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- From: jld@datascope.com (Jay L. Davis)
- Subject: Re: Opinions of the NEC CDR-73 please.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.163455.3437@datascope.com>
- Organization: Datascope Corp.
- References: <39128@imag.imag.fr>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:34:55 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- In article <39128@imag.imag.fr> oueichek@ngulu (Ibaa Oueichek) writes:
- >
- > Bonjour, everyone.
- > I've seen in the Sept issue of MacUser and ad for the NEC CDR-73,
- >it was advertised at $399 by Tiger software (+ $79 for the interface card).
- >I remember this dirve was the best cd-rom drive over the market till NEC
- >introducet the CDR 83M (or whatever). It has an access time of 300 ms and
- >a data flow of 150kb/sec. Is there a trap somewhere ?, i know that Tiger
- >software has a rather good reputation, but who knows ?; the price is too
- >good to be true (i've seen the same drive advertised at a much higher price
- >by several other mail order places). So do you think i should go with it ?,
- >any reports about the drive will be appreciated.
- >
-
- Don't get the plain CDR-73, get the 73M or 74. The plain 73 is not
- "multi-media" capable. The upgrade from the 73 to the 73M is
- about $150 (I don't remember for sure, call NEC and ask).
-
- ---Jay Davis
-