On 2 Jun 2000, Eric Smith wrote:
> I bring this up to address the hypothetical situation that 50 years from
> now there are not any commonly available CD-ROM drives. I firmly believe
> that a small team of graduate students, armed with the relevant technical
> specifications, could design and construct a working CD-ROM drive in
> under two years.
One can still go into thrift stores and pretty regularly find audio
players from the 50s and 60s. I would imagine CD players would be just as
easy if not more so to find 50 years from now.
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Received on Fri Jun 02 2000 - 22:06:07 BST