustra" (sp?) on a TE16 (TU77s weren't out then, I don't think), and it was played back during the announcement. According to Steve, people didn't quite realize that the VAX was playing the music. I also note that the tape was moving at a good clip - there was an AWFUL lot of data being recorded. Steve
143.6		CRVAX1::KAPLOW	`Mon Jul 08 1985 18:27`	5
	re .4 The Soundstream digital recorder used to record many of the digital masters uses a PDP-11/45 with the LPA subsystem as its guts. I don't know what it dumps its output to, but it must be BIG and FAST!
143.7		LATOUR::APPELLOF	`Tue Jul 09 1985 07:54`	4
	re .-1 Just wait until DEC tries to get Soundstream to "upgrade" to an 11/730!