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Establishing the Maximum Speed of a CD-ROM Drive

Posted by michael on from the science-at-its-finest dept.

UnknownSoldier writes "Ever wondered how fast CD-ROM drives can spin their CDs before the CD will self destruct due to centrifugal force? This person was too, and has his results. (So much for those 100x drives)."

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  1. Google cache by awptic · · Score: 5, Informative

    The google cache for this page is here

  2. Another Mirror by hendridm · · Score: 5, Informative


    This one has no broken images.

  3. Bla bla bla by SevenTowers · · Score: 5, Informative

    Afreey and Infineon already have a 100x (TrueX) CD-Rom drive (25x DVD)", it came out in 2001...

    This is the future (but who cares, we'll go solid state before it gets popular).

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