CompuServe Messages

Farzad, I have placed an order for one of the $229 NEC-80 drives from DAK's mail order service (the flood of inquiries has encouraged them to now offer it as as a catalog item as well as through their stores). I am concerned with what performance the unit offers, considering its 1 second response time. Because I'm buying it primarily for my young children, the tiles I'm most concerned about it playing are: National Geographic Mammals, Mixed-Up Mother Goose, and an encyclopedia (to be determined). Have you by chance run any of these on one of your NEC-80's ? I'm especially concerned about its ability to play the video portions of Mammals at the proper speed. What specifically can you advise me about its performance? Are there some things it does well and others that performs less than satisfactorily? Thanks for any feedback you can give me. My order is back-ordered for the next week, so I can still cancel it if this unit won't meet the needs I've described. Thanks, Joe Surdoval