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From: wloh@panix.com (Weng Loh)
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Subject: Re: Aztech Cd-roms ... any good?
Date: 30 Apr 1994 19:01:34 -0400
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Sir DarkWolf (drkwlf@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
: I have found a deal where I can purchase an Aztech CDA 268-01A double speed
: CD-ROM drive for around $150.  Does anybody out there know if these drives
: are any good, or have any info on the reputation of Aztech hardware.  I'd like
I bought an Aztech CDA-01A from CompUSA last week, but am returning it.
I thought from the picture that it was compatible with the Mitsumi series,
and would therefore work with NT, OS/2, Linux and freeBSD, (there are
actually Mitsumi drivers for them). Alas it is not, and I was not
able to get it to work on non-DOS OSes. It doesn't even with Panasonic
drivers, so it is strictly a DOS only drive.

As far as performance goes, the transfer speed of 300KB/sec
sustained is quite reasonable, but the random access time is more
like 400ms instead of 300ms, according to 2 CD-benchmark programs.

Its a real cheap drive, but if you need to run alternative
OSes, get something else.