20 Feb
2002
20 Feb
'02
2:37 p.m.
--- Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net> wrote:
Wow, I didn't realize that fractional CD-Rom
drives existed. I assumed
that 1x was the first!
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Eric Dittman wrote:
> where. 1MB video card! All that with a 33MHz 486DX CPU.
> My CDROM drive was the original Mitsumi 0.9X (or so) drive.
As others have mentioned, sub-1X drives exist. The reference is
to the speed needed to playback CDDA and hear audio in real-time.
I have an NEC CDR-74. The caddy does not have an aluminum slider
that moves to one side, it splits, like bomb bay doors. Regular
caddies do not work in this drive. I got it from DAK (remember
them pushing CD-ROM drives incessently?) for $280 with DOS drivers
and a Trantor T-128 8-bit SCSI card. I loved it at the time because
I was able to use the same drive on a PC, a Mac and an Amiga.
A DOS application that came with Activision's "Return To Zork" rated
this drive at 0.5X... entirely unsuitable for game play.
-ethan
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