28 Jan
2003
28 Jan
'03
11:35 a.m.
[Mitsumi CD ROM drives]
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.
-tony
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 were the norm,