Posted by Bob on 12/30/05 20:46

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:56:26 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
<roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:

>>I just scraped the bottom side - the side with the active material on
>>it. I was able to scrape the active layer off easily - down to bare
>>plastic.

> The bottom side (the side the laser reads through) is a
>polycarbonate plastic nearly half a millimeter thick.

Not on the disc I have.

> Ever see those clear discs they put under the stack of CD-R discs?

> THAT is a blank. The polymer layer gets attached to that, and the
>lacquer goes over it. That is how far the read side is from the
>polymer layer, and THAT is why the top side (printed side) is far
>closer to the polymer layer than the bottom side. The bottom side IS
>plastic, and the top side IS a mere coating.

> No, I didn't make it up.

That is not how my disc is constructed.

YUDEN000 T02


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