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tony sayer wrote:
I'd be most surprised if that was a consideration. After all, Philips
already had the laser disc which was LP sized. They could have made the
CD the same size as a 7" record with much greater playing time.

Nah!, they couldn't have called it Compact Disc then so the CD couldn't
have been invented;!...

It would still be compact compared to the LP it was meant to replace. ;-)

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