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Xref: sserve comp.os.os2.programmer.misc:9880 comp.os.linux.development:9138 comp.os.minix:23757 comp.os.mach:3827 comp.periphs:5513 comp.unix.bsd:13970 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:6302 comp.os.386bsd.development:2127 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc:5388 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!peewee.chinalake.navy.mil!erik From: erik@peewee.chinalake.navy.mil (Dinsdale Piranha) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Subject: Re: CD-ROM's do all read and write now? Followup-To: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Date: 16 May 1994 22:18:42 GMT Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences Lines: 24 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2r8rg2$1mp@pandora.sdsu.edu> References: <hastyCpK21o.FAy@netcom.com> <CpKBFs.GvD@zeno.fit.edu> <2r1e1e$qi4@rainbow.sosi.com> <Cpw8wD.8Gw@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <2r7t3l$4nr@usenet.rpi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: peewee.chinalake.navy.mil X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Neal W. Miller (millen3@rebecca.its.rpi.edu) wrote: : richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes: : >In article <2r1e1e$qi4@rainbow.sosi.com> stanf@rainbow.sosi.com (Stan Foy) writes: : >>: Can someone tell me if all CD drives read and write now? Which ones : >>: are the "top of the line"? : >> Nope, your standard CD is read only. : >It may also be worth pointing out that an MSDOS virus has been : >distributed disguised as a program which converts conventional CD : >drives to read-write. No such thing is possible in software; don't : >install anything which purports to do it. : Of course such software exists. I've even got a cigarette lighter : in my car that gives the vehicle underwater and aerial capabilities. Hah, mine doubles as a T1 line internet connection. CD = Compact Disc ROM = Read Only Memory as opposed to WOM or Write Only Memory