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In article <1993Jan24.185027.15542@ncsu.edu> amcandel@eos.ncsu.edu (Alex Candelaria) writes:
>	I'm not sure about OS/2, but to do Windoze Multimedia, doesn't it
>require a CD-ROM with a access time of less than 500ms?  While the price of 
>the drive you mention is quite attractive, it has a 650ms access time, which
>may cause trouble down the multimedia road... :)

I believe the MPC specification says that the data transfer rate must
be 150K/second (which this drive provides).  I don't think MPC is
particularly rigid about the access time.  This drive is about
average.  Some drives are as slow as 1000ms average access; the high
end Texels are now down around 250ms average access.

I am suggesting that this NEC CDR-25 is attractive if price is a
concern.  If speed is a concern, then I recommend getting the Toshiba
CD-ROM drive offered in conjunction with the OS/2 Professional
Developer's Kit.  Those drives start at $400 with a 350ms average
access.  The external, Kodak Photo CD compatible drive (with 300K/sec
double spin) is $500.  These prices are far below the street prices
for comparable or equivalent drives, as far as I can tell.

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