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From: dzambon@csc.afit.af.mil
Subject: Double-speed CD ROM drives; Which one/at what price?
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 12:34:16 GMT
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HI,
In my never ending battle to spend more non-productive time
in front of my computer, I purchased 7th Guest this weekend
(told the clerk it was for my kids....:>).   After reading
up on it some, I found that my single speed CD drive would
not be fast enough, and that even though I have a 486/33,
my video display adapter is too slow.  The game runs and
is a great way to make a Sunday afternoon disappear, but....

Upgrading my video capabilities with an accelerator card should
help overall preformance for the game (as well as anything
else I am running on the system).  I would, however, like to
see what it would take to upgrade my ROM drive to double-speed.
So the questions are:

What brand would you recommend for an upgrade?  I have a Chinon
435 single speed drive I have had for less than a year.  I am
very  pleased with it.  Are there upgrade programs from some
vendors?  I do not need two CD drives.  How do I unload the 
other drive?

And is there any other way to improve performance on the game?
I have a 486/33, 8MB of RAM, Trident display adapter(64k cache),
SVGA monitor,  120MB Segate and 85MB Western Digital hard drives,
both floppies, middi tower, and a Soundblaster pro audio board.
Running DOS 6.2/Windows 3.1 and doublespace......

Thanks for any information that you may provide.  Please respond
via email......

Dan
dzambon@afit.af.mil