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[ILUG] [A bit OT] DVD Drives

[ILUG] [A bit OT] DVD Drives

David Murphy drjolt+ilug at redbrick.dcu.ie
Thu May 25 16:26:25 IST 2000


Quoting <20000525162204.B18896 at digiserve.ie>
by "John P. Looney (Kate)" <jplooney-ilug at online.ie>:

> On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 03:10:08PM +0100, Noel Carroll mentioned:
> > I did hear from somebody in IT Direct lately that there was a
> > shortage of drives due to the PS 2 and that the prices had gone
> > up. 

> Not quite true. It's due to the lack of DSP chips fab plant
> capacity, which mobile phones are the chief culprit for. CDRW's have
> been suffering too.

What's a CDRW us a DSP for?

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