Re: Somewhat OT question about CD-ROM speeds

"Norm Dresner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> According to the best information I've seen available in both English and
> Japanese, the requirement was dictated by the then chairman of Sony whose
> favorite piece of music, Beethoven's 9th, took ~74 minutes to play.    The
> official speed of 1X is 150 KB/sec and transferring 650 MB (the official
> full disk) in 74 minutes requires 149.9+ KB/Sec.  The numbers do add up.

But it was, as far as I know, Phillips that required CD-ROM drives to be 1X
only.   They were required to be able to play audio CD's, and only at 1X.

-- glen