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- From: russell@csd475a.erim.org (John Russell)
- Subject: Re: What is a good PC CD-ROM drive for me?
- Message-ID: <RUSSELL.92Aug25150134@csd475a.erim.org>
- In-reply-to: ericy@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu's message of 23 Aug 92 23:46:35 GMT
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- Date: 25 Aug 92 15:01:34
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- >>What do you recommend? I would prefer a low-end cheap drive, since
- >>speed is not important.
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- > Keep in mind that the real cheap drives can have seek times on the
- >order of 800ms. If this is acceptable to you, then go ahead.
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- I have seen software advertised that speeds these slow access units up.
- Has anyone tried this software? Do you get a noticeable performance
- increase? I don't remember the name/manufacturer of the software.
- The price was quite reasonable.
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