🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: aus.cdrom
Article #301

Re: Problem with high speed cdroms.

#301
From: David Hare-Scott
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 00:00
34 lines
1647 bytes
Yes with my X12 on some CDs its shakes and rattles a lot which doesn't
happen with a X6 on my other machine.  Also it takes ages to start up
sometimes.  This can be so bad that the prog calling it gives up and says
there is no Cd in the drive.  I have to start some things a couple of
times.

David

Andrew <andreww2@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<6f2h7h$k55$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
> Has anyone had any problems with high speed cdrom drives?
> 
> A couple of my friends and I have had problems with 10x, 12x and faster
> cdrom drives.
> Sometimes they have trouble reading certain disks (especially CDR disks).
> The drive either refuses to read them or seeks back and forth for a long
> time, or the transfer time is lousy.
> 
> --
> Andrew.
> -
> Australia, the business nation.
> -
> Edit the reply address before replying.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
Technical Details
Message-ID: <01bd55da$edacd3c0$20963ecb@ThePro.zip.com.au>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <6f2h7h$k55$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10d683,36320ff551454ad7
X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public
X-Google-Thread: 10ed01,36320ff551454ad7
X-Google-Attributes: gid10ed01,public
X-Google-Thread: 108c83,36320ff551454ad7
X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public
X-Google-Thread: 100a73,36320ff551454ad7
X-Google-Attributes: gid100a73,public
From: "David Hare-Scott" <davidhs@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: Problem with high speed cdroms.
Date: 1998/03/22
Message-ID: <01bd55da$edacd3c0$20963ecb@ThePro.zip.com.au>
X-Deja-AN: 336611799
References: <6f2h7h$k55$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>
Organization: Syncretic Solutions Pty Ltd
Newsgroups: aus.cdrom,aus.computers,aus.computers.cdrom,aus.computers.ibm-pc