VanLUG Email Archive
Lance Couture (couture@intergate.bc.ca)
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 23:19:04 -0700
The Kenwood True speeds are the best. They are the equivalent to a 75x
CDROM. I just bought an Acer 50x CDROM and a new IBM DeskStar 7200 rpm
drives... installing programs from the 50x as compared to my 20x is like
night and day - and it's REALLY quiet too..... just a nice "Woosh" as it
spins up... it cost me $65 only... so, you can get an older20x, 24x or 30x
probably pretty cheap.
The cheapest I have found the Kenwood True 52x for is $150...
Lance
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Chu <kevin@portal.ca>
To: Vancouver Linux Users Group <vanlug@gweep.bc.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Drive
| "Harondel J. Sibble" wrote:
|
| > and it will actually read at 50X almost all the time. Another factor in
the
| > noise is some drives work in CAV(constant angualr velocity) mode and
some
| > CLV(constant linear velocity) mode, one of these is the noisy one, while
the
| > other is probably no worse than your 12x.
|
| Seems to me that with constant angular velocity your bit rate would
| vary with where you're looking on the disc, unless you vary the bit
| density with the location on the disc, which would then create
| compatibility problems. Am I thinking along the right track here?
|
| Does it matter that your bit rate varies? Hard drives are another
| story.
|
| All you people complaining about slow CDROM drives.... I'm doing JUST
| FINE with my doublespeed SCSI CDROM player....
|
| Kevin
|
| --
| (o- Kevin Chu
| //\ kevin@portal.ca
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