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elhumo@zip.com.au (Terry Hulme) writes:

>On 15 Feb 1996 12:48:43 GMT, MEP95DIF@shef.ac.uk (MEP95DIF) wrote:

>>
>Yes, all you need is an external  CD-Rom with a parallel connection.
>Check out the  on-line web catalog of necxdirect.necx.com
>They have 2 listed with a good list of specs. What I am looking for
>though is an  supplier in Oz as this sounds like the ideal way to
>install new software on a machine without a CD drive in the box.
>Any clues?????
>Terry      elhumo@pobox.com

Boy oh boy, someone going through what I went through a little while ago.

Let's see if my experience will help ... :)

I ended up buying a Panasonic 2X from  a local retailer who gets it
supplied from a local company - internal 2X's are stuck in a special
external case.  It works okay.

Apparently, they couldn't get 4X's to work properly.  But you need
to bear in mind that you're going to be limited by the transfer
speed of the parallel port.  IT's nowhere as fast as a SCSI port.
I'm not sure whether an Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) will  help here.

I have been using my external 2X CD-ROM drive with my notebook computer.
It's okay.  Good for data and installs.  Wouldn't depend on it for multimedia-
critical apps, though.

Let me know if you want to talk about it some more.


	Regards,

	Daniel