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Vincent Janelle (malokai@gildea.net)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:07:26 -0700 (PDT)
Actually, it means the read speed. I 1x cdrom is 250KB/sec, a 2x is 300,
so on and so forth..
Would you rather wait, or live with a couple seconds of high-pitched
buzzing?
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On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Melissa Tan wrote:
> I doubt that the box would actually say what the read/write speed of the
> drive really is... I think the 50X applies more RPM. It's 50 times faster,
> but they don't really put what 1X speed is on the box either. Unless it's
> SCSI, I wouldn't get a 50X CDROM drive.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Edmonds <brian@gweep.bc.ca>
>
> > Gabriel Mastico <feverish@grandfunkhighway.com> writes:
> > > I doubt anybody's gonna have a shiny new 40x for $20
> >
> > And who'd want one? The last couple CDROM drives I've played with have
> > been 50x drives and way too loud. It seems with every speed increase
> > they just get louder, but I've not noticed that they feel any faster
> > than the old 12x I use most at home.
> >
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