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From: fredt@netcom.com (Fred Tempereau)
Subject: Double speed drives & MPC-2
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 20:06:57 GMT
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I'm ready to buy a double speed drive (I currently use a Mitsumi 5s),
and the temptation is to upgrade to the Mitsumi double speed (a local
retailer is selling it for $165 w/controller). 

Here's some random worries:

-Mitsumi only has a 32k buffer thus making it inelegible for the MPC-2
 standard. Is this important? has anyone seen any speed comparisons in
 the computer magazines?

-There is a cheapo Panasonic drive available (~$220). Any comments
 from anyone on this one?

-Can I share the Mitsumi 5s and the Mitsumi double speed on the same
 controller?

Actually, any thoughts about cheap double speed drives would be appreciated.
Hopefully, there are still a couple people out there who wade through
all the advertisements in this newsgroup and respond to technical
questions about CDROMs :-)

Thanks in advance,
fredt@netcom.com
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