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From: stephen@hpdml93.HP.COM (Stephen Holmstead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Re^2: No more Cinemaware stuff for Amiga !!!????
Message-ID: <380039@hpdml93.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 89 01:17:46 GMT
References: <119843@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID
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Dave Fetrow writes:
> CD ROMs incorporate Error Correction Codes. A few mangled bits can be 
>reconstructed on the fly. If they didn't have ECC's they wouldn't have nearly
>as many advantages over conventional media as they do.

You make it sound like ECC is exclusive to CD ROM.  As one who deals
with 'conventional media' daily, I know that we make extensive use of
ECC's.  Most 'conventional media' has at least some form of ECC.  This
is often transparent so many user may not think that the drives are
using ECC.  I don't see ECC's as being an 'advantage' for CD ROM's.

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