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Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?

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From: W T Goodall
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 00:00
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bass...@usit.net wrote:
> 
> hns...@sirius.com (Ron Hunsinger) wrote:
> 
> >In article <randy.patton-3...@news.vt.edu>,
> >randy....@vt.edu (Randy Patton) wrote:
> 
> >> In article <4vvrfv$l...@fcnews.fc.hp.com>, r...@fc.hp.com (Ray Depew) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> > (Serious here)  It really doesn't?  Paging Terry Carroll!  I've seen
> >> > the logo that Dan mentioned on every -- well, I guess every -- CD player
> >> > or CD-ROM drive I've ever seen.
> >>
> >> A data point:  No internal Apple CD-ROM drive of which I'm aware
> >> (and I've worked with or owned most) bears any sort of distinctive
> >> marking.  They're just flat, featureless gray drawers.
> 
> >The operative word here might be "distinctive". I have an audio CD player
> >and two computer CD drives. The logo on the audio CD is easily discernible
> >(gold paint on a black background), but on one CD I had to look really
> >close to tell what the logo said (without looking closely it's just a
> >rough spot on the part of the tray that's visible when the door is closed,
> >unpainted).
> 
> >I was about to report that my other computer CD did not have the logo, but
> >then I looked again very closely with a flashlight. It's there, but it's
> >VERY hard to see. It's actually easier to find with your fingers than with
> >your eyes.
> 
> >Once found, all three logos are identical. I'm beginning to lean toward
> >the hypothesis suggested earlier - that it's a legal requirement of some
> >kind, or at least an "industry standard".
> 
> >Those of you who have reported not seeing it on your drives, look again.
> >Very carefully. You might have overlooked it.
> 
> >-Ron Hunsinger
> 
> Nope.  Still not there.
> 
> Brenda Bass
> bass...@usit.net

Definitely not there on my 6100/60. 
___

William T Goodall
w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk
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From: W T Goodall <w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?
Date: 1996/09/13
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