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From: herm@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au (Herman H. Fredriksson)
Subject: Re: Panasonic CD-ROMs
Message-ID: <1994Apr15.075702.27436@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
Summary: shame on you creative, making the drivers incompatible. tsk tsk..
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In article <94104.1126333SL25@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <3SL25@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
>I have the Panasonic 562-B drive, and I've run Dracula Unleashed
>(approximately 660 MB I believe) without any problems.

I've heard figures as low as 540 MB as the limit on this drive so I decided
to test it by trying to read every single file on a simtel cdrom I
happen to have. This disk contains about 650 megs on it. I was able to
read every single "bit" of this disk.

>In my opinion, the Pansonic 562-B drive is an excellent buy for your
>money.

Yes, the drive seems to be of high quality. I'm very happy with this drive.
Whether I'm happy about the driver support for it.. is another thing. 

Cheers,
     Herm.
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Herman H. Fredriksson <herm@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au>
"To iterate is human, to recurse is divine." - L. Peter Deutsch