Good morning to you Jasen, how are you today ? 

 JB> my cd-rom drive is labeled 44x max which means on the end track gives
 JB> a 44x data rate but at the start the data rate is lower.

        Methink that the 44x is a rate of data transfer, thus, the RPM
        would increase toward the enter or vice-versa, decrease toward
        the edge. It has to cover the same "area" on a constant.

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