>>>>> "John" == John A Kilpatrick <jakilpat@engr.ucdavis.edu> writes:

John> I've always wondered - how can a data CD harm an audio CD player?

To some degree what's been recorded on the CD has control over the
stepper and drive motors. If it's not audio material (and even if it is
sometimes!) it can result in the motors doing some very unnice things to
themselves.

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