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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Warning on NEC CD-74 CD-ROM Drives
- Keywords: CD-ROM, NEC
- Message-ID: <Bsvt5u.BqB@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 17:41:53 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.130020.8734@crd.ge.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- leue@crd.ge.com (Bill Leue) writes:
- >WARNING: According to Educorp, the NEC Intersect-74 CD-ROM drives are
- >incompatible with at least one best-selling CD-ROM disc, namely "Spaceship
- >Warlock" from Reactor.
-
- >The CD-74 is NEC's new "dual-speed" drive which plays audio CD's at normal
- >speeds but shifts up to about twice as fast when accessing digital tracks.
- >Educorp and other dealers have been heavily advertising this drive which
- >is part of the "NEC Gallery" package -- a bundle which includes the drive,
- >software, speakers, and several CD titles. I bought mine at MacWorld
- >last week from Educorp.
-
- >Alas, yesterday I called Educorp and tried to order Spaceship Warlock, and
- >was told that the CD-74 was incompatible.
-
- >Comments:
-
- >1) Why, one wonders, didn't NEC test this drive with what is probably the
- >best-selling CD disc before releasing it to the world?
- *----
- For the "best-selling CD", it's amazing that I've never heard of it.
- It sounds to me like the problem is with "Spaceship Warlock" and not
- the CDR-74, since that appears to be the only CD with a problem.
- Maybe you should address your question to Reactor, and not Educorp.
- --
- Mike Berger
- Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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