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- From: skyluke@skylink.sublink.org (Luca Spada)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: NEC CDR-75
- Message-ID: <skyluke.0079@skylink.sublink.org>
- Date: 18 Jul 92 18:43:28 GMT
- Organization: Sky Link (Amiga BBS) - VA, Italy, Europe
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- Hi...
-
- Just purchased a NEC CD ROM CDR-75, this is an external SCSI CD-ROM. I
- have attached it to my GVP Series II (ROM v4.5) and it works just
- great. I have tried both the Xetec and Canadian Prototypes software,
- but the Xetec is by far the BEST. I have done some testings and the
- Xetec software is about 2 to 3 times faster!
-
- This drive performs RAW 150 Kb/sec, with the Xetec software I get about
- 130-140 Kb/sec, while with the Canadian Prototypes I get no more than
- 60Kb/sec.
-
- Copying a file of 1540342 bytes from the CD to RAM takes 44 sec. with
- the Canadian Software and only 18 with the Xetec.
-
- It works great also for listening Audio Disc, both CD Remote from Xerec
- and CDDACtrl from Canadian Prototypes works great.
-
- Access time of this CD ROM is 500 ms, but since the files are placed on
- contiguous sectors in CD-ROM disks, you seldom notice this hight time.
- Also, since I use the CD with Fred Fish Collection for BBS usage,
- 130Kb/sec are BY FAR enough ( also consider that I have paid this
- CD-ROM about 300$$).
-
- NOTE: I'm running under KS 2.04
-
- --
-
- Ciao!
- Sky Luke
- (skyluke@skylink.sublink.org)
-