Many (though not all) older compact disc drives and audio CD players either will not play or have a great deal of trouble with CD-RW discs. A few will even refuse to play a CD-R. In the case of a CD-RW, this is because the disc itself simply is not as reflective as a CD-R or pressed disc. This early and somewhat cheaply made 1X Philips/LMS CD-ROM drive doesn't seem to mind at all! It is quite happy to read a CD-RW. Date codes on the drive place it around the very late 80s or early 90s. It's my understanding that the MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum card was actually a pretty good sound card for its day. Although Compaq's business audio is decent and has the benefit of playing through the system's internal speaker, it does not support anything beyond WAVE playback or capture from a microphone or line input. There is no MIDI support. (It can support full duplex operation, however.) I believe that "LMS" stood for Laser Memory Systems. I could well be wrong. The drive actually says what it means, but I was feeling lazy and did not care to take it out. (This is because part of its installation involved super glue.)
Friday, February 1, 2013
An Old CD-ROM Drive Plays a CD-RW Disc
An Old CD-ROM Drive Plays a CD-RW Disc Tube. Duration : 11.33 Mins.
Many (though not all) older compact disc drives and audio CD players either will not play or have a great deal of trouble with CD-RW discs. A few will even refuse to play a CD-R. In the case of a CD-RW, this is because the disc itself simply is not as reflective as a CD-R or pressed disc. This early and somewhat cheaply made 1X Philips/LMS CD-ROM drive doesn't seem to mind at all! It is quite happy to read a CD-RW. Date codes on the drive place it around the very late 80s or early 90s. It's my understanding that the MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum card was actually a pretty good sound card for its day. Although Compaq's business audio is decent and has the benefit of playing through the system's internal speaker, it does not support anything beyond WAVE playback or capture from a microphone or line input. There is no MIDI support. (It can support full duplex operation, however.) I believe that "LMS" stood for Laser Memory Systems. I could well be wrong. The drive actually says what it means, but I was feeling lazy and did not care to take it out. (This is because part of its installation involved super glue.)
Many (though not all) older compact disc drives and audio CD players either will not play or have a great deal of trouble with CD-RW discs. A few will even refuse to play a CD-R. In the case of a CD-RW, this is because the disc itself simply is not as reflective as a CD-R or pressed disc. This early and somewhat cheaply made 1X Philips/LMS CD-ROM drive doesn't seem to mind at all! It is quite happy to read a CD-RW. Date codes on the drive place it around the very late 80s or early 90s. It's my understanding that the MediaVision Pro Audio Spectrum card was actually a pretty good sound card for its day. Although Compaq's business audio is decent and has the benefit of playing through the system's internal speaker, it does not support anything beyond WAVE playback or capture from a microphone or line input. There is no MIDI support. (It can support full duplex operation, however.) I believe that "LMS" stood for Laser Memory Systems. I could well be wrong. The drive actually says what it means, but I was feeling lazy and did not care to take it out. (This is because part of its installation involved super glue.)
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