Re: CDR?

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams)]

In article <Pine.3.05.9405131505.B3065-9100000@atlas.cs.upei.ca> you write:
>Peter Manchester's post on the convention listed several "CDR"s among the
>items auctioned. From the prices, they must be quite valuable - what is a
>CDR? Is it a CD-ROM, like the Macintosh ones that play coordinated sound
>and pictures?

    It stands for "CD-Recordable." It is a audio device used in very big
studios and mastering plants to make small quantities of audio Compact
Discs for test purposes. It serves the same purpose as the old "white
label" pressings of LPs and 45s. The copy of _The Red Shoes_ that was
auctioned was one of only two test copies made. Kate kept the other
one. Everything there went fairly cheaply compared to what dealers
would charge for these items.


                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                               chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (his)
                                 vickie@njin.rutgers.edu      (hers)