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Subject:Re: CD Production Advice From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Sat, 13 Sep 1997 18:00:07 -0800
On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:08:12 GMT, Stephen Forrest wrote:
>>I have one disc at work with a small stick-on label. It's a little
>>off-center. The whole machine vibrates and makes a neat buzzing noise
>>when the disc fires up in a new 24X CD-ROM drive.
>
>I was wondering about that. At the RPMs used in CD-ROMs, even a little
>off-center weight (like the weight of a label) would be significant.
Ever have an unbalanced tire on your car? Feels pretty neat once you hit
highway speeds, eh? :-)
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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