OT: Exploding CD & A1

[blobrana]

Yes it`s true,
i`v`e heard of hackers who have upgraded the firmware to allow the cd to spin even faster!

i think i heard of a guy who cranked his up to 100x
before the thing exploded.

But , i think that at 52x which is near the limit for reading that type of media ,that it is generally safe(, if you use normal Cd's) :-D .

[blobrana]

I`ve forgotten the article i read it in, but it was saying that most of the cd-roms are all the same device.
It`s cheaper to manufacture...
And that the makers just FLASH the firmware to up grade the speed... ( yes , it`s a con!).

But the funny thing is that reading Amiga data is sometimes slower on a `fast` CD-ROM , because of the spin up times and small file sizes...
Probably 8x is the optimum speed for the lean files of an Amiga, unless you`re` into movies etc.
 :-D