27 Jan
2003
27 Jan
'03
10:31 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: 25 January 2003 18:50
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Free stuff
5 years ago? I think not :) In 1998 severalteen speed IDE CDs were the norm,
not single speed with their own Mitsumi ISA card.....I was indoctrinated
(against my will) into the PC world in 1996....tray loading CDs were
completely the norm - Mitsumi style drives had died a death many years
before.......my gf was working in IT then and she kept some of the old style
interface cards from 1990 or thereabouts. Good job I kept 'em 'cos they fit
in with this group now :)
--
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans
Heh, you've reminded me I've got a single
speed Mitsumi drive
complete with
ISA card in an old Apricot XEN - the whole
mechanism, transport and all,
comes out of the case when you hit the eject button and the top flips up
like a record player! They obviously hadn't mastered the 'tray'
idea
at that
point :)
Those were very common about 5 years ago... I guess there are plenty
still around.