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- Subject: On CD-ROM drive shopping (was: Should I hold off for PhotoCD?)
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.110341.1197@ciit85.ciit.nrc.ca>
- From: Dick Jackson <Dick_Jackson@ibd.nrc.ca>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 11:03:39 +0600
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- In article <1992Aug30.231115.7528@athena.cs.uga.edu> Kristopher
- Johnson, kjohnson@castor.cs.uga.edu writes:
- >Well, most current CD-ROM drives can't handle the Photo-CD format, but
- >Photo-CD compatible drives will, of course, be compatible with existing
- >CD-ROM's. There are a few more recent CD-ROM drives which *WILL* handle
-
- >the Photo-CD format, though.
-
- Just spoke with Educorp yesterday, it seems that the CD Technologies
- drive (which they're offering in a very nice $649 bundle since some
- compatibility problems with the NEC-37 and -74 drives came up) (you
- want more?: they seem not to work with some titles, notably Spaceship
- Warlock and <*gasp*> Virtual Valerie! -- but they're working on a fix
- right now) (uh, where was I?), oh yeah, the CD Tech drive _IS_
- Photo-CD compatible, and a good deal more reliable. See MacWeek ad.
-
- Recall that this is second hand from a distributor, but that's what I
- heard!
-
- I'd like to hear any other comments on CD-ROM shopping, particularly:
-
- - is the speed of a drive likely to affect a Mac LC's ability to
- do QuickTime well? (or is the bottleneck in the LC?)
-
- - is there a better encyclopedia than Grolier's Illustrated?
-
- - is there a recent review of CD-ROM drives in the magazines?
- (I'm sure I saw one, now I can't find it :-/)
-
- Thanks,
-
- -Dick
-
- Dick Jackson
- Institute for Biodiagnostics National Research Council Canada
- Winnipeg, Manitoba Dick_Jackson@ibd.nrc.ca
- Any opinions: Mine alone!
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