PDP-1 (was Re: OT and getting further OT...)

[Adrian Graham]

> > astounded when I told them the mechanism used in most domestic CD 
> > players also originated in the 60s. (I hope I'm right on that one :)
> 
> To which mechanism are you referring?
> 
> CD players didn't enter the market until late 1983, IIRC, but 
> there are undoubtedly some mechanisms therein that were used 
> in earlier products.

The laser scanning head used in domestic CD players is what I'm referring to
- its design hasn't changed because it does it's job......

cheers

a