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Re: CD-ROM drive recommendation?

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From: Robert "Cuda" McNamara
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 20:07
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Keith Brafford (kbraffor@vtaix.cc.vt.edu) wrote:
: Ken Kobayashi (kkobayas@husc9.harvard.edu) wrote:

: I have the IBM Enhanced CD-ROM II.  It is the equivalent of the Toshiba 3401
: except that  it has some microcode fixes that the Toshiba doesn't have that
: make it work better in multitasking environments.  It also is a bit different
: in cosmetics in that it doesn't have the door flap that the Toshiba does,
: so you don't always have to open and close it manually.  It is a caddied 
: drive like the toshiba, though.
: It is really fast and I recommend it over the Toshiba 3401 and Texel, it
: you can find it for a price equivalent to those two.  
: Also, if I recall correctly, the IBM drive came with more stuff that you
: may have to buy elsewhere if you got the Toshiba (different screw sizes,
: rails, SCSI terminating resistors, etc).

Does anyone know where I can find this drive?  (Preferably in the 
Bay Area.)  I've never seen one adversised.

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Subject: Re: CD-ROM drive recommendation?
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