Re: CD-ROM

Subject: Re: CD-ROM
From: Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 13:18:20 -0700

>Well, unless it WRITES a CD-ROM, it is only a READER. The term "drive"
>implies that the device is capable of reading and writing.

I don't think it implies that at all. The term "drive" suggests to me that
it's capable of making it do its thing -- whatever that is.

I wonder what a worm drive does. :-) ...RM

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