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#3401 B or E1

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#48855From: Scott AronianMay 20, 1993 4:41 PM
In the ads for Mac CD-ROM drives the Toshiba is referred to as Model 3401-B and 3401-E1. Does anyone know if there is a difference? Thanks for any info.
#48893From: Eric Mark RintellMay 21, 1993 12:45 AM
Scott– The 3401-B is the internal version; the 3401-E1 is the external version.
#48954From: Scott AronianMay 22, 1993 12:28 AM
Thanks, Eric. That was a very simple answer. I just noticed in the July '93 Macworld they refer to the mechanism as XM-3401TA. I appreciate your information since I was planning to purchase the external version of the Toshiba for my Mac. However, the tests in Macworld do not rate the 3401 as being the best performer. I was surprised since raw performance numbers show it to be the fastest. Scott
#48995From: Eric Mark RintellMay 22, 1993 4:53 PM
Scott– I'm in the PC world, and at this time the fastest single player CD-ROM drive is the Toshiba. However, that may change at this week's COMDEX. Eric
#49142From: Scott AronianMay 24, 1993 11:48 PM
Eric – I'll be interested to here of new developments at Comdex. I'll also be curious to see a "real world" test of CD-ROM drives used for MultiMedia playback in the Windows world. Scott