#upgrade kit w/external
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I am in the process of shopping for an Multi-Media upgrade kit. I have a
Micro-Express 486-33 with 8Megs Ram and a 170 MB HD. Unfortunately, I
purchased a mini-tower, which does not have a full size drive bay available
for an internal CD-ROM. Three things I'm looking for are a fast drive,
along the lines of the NEC CDR74/84, a 16 bit sound card, and a nice
assortment of software packaged. It appeared that the Media Vision upgrade
kit fit the bill perfectly, until I realized that it uses an internal
drive. I called Media vision, and they have no plans to put together an
external drive, because it would compete with their other product, which
uses a slower drive. All they could suggest was to buy the drive and the
sound card seperately, but of course then there is now packaged software.
Any ideas out there? Is there any way to use an internal drive externally,
with some sort of case? How important is the 16 bit sound card now?
Tommorrow? My underlying philosophy is that I want to get as much as I can
afford to now, so as to avoid having to upgrade various components 6 months
or a year from now. Are there any vendors out there who will combine
components, including software, at competitive prices? An awful lot of
questions, I know? I would certainly appreciate any thoughts on the
matter…Dick…
CD-ROM drives most of the newer ons are 1/2 height devices so they should
work just fine. You should get a catalog from CDROM, Inc they have a nice
over view of MPC standard and different CD-ROM drives available.
(800-821-5245. Also try the Multimedia forum too (GO MULTIMEDIA)
Hi Dick,
You may want to take a look at CD-ROM adds in Computer Shopper. Some
vendors bundle disks with drives for a good price and you could always buy
the sound card seperately from whatever vendor offers the best deal. If
you go that route, I suggest you call 5 or 6 direct mail vendors before
deciding on a package. Some may offer better prices than you see in their
adds.
Joe