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Article #36Re: CD-ROM drive recommendation?
From: Robert "Cuda" McNamara
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 20:07
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. -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ Rob McNamara = Can't you see? rob@cad4.lbl.gov - It all makes perfect sense LBL EE CAD/CAE software support = Expressed in dollars and cents, Register & Vote Green! - Pounds, shillings, and pence. +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f2db,c94e4db185a0faf2,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10f2db,public X-Google-Thread: 1002bf,c94e4db185a0faf2,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1002bf,public X-Google-Thread: f9960,8fcb72200fd2dc8f X-Google-Attributes: gidf9960,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-11-29 12:34:42 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!overload.lbl.gov!rob From: rob@cad4.lbl.gov (Robert "Cuda" McNamara) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.multimedia,ba.market.computers,su.computers.ibm Subject: Re: CD-ROM drive recommendation? Date: 29 Nov 1993 20:07:57 GMT Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2ddkqt$83a@overload.lbl.gov> References: <2ctstu$ir5@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> Reply-To: rob@cad4.lbl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: cad4.lbl.gov X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]