Re: (idm) Ricci's Pieces/single-session CD-ROM drives

From apheks
Sent Sun, Oct 24th 1999, 03:41

Jeff, 

you can buy a good new cd-rom drive for about $50 .. i doubt you're 
that in the hole financially if you'd like a capable, relatively 
satisfying cd-rom .. 

other than that .. no clue if theres a back door ..

-jason


> Just picked up the issue of FAQT w/ the Christina Ricci disc in it.  I got
> it at Tower, too.  They had Ricci's Pieces CD but not the Warp 10 CDs.
> That pissed me off a bit.  What a super store that place is!  And REAL
> friendly service, too!  Actually, it sucks donkey dick, but... I've only
> listened to a little of the CD.  So far, the Cex track sounds pretty nice.
>  
>  Anyway, the reason I'm writing is to find out if anyone knows of a way to
> get around the limitations of a single-session CD-ROM drive.  Ricci's
> Pieces has MP3s on it (from Qwerty, Colingib, et al) that I'd really like
> to hear but can't.  Same kind of problem w/ Coltrane's The Ultimate Blue
> Train which has some pictures and shit that I can't access.  If you're not
> aware, a single-session drive will read a CD/multimedia hybrid disc as
> simply an audio disc, thus not allowing enjoyment of the extra stuff.  Can
> anyone help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>