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In article <1992Apr12.182056.9850@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@atropa (Mike Berger) writes:
>philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>>Not so. You require at least a 386sx, VGA, an MPC complient CD-ROM such as
>>the Sony 541/535 or the NEC-83M( but not the NEC-83), a suitable audio card
>>with mixing capabilities( SB Pro for example but not the SB), Midi, Windows
>>3.1( which includes the extensions).
>*----
>The CDR-83 is fully MPC compliant.  It is also substantially faster
>than most other MPC-compliant drives on the market.  The CDR-83M
>would be a better choice, of course, because it is much better
>at smooth-motion simulated video, but it wouldn't be accurate to
>reject the CDR-83 as non-compliant (and say nothing about
>Tandy's compliant CD-ROM drive with 1000 ms access time).

Neither NEC's 83 nor the 72( external version ) and of course the 36 are
MPC complient. The access time may very well be fast on the 72/83 but it
can't sustain the 150kB/sec that is required. Try running Mammals on it.
The NEC drives were reveiwed in PC Magazine and found lacking re use for
multimedia. This is one reason why NEC upgraded them. Call NEC and ask them.

philip
philip@utstat.toronto.edu