Subj : Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : xqtr
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 25 2025 08:50 am

  Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
  By: xqtr to Nightfox on Fri Apr 25 2025 02:52 pm

 xq> Back in the 90s, i had a 386 machine, which had a CDROM... that device was
 xq> only to use with the PC and read data or music. To listen music from an
 xq> audio CD, you needed to power on the PC and use some software to play the
 xq> audio...

 xq> ...but somewhere in the mid or late 90s some CDROM devices appeared that
 xq> could also play audio CDs by them selves. They had a Play/Pause button and
 xq> an audio jack, that you could connect to headphones or speakers and listen
 xq> music. They only needed power to be used. Of course they could also be
 xq> used as a normal PC device to read data from the PC.

 xq> I think you mean those devices :)

No, that's not what I'm talking about (but I do remember those).  What I'm referring to is online forums (such as on Reddit, etc.) where people talk about building computers, or other forums about ripping movies, etc., and people in these forums sometimes use the term "player" for an optical drive.

Nightfox
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