Apple 5200CD, 5300CD manual Using the CD-ROM Drive, Read this chapter for information about

Read this chapter for information about

your computer’s built-in CD-ROM drive.

5 Using the CD-ROM Drive

This chapter provides information on the CD-ROM drive (also called a CD-ROM player). Refer to Appendix A, “Health, Safety, and Maintenance Tips,” for information on the proper handling of these discs.

Your internal CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) drive for Macintosh computers works with CD-ROM discs, standard audio compact discs (CDs), and single-session or multisession Photo CDs. Your CD-ROM drive provides access to large amounts of information. However, you cannot save information on CD-ROM discs. ROM stands for read-only memory, meaning that the drive cannot “write” information onto CD-ROM discs.

A wide selection of CD-ROM discs is available for entertainment, education, and business. A typical disc can hold over 650 megabytes (MB) of information—the equivalent of 270,000 pages of text, up to 8 hours

of speech or music (depending on the sound quality), hundreds of high- resolution images, or any combination of text, sound, and graphics.

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