(first CD-ROM) Re: IBM 5051 ????

From: Bill Sudbrink <bill_at_chipware.com>
Date: Thu Jul 15 15:31:18 1999

> The CD-ROM on that page almost looks like the DAtext that I have. anyone
> know what year the first CD-ROM was?

That one is not even close to the first. The first one I saw,
which probably was not the first either, was in the spring of 1984.
An LMS CM-100 (I think that's right). Proprietary interface, big
box, top loading with a clear lid (you could watch your CD spin).
LMS stood for Laser/Magnetic Storage, Inc. which I think was part
of (or maybe spun out of) Phillips-Dupont Optical (PDO).

Bill
Received on Thu Jul 15 1999 - 15:31:18 BST