#What Should I Buy??
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Brian,
> BTW, I see that some newer CD-ROMs are SCSI-2 compliant. Is this
> standard any faster, or just stricter? Also, if I want to position
> myself for the CD-XA and Multisession Photo CD environment, should I
> insist on SCSI-2 and/or a 16-bit controller? Or an EISA one for my
> EISA machine? If so, which??
I'm pretty sure that SCSI-2 or EISA are not relevant re XA and Photo CD…
> One more question. What is Red Book Audio, and should I plan for its
> emergence as well?
Red Book is simply regular audio tracks in the same format as music CDs. It can
be intermixed with data on CD-ROMs.
— Samuel
Thanks Samuel (and everyone else out there!!) for your help and patience.
Between this forum and thread, Computer Shopper and other forums, the
information is starting to stick <g>. Kind of like the way snowflakes freeze
the ground eventuallly <bg>!
As I see it, the choice is between excellent piece components and bundles. I
see what is available on the bundles side for the NEC, Texel and Toshiba, but
there are some components which we haven't discussed on the "piece components"
side. For example, if I get one of the CD-ROMs above, say a SCSI-2 controller
and the PAS-16 for sound, what choices are there for speakers? Also, are there
good bundles on purely CDs available, or does their inclusion in the H/W, S/W
bundles make them the best choice? Finally, what a I missing??
Thanks again for your help – I think this thread has the makings of a great
tutorial <g,d&rvvf>!
Brian