Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!mr2 From: mr2@netcom.com (Jongyoon Lee) Subject: Re: MPC Wizard Test Results of Toshiba vs Chinon Message-ID: Followup-To: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <2sb1j8INN38t@news.d.umn.edu> <7-OwjK5QQJfF064yn@crl.com> Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 07:17:42 GMT Lines: 22 Xref: cdrom.com alt.cd-rom:4234 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom:2758 Laurence Chiu (lchiu@crl.com) wrote: > In article <2sb1j8INN38t@news.d.umn.edu>, david cole wrote: > : Very interesting. Doesn't the Toshiba cost quite a bit more than the > : Chinon? I'd like to know the results using the truly cheap Sony 33a.... > The Toshiba around here is about $260 now. The Chinon for some > reason is still in the $300 range. The $260 Toshiba you saw is probably the cheaper XM-4101. It is still double speed, but has slower random access time and less buffer. I believe the top of the line XM-3401 is still in $300 range. Jongyoon -- +---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Jongyoon Lee | _/_/ _/ _/_/ | | University of California | _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | | Los Angeles | _/ _/ _/ _/ | | Computer Science | _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ | | jong@seas.ucla.edu | _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ | | mr2@netcom.com | _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ | | | _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ | +---------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+