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Date:      Wed, 6 Aug 1997 11:23:27 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd@atipa.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status of USB, TX chipset, PIIX3, etc.
Message-ID:  <199708061823.LAA14457@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970805193958.1982B-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> from "Alex" at Aug 5, 97 07:40:29 pm

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> On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Michael Smith wrote:
> > > DVD CD-ROMs and hardware decoders
> > 
> > How are they different from "normal" CD-ROMs?
> 
> I have no idea, however Memphis has a whole set of drivers specific for
> DVD stuff and a whole bug section.

DVD's require more hardware because they can hold a significantly
larger amount of information.

I believe you can burn a "short" DVD in a normal CD burner, and
then pretend it's a DVD in oly 1/3 of the DVD drives out there.  8-(.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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