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- From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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- Subject: Re: Wanted--Info:Optical Drives??
- Message-ID: <22192@venera.isi.edu>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 17:18:39 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.020331.4825@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In-reply-to: dsugar@nyx.cs.du.edu's message of 12 Aug 92 02:03:31 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug12.020331.4825@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dsugar@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dave Sugar) writes:
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- >I am considering buying an optical drive for my Mac, and am looking for
- >some information on what is out there. I would like something that has
- >the capibility of reading CD-ROM's as well as reading and writing to the
- >optical disk. I guess that means that I would need a 5.25" drive, since
- >I know that CD-ROM's are 5.25".
- > Does anyone have experience with a drive like this?? Horror stories
- >or even recogmendations for certain drives that are good?? Also, is the
- >format the drive can read/write controled by the drive it's self for by
- >driver software?
- > Please, either reply to the news group or mail me direct.
- >
- >Thanks for any info
- >
- >Dave Sugar
- >udsugar@mcs.drexel.edu
- >dsugar@nyx.cs.du.edu
-
- As far as I know, no one makes such a drive. I believe that the spin
- speeds and laser power/properties of CD-ROM and MO drives are very
- different. Some day, they could be integrated, but probably at great
- expense. Byt an 3.5" MO and a CD-ROM drive separately; it'll cost
- less that a 5.25 MO, and the MO will run faster.
-
- jas
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