Re: Bad-CD update Jan-2005

miriam clinton (iriXx) wrote:
> the whole offset hole thing - if i'm getting this right, a hole drilled
> into the CD at an area offset from the center -

Just a non-central hole, yes, so the disc wobbles when it plays.

> is rather laughable really. Native Instruments have been doing this
> for ages with their installation CDs for music software - and all
> you have to do is copy all the files and folders to the hard
> disk. after all, they've got to be able to run...
>
> slightly more difficult with music... but in theory it should be
> possible... ;)

Exactly -- run your CD-ROM in single-speed mode.  It is even less
effective than other methods, but given their lunacy so far, anything
is possible.

Jim

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