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From: noah@apple.com (Noah Price)
Subject: Re: What to put in Centris 650 Internal Bay?
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 17:30:58 GMT
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In article <C5JFnp.FCx@world.std.com>, jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
wrote:
> 
> hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) writes:
> >tzs@stein2.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
> >>jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey) writes:
> >>>Yes, you get internal mixing of the analog CD-Audio outputs with
> >>>the Mac generated audio on the Mac motherboard.  Also you can sample
> >>>the CD-Audio using the sound control panel by clicking on the Options
> >>>button next to the microphone icon.
> >>How do you click on the Options button?  I've never seen it undimmed.
> 
> >    The latest word on this is you have to disconnect the Microphone
> >cable on the motherboard. Then the button is supposed to un-dim.

The audio will simply select the CD audio when the microphone is removed. 
I don't believe the button un-dims, since there's nothing to select.  I
haven't tracked down a Centris to check this on though.

> Sorry, I assumed that the the various new machines with the internal
> CD-ROM bay worked the same as the Quadra 900.  Obviously they don't.

Yup, I made the same mistake several months ago when this issue came up
before :-)


noah

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