29 Jan
2003
29 Jan
'03
2:40 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: 29 January 2003 00:48
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Free stuff
[Mitsumi CD ROM drives]
were the norm,
5 years ago (well, OK, middle of 1997) was when I finished my last job,
in major UK University. I am _sure_ of this because there's an HPCC
conference every 5 years...
Many of the 'public access' machines in the university terminal rooms had
this sort of CD-ROM drive. They certainly weren't new, or the 'latest
thing', but they were still in use.
Aye, I can see them still in places like that where they're not used too
much, and those beasts aren't going to physically break easily. Plus, you
can stand a mug of coffee on them :)
--
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans
Those
were very common about 5 years ago... I guess there are plenty
still around.
5 years ago? I think not :) In 1998 severalteen speed IDE CDs