cd drives and zip drives

[kress@ctpsun.ciw.edu (Victor Kress)]

I'm considering taking the long delayed jump into the world of CD
drives and I would appreciate hearing from others regarding the best
device to get.  I am running Warp on a 750 mono with 20 megs ram and a
540 meg drive.   I don't plan on carting this thing around the
country, so portability is not a prime factor.  Speed is the most 
important factor for my needs.

People on this list have talked about the Panasonic portable drive,
and
I think I remember it being mentioned that Warp drivers are available.
 This option has the added benefit of an included SCSI PCMCIA card,
which I assume can be chained to other SCSI devices.  I like the fact
that the SONY drive also acts as a stand alone audio cd player, but I
can find no mention of WARP drivers for this.  I have also seen adds
for Zenith and Reno drives, but I've had bad luck with Zeniths in the
past, and Reno is a pretty unknown commodity.  Then there is also the
SCSI card - external CD drive option.  Do any of these options include
a game port?

Any advice and experience would be greatly appreciated.  In the
interest of keeping traffic down, please respond to me directly, and I
will compile them for the list.

Thanks.

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Victor Kress
Geophysical Laboratory
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Washington, DC 20015-1305
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