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From: [e-mail] (Russ Poffenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: CDROM opinions
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Date: 11 Nov 92 16:03:56 GMT
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I am in the market for a CDROM drive to attach to my Adaptec 1542B SCSI
controller. I have borrowed and used a Toshiba XM3301, and it works well,
even in OS/2. I am not sure if I want to buy my own Toshiba, or get something
else. I suppose something that is MPC compatible would be nice.

I have a price list from a local company that has a Texel drive. Does anyone
know anything about these drives? They have a couple models, all MPC ready.
The cheaper one is 340ms access, and 150Kb/sec transfer. The better one is
265ms access and 300Kb/sec transfer. This better model is priced at $449.
This sounds fairly reasonable, given that it is dual-speed with fast transfer
rate. It claims to be fully SCSI compatible, and the company claims to have
Adaptec drivers, although the ASW-410 package (Adaptec CDROM driver kit)
doesn't list this brand of drive. Is this their own mechanism, or a mechanism
from a more well know manufacturer (like NEC, or Sony, etc) just re-packaged?

I have seen the XM3301 priced at $399, but I think it is only 150kb/sec
transfer, and I would like to get the newer faster drives if it is only a
few $$ more.

Any opinions are welcome.

Thanks mucho,

Russ Poffenberger               DOMAIN: [e-mail]
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