Re: Mitsumi or Panasonic CD-ROM drive?

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From: Steve Withers
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1993 23:19

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In article <1993Sep30.173144.4700@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>,
William Fang <int877w@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:
>  (cscks@luxury.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
> : 	I just ordered Cset++, the CDrom version, now I need a cdrom drive
> : for it, I've got it down to two choices, the cheapest, of a Mitsumi or
> : a Panasonic MultiSpin. Now I need some advice on which has the best
> : driver support and which is better, faster etc.
> 
> I think the Panasonic plugs directly into an ISA slot.  The Mitsumi
> requires a scsi connector.  A multispin drive will get at least 300KB
> per second transfers.  If the Mitsumi is not a multispin, then it will
> only transfer 150KB/sec.
> 
> Please note, I'm not 100% sure, probably only 50% sure about the
> ISA and scsi bits ;-)

The Mitsumi comes with its own adaptor. 
 
Steve
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