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Re: CD Length (Was: Micro$loth Windoze 95 Badges)



In <45j7e7$j6e@drivel.ics.uci.edu> jlee@clyde.ics.uci.edu writes:

> Markus Buchhorn shook the fabric of space and wrote:
> : Just wait till we get the short wavelength lasers and get 2-3 times the 
> : playing time :-).
> 
> They've already got a format that uses short wavelength lasers and 2-3
> layers in the CD and it's giving 4 gigs.  Wait until they figure out how
> to use more layers, double-side it, and use holographic imaging. :)

They DID double-side it, but thanks to the big players in computer industry
they agreed on, I believe, the Sony/Philips format instead of Toshiba's
double-sided CDs. Or was it vice versa? Hm.

- henrik