7 Sep
2010
7 Sep
'10
3:32 p.m.
What was the reason for the carriers used on first generation CD-ROM drives?
My first CD-ROM drive cost about $800, but it included an encyclopedia. :-)
It used the "standard carrier".
I have a Pinnacle RCD-1000 disk burner that also uses the same carrier. I
remember that it was attached to an IBM PC-AT or something close and that we
basically turned out the lights in the room so as not to disturb it during a
burn.
The audio drives used the drawer. I know the error correction is better on
the audio disk than the data disks, but I haven't found the data disks to be
that unreliable.
Anyway, why the carriers?
-chuck