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Adaptor/NEC84 Match?? Message #52829

From: C Bret Jessee CDROM Forum · Drives/Hardware July 15, 1993 4:28 PM

I'm not up on CD-COM drives and related stuff, but I was advised that to benefit from a double-speed CD-ROM drive like the NEC Multispin 84 internal that I would have to match the appropriate adaptor. In quoting a mail-order PC from ZEOS, they only mention a SCSI adaptor chip…

#Double-speed CD-ROM Driv Message #967

From: C Bret Jessee CDROM Vendor Forum · General Section July 15, 1993 5:46 AM

While shopping for a mail-order PC, Gateway told me that double-speed CD-ROM drives (NEC Multispin 84i, etc) are not presently any faster/better than standard units as current software/hardware cannot utilize higher speed transfer rates. Is this true? Were I to specify a NEC Multispin84i in a ZEOS 4DX2-66, is there…