Re: cd's ?

Chris Whelan wrote:
Ted wrote:

Anyone tell me why (apart from profit) cd's are not produced that are
writable on both sides ??

They would have to be twice as thick, and hence incompatible with standard
CDs.

It might be worth having a look here for the basics of how CDs work:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cd-burner.htm

It's one of those technologies that, if someone proposed it to you before it
had been invented, you'd tell them not to be so silly :-)

Chris

Thanks for the reply...and the url...
I just had mail from Germany and the writer said they have double sided cd's and dvd's even a mixed dvd/cd ..
.

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