From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Thu, Jun 11th 1998, 04:11
From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Thu, Jun 11th 1998, 04:11
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Jonathon Stevens wrote:
> Just my thread, sorta. I'm sorta curious to know if anybody knows any
> tricks to scratching a CD so it will skip. I tried on one and after several
> deep cuts it still wouldn't skip, so then I mashed it up real good and the
> CD player couldn't read it at all. Otherwise would someone know a computer
> program that could simulate CD skips? Thanks.
Using a Sharpee marker (or other opaque, isopropyl-alcohol-removeable felt
pen ink), draw a spiral out from the center that goes clockwise and moves
from the inside to the outside in one 360 degree cycle. I avoid marking
the innermost 1mm, as somewhere in there is the cd formatting/track info.
You can fatten the mark with the pen if it doesn't skip easily enough, and
use alcohol to wipe it off. In fact, you can use good cds if the ink is
removeable. I am not sure of prolonged efx of alcohol on the plastic, so
I wash the cd gently with water and soap afterward, too.
Using a '87 Denon consumer cd player, I can usually get any cd to skip at
any selectable point of any track using this line and it will still
advance tracks and move forward and backward in a controlled manner.
I have a newer cd player (3 laser) that doesn't work as well, as it is
harder to get the line just right so that the skip doesn't jump to distant
parts of the disc.
Solenoid
np - pacman vs cologib (excellent! + makes me want to go play vectrex)
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