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Article #645Re: Radio shack 199.00 special..
From: Brad Steele
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:03
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 21:03
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In article 1790@head-cfa.harvard.edu, kenter@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Almus Kenter) writes: > > > Radio shack is having a special sale on an internal > CD ROM reader for only 199.00. (reg 399.00) > what is the net wisdom on that unit? Is it really slow? > is it only for some perverse Tandy format.....? > > > --Almus A while back PC magazine did a review on CD-ROMs. They had a sidebar about the Tandy one. The one they were talking about impressed them. Basically it was about average in read time and I think it required its own driver card. The only explanation they gave about the price was that you have to manually load the CD. To load it you just press on the door and the whole unit pops out, then you lift the lid and set the CD inside. They claimed that it reduced the cost by several hundred dollars since they could remove some motors, gearing, etc. That's what I know. I think I might go check that out. Brad
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