Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!cauldron!ra.csc.ti.com!video.sc.ti.com!mhammes From: mhammes@video.sc.ti.com (Mark Hammes MHAM) Subject: Re: Best 2x CD-ROM? Message-ID: Sender: usenet@csc.ti.com Nntp-Posting-Host: video Organization: Texas Instruments X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 15:12:21 GMT Lines: 31 Ragnar Tornquist (ragnar@mindvox.phantom.com) wrote: : I'm looking to upgrade from a single speed to a double speed CD-ROM : player in the next few weeks, and would appreciate advice from anyone who : has made a similar purchase. : I'm currently using a Sony CDU-31A connected to my SB16ASP, and would : prefer to purchase a drive which can utilise the same connection so as : not to take up additional expansion-slots in my machine. : Both the Sony CDU-33A and the Creative Labs OMNI-CD will, as I : understand, connect to my SB16: and both are advertised at $199. Which is : a better drive in terms of access-speed, transfer speed, reliability etc. : Any feedback would be appreciated! I have the CDU-33A and it seems to work pretty good. I have just purchased MPC WIZARD 2.0 and in the next day or 2 will run tests and probably publish them here. I believe that the drive gives a transfer rate of about 307 bytes per second. I am running the drive through my SB16 card as well. I have seen the drive priced at $169 at CompUSA. ----------------------------------- Work Tel: 01/713/274-3332 " /l/l _ _ / " Internet: mhammes@video.sc.ti.com / ' |(_(/ /( ----------------------------------- ----------------