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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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