This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Drive Specs?
Message #52113
I've decided to buy a CD-ROM drive, and starting browsing the PC Catalog in the 'mall'. My qualifications are: internal, MPC-2 compatible, 300 kbs transfer rate,
#Multi-speed
Message #49004
John & Bill, Thanks for the information about multi-speed drives. I agree with John's estimation about the prices coming down as they become less new and more popular. I was surprised by Bill's comments, I'd never thought of it that way. Do any of the current multi-speed drives allow you…
Sound
Message #49001
Craig — Thanks for the info about sound and CDROM's. Sorry I haven't replied sooner, but I haven't been on in a while. I don't think my ATI card has any CDROM capability. Tom
#Sound
Message #47975
I was looking at the Mitsumi CD-ROM drive in a store the other day. The salesperson asked me whether I had a SoundBlaster card. When I told her I had an ATI Stereo/FX, she said the two would just ignore each other. She went on to say that when (for…
#Multi-speed
Message #47974
I am thinking about buying a CD-ROM player. I have seen the multi-speed drives that spin the disk twice as fast, and supposedly transfer data twice as fast. These, however, are much too expensive at the moment. It seems to me that making the disk spin twice as fast shouldn't…