perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (05/09/84)
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The following is taken from the Advance Program for the
International Conference on Consumer Electronics, to be
held in Chicago June 6-8, 1984
Wednesday, June 6
Session III
Intelligent
Home Electronics & Computers
9:00 am - LaSalle II
Chairman: Dr. Granville Ott
Texas Instruments
Lubbock, TX
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WAM 3.3 "A 600M Byte Compact Disc Read Only
(9:50) Memory: A Breakthrough in Low Cost Mass
Data Distribution"
Bert Gall, Erik Schylander
Audio Division of Philips International
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Because of the digital storage technique used, the Com-
pact Disc System can be used for the retrieval of digital
data instead of music. It is expected to become a very
powerful media for mass distribution of data from all kinds
of information suppliers.
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Stephen Perelgut
Computer Systems Research Group University of Toronto
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