Re: PC or Mac?

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 06:32:09 GMT, Will Strutts wrote:

>
>
> "Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <byron@b60z27hbb464i.ab.hsia.telus.net> wrote
> in message <snip>
>> AM radio is used throughout Canada and, as far as I can tell, the
>> United States as well.
>
> In the mid-west US, AM is mostly relegated to news and talk radio. There
> are no music stations on AM anymore.
>
>> > Remember when the CD was introduced, and the switchover from vinyl
>> > records?
>>
>> I was too young.  Nevertheless, vinyl and CDs have been around
>> much longer than the computers which most people use.  Heck, I
>> still have CDs from my 386 (pre-1992).
>
> The CD didn't appear here until around 1983/4 but didn't become prevalent
> until the late 80's. In the early 90's, record albumns disappeared
> altogether.
> I recall the shock one day going into a record store and not finding
> anything
> other than CD's and cassette tapes. This must have been around 1991/2.

Consumer law in Europe forces the record companies to put their releases
on vinyl as well as CD but to a minimum of 2000 pressings. These are 
pressed by sub contractors and very quietly sold at obscure stores.

> The same situation is happening with Cassettes. They are now a rarity and
> blank cassettes are difficult to find. It is very difficult too to find a
> cassette
> deck for your stereo and I still have a couple boxes of them that I can't
> play
> because I use CD's in both home and car.

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