Re: Parallel CD-Rom drives

[Don Whiteside <dwhite@shadow.net>]

On Sat, 4 Feb 1995, Rohan Davidson wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with Parallel CD-Roms.  I've found myself 
> in the need for C++ and my little 170 drive doesn't quite have the 125Meg 
> spare it needs.
> 
> I can get a very good price on a M3030 2x "Beethoven SuperSpin" parallel 
> passthrough drive.  I've never heard of them before, but the price is a 
> dealer price and about $200 less than a Backpack.

I have a Sydos 1x I bought on the net for $100. Works fine, but is butt slow.
However, for CD ROM installs it's _still_ faster than floppy swap. Dunno 
if I'd want to run the compiler off it though. If you can, scan the 
forsale groups for PARALLEL (cap B in tin) - there may be more out there.


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