Subj : Re: Is a PC optical drive a "player"?
To   : xqtr
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Apr 25 2025 03:35 pm

-=> xqtr wrote to Nightfox <=-

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

Proprietary CD-ROM drives from the 90's - bad flashbacks! Either playing
audio through tinny tiny underpowered speakers or through your Walkman
headphones if you had your computer on the desk. Otherwise, the cord
wasn't long enough and you were out of luck.

 
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